Scott Bradner: 'Net InsiderScott Bradner's weekly observations on the Internet.All's well with U.S. broadband deployment (says FCC)- June 24, 2008 Earlier this month, the FCC finally got around to releasing the U.S. broadband deployment report it approved in March. This fifth in a series "examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans" is just as silly as its predecessors. But the report and accompanying order (and further notice for proposed rule-making) on data collection about broadband data services may mean, assuming that the data they get is reasonably analyzed, that future reports...http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062408-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-bradner Broadband pricing: solutions that are orthogonal to any real problem- June 17, 2008 Broadband pricing proposals by AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast to deal with Internet congestion fall short.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061708-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-bradner What will rule the "new" Internet- June 10, 2008 Exploring the impact Google, Facebook and Apple's iPhone will have on the Internet, along with what economic models will rule.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/061008-bradner.html?fsrc=rss-bradner Free wireless Internet with an asterisk- June 5, 2008 A proposal floated by the FCC chairman that would result in a free nationwide Wi-Fi Internet service would come with some big strings attached, including censorship, says columnist Scott Bradner.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/060508bradner.html?fsrc=rss-bradner |