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I've recently learned that there's still some debate going on as to whether or not all community anchor institutions need fiber. Let's put that to rest here and now. Before going any further, let me admit upfront that I understand...
A couple of days ago I was chatting with a friend when something he said stopped me in my tracks and made me realize something profound: most people don't understand broadband or bandwidth. Our conversation dealt with plans for this...
In conversations I was having last week something dawned on me: every single community that considers itself unserved or underserved should be working to aggregate demand for broadband among its citizens immediately. The reasons for doing so are manifold. For...
Discussions surrounding how much bandwidth we need are missing the point by striving to list all the different types of applications people use. The question we should be asking is simple: how much bandwidth do we need to support a...
Recently I wrote a post lamenting the unintended consequences of the broadband stimulus, responding to stories I'd heard of projects that could be deploying today but instead have decided to hold off in the hopes of getting free government money....
Yesterday I was in Tampa, FL attending the 43rd KMB Conference where I participated in a lively roundtable discussion about a host of issues related to the stimulus, the formation of a national broadband plan, the benefits of broadband usage...
Earlier this week I attended the public NTIA/RUS meeting during which they had a panel on the broadband mapping portion of the stimulus. While right at the very outset I found it odd that this panel was missing any representatives...
Now here's a contentious question: how much bandwidth does America really need? If you ask broadband providers, more often than not their answer will essentially amount to whatever speed their technology can deliver. I don't necessarily blame them for doing...
I continue to be amazed at how much the topic of mapping supply dominates the broadband discussion. Is it important we know where there's broadband and where there isn't? Absolutely. Can a supply-side-only approach spur deployment? Possibly. But how are...
While not a new observation it's become more acute in recent weeks that at least on one front in the Great Broadband Debates all parties seem to be in agreement: we need more people using and relying upon broadband to...
There's a great Wired article from last week about AT&T's new trial of bandwidth caps in Reno, NV. It hits on how the introduction of bandwidth caps is happening primarily on networks where bandwidth is scarce, like on cable networks...
I came across this really interesting post on Slashdot.org last week from a user who's trying to find ways to not waste bandwidth. He (or she) shares that their broadband connection has a cap of 1GB per month and that...
Since I started App-Rising.com I've been advocating that we need a stronger emphasis on finding ways to spur demand for broadband rather than focusing all our attention on increasing capacity. At first these pleas seemed to be falling on deaf...
Anyone who follows the rise of online video has long been given the impression that video on the Internet is all about short clips. If a video's more than a few minutes long, no one will watch it, and therefore...
In talking about broadband specifically and connectivity more generally, there's often the assumption that more is better. That businesses in particular can not survive without it in the 21st century. That if only we had more and used more, businesses...
Just had a great moment. While interviewing Kevin Nalty, one of the top producers of funny videos on YouTube, we got to talking about my passion for broadband and all its wonders. He shared that in a past life he...
While enjoying an alfresco lunch with new friend Gary Arlen, our wide-ranging conversation turned to how big a part communications is to our economy. Now to preface this, while I focus primarily on broadband, Gary's decades of experience reporting on...
For those of us who've drunk the broadband kool-aid, it's easy to fall into the bad habit of talking about everything in terms of unlimited potential and boundless opportunity. But sometimes reality comes back and slaps us in the face....
I've been up in Cape Cod for the OpenCape Summit (which I'll write about soon) but for now despite all the wonderful things I learned at that event what's sticking out most in my mind happened after the event as...
On this latest edition of App-Rising.com's VidChat I sat down with Eric Klinker, CTO of BitTorrent. I've been eager to engage them in a discussion as in addition to being responsible for driving a whole lot of demand for bandwidth,...
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