Sascha Meinrath: All Publications, Events and Press

Revitalizing the Public Airwaves

OTI — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:53:00 -0500

While many policy analysts have focused on the fate of the 700 MHz auctions, the digital TV transition, and the promise of white space devices, a more vast and underutilized resource has gone largely unnoticed: government spectrum. The best available data suggests that the majority of federal spectrum capacity is left unused. Strategic reuse of this spectrum could help obviate the need for significant additional reallocation while enabling a wide range of creative new uses and social benefits.

New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country

OTI — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0500

As digital communications and the Internet become increasingly pervasive, Native Americans continue to lack access to this digital revolution. Native Americans are among the last citizens to gain access to the Internet, with access to broadband often unavailable or overly expensive in Native communities. Beyond that challenge, there is a fundamental lack of qualitative or quantitative empirical research on Native American Internet use, adoption, and access, stifling the Native voice in broadband and media policy.

New Media, Technology & Internet Use in Indian Country

Kirsten Gilbert — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/19/2009 - 9:00am

On November 19, 2009, Native Public Media and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative will release New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses, one of the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands. Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around the National Broadband Plan, the report combines both a survey of Native American technology

Consumer Groups Seek Clarity from FCC on Open Internet Rulemaking

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:42:00 -0500

Washington, D.C. -- Today, four consumer and public interest groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission seeking clarity regarding Net Neutrality. In the letter, the groups express strong concern with a statement made last week by a senior commission official that the FCC would allow the speeding up or slowing down of applications like video or voice as part of "reasonable network management" -- a sentiment that appears to prejudge the outcome before the FCC completes its rulemaking process.

Consumer Groups Seek Clarity from FCC on Open Internet Rulemaking

OTI — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:25:00 -0500

Chairman Julius Genachowski
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

November 9, 2009

Dear Chairman Genachowski,

Letter to FCC Chairman Chairman Julius Genachowski

OTI — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:00 -0500

Dear Chairman Genachowski:

Washington Technorati Toast Public Knowledge and Its IP3 Awards | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:29:00 -0400

... was recognized for his work in intellectual property, and Sascha Meinrath, the creator of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, ...

Federal Government Calls for Broadband Transparency | TMC Net

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:18:00 -0400

Panelist Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, at the event this fall talked about the US service ...

Does Broadband Need Its Own Government "Nutrition Label"? | Ars Technica

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:14:00 -0400

The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute suggested last week the government require a broadband disclosure sticker that would let consumers ...

'Broadband Census for America' United Scholars and State Officials | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:00 -0400

... current chief technologist at the FCC), Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation,Scott Wallsten of the Technology Policy Institute, and others. ...

Beyond Broadband Access

Stephanie Gunter — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
09/22/2009 - 8:00am

The New America Foundation, in conjunction with Penn State University, Michigan State University, Rutgers University, and the Beijing University of Posts and Telecomm hosts Beyond Broadband Access: Data Based Information Policy for a New Administration, an experts workshop discussing the future of broadband.

A three day event, Beyond Broadband Access features 10 panels with topics including:

Broadband Truth-in-Labeling

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:08:00 -0400

Appropriate Roles for FCC and FTC Could Determine Fate of Broadband Consumers | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:44:00 -0400

Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, a “tech tank inside a think that that provide support for open ...

Consumer Groups Discuss Broadband at Workshop | Broadcast Newsroom

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:55:00 -0400

Taking dead aim at broadband data-collection efforts to date was Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. ... and more »

OTI Director, Sascha Meinrath, Testifies at FCC Workshop on Broadband Consumer Context

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:34:00 -0400

Washington, DC -- "Policy-making has continued under a self-imposed veil of ignorance," challenged Sascha Meinrath, Director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative at today's Federal Communications Commission workshop on Broadband Consumer Context. When we address the question "'What is the consumer context in the United States today?' The quick answer is that nobody knows."

FCC Workshop Comments on Broadband Consumer Context | 4G Wireless Evolution

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:22:00 -0400

Service providers in the U.S. are intentionally keeping consumers in the dark about their broadband options, said Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation and a speaker at today's FCC workshop titled Broadband Consumer Context. ... Orignial Article

Prepared Testimony of Sascha Meinrath for the FCC Workshop on Broadband Consumer Context

OTI — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:38:00 -0400

I oversee the technology arm of the New America Foundation, directing the Foundation's OpenTechnology Initiative.