Through Traffic 13-2: Lowell McAdams, “How the U.S. Got Broadband Right”

Broadband market competition is better than government fashioned monopoly. Crazy that it keeps having to be said http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/opinion/how-the-us-got-broadband-right.html?_r=0 …

June 24th, 2013 | Category: Communications policy, Technology | Comments are closed

Bridge Span 13-7: Cable – The New Software

Some have long believed that the cable industry was merely a series of “dumb pipes” or “tubes” that could only haul packets of data to and fro around the world. They see only a world where broadband delivery is just a utility, ultimately destined for regulatory strangulation. They have even […]

June 19th, 2013 | Category: Cable, Communications policy, Technology | Comments are closed

Bridge Span 13-6: Time for Wireless Tax Fairness

According to the National Broadband Map, as of June of last year, 99.8% of the population of the U.S. has access to wireless broadband. The population covered by wire line access is 96.5%. Saturation.

Adoption of broadband has been a bit different, uptake being around 70%. One […]

June 14th, 2013 | Category: Communications policy, Technology, Wireless | Comments are closed
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