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I've been following the aftermath of Friday's FCC decision (PDF of press release) sanctioning Comcast for discriminating against P2P traffic.
The public interest community is elated, as it should ...

Today, the FCC will adopt an order sanctioning Comcast for restricting BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-transfer traffic on its broadband network. It's a big victory for network neutrality advocates. A...

I was going to let former FCC Chairman Michael Powell's response to my critique of John McCain’s technology policies speak for itself. But I just discovered that he got some information wrong.
Pow...

Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell sent me this response to my criticism of John McCain's technology policies. Something is wrong with the comments function on this blog (I'm working on it), so I'm...

One would think that, in 2008, the significance of the Internet and information technology would be universally acknowledged. That makes the recent news from the Presidential campaign a bit shockin...

Next Tuesday (June 3) from 9am-11am PT (12pm-2pm ET), I'll be hosting an interactive conference call and chat on "Open Flow" -- the technologies and business practices that allow information to mov...

I've posted the draft of my latest paper, The Centripetal Network, to SSRN. In it, I argue that much of the success of the Internet derives from its composite, federated structure. Yet in several w...

The upcoming Presidential election will have a major impact on tech issues. I'm excited to be leading a discussion this Saturday on key topics in technology, media, and telecommunications with high...

When I first read this post about Predictable Network Solutions on the excellent Telco 2.0 blog, I thought it was an April Fool's Day hoax. Then I remembered that it's a UK site, and some some Goog...

As usual in the months leading up to the conference, I'll be doing most of my posting at the Supernova blogs, especially our Conversation Hub group blog.
I'd love to get your feedback on my Ten Ch...