Broadband & Community Broadband: Press

FCC Opens Spectrum Inquiry as Part of Broadband Plan | GigaOm

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:42:00 -0400

... bands below 3 GHz were in use over the course of a business day, according to New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, and Media Access Project. ...

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 »

One Aspect of U.S. Lagging Broadband Speeds May Be Device-Network Compatibility, Say Panelists | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:57:00 -0400

Robb Topolski said that device portability was holding back the wireless network in Portland, Oregon. ”They have a Clearwire service. ...

Google Wants to Know How You'd Change Broadband | CNET

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:01:00 -0400

Google has partnered with the New America Foundation to create a community feedback forum for ideas on how to improve broadband in the US ...

Give Your View on FCC National Broadband Plan Via Google Moderator

Communications — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:31:00 -0400

As part of the economic stimulus legislation (ARRA), Congress charged the FCC with creating a National Broadband Plan by next February.

The Commission has called for "maximum civic engagement" in developing a broadband strategy, reflecting input from all stakeholders. Initial comments have been filed and now it's the public's turn to contribute their views and ideas.

Feds Need Your Broadband Suggestions, Google Says | Wired

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:14:00 -0400

Now Google and the New America Foundation want to increase that number even more and are launching a Google Moderator application dedicated to getting input ...

The Cost of 'Free' Internet Access | Parade Magazine

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:37:00 -0500

Public Wi-Fi will likely expand only with help from local or federal funds. "A model that relies on advertising is not going to be successful," says Ben Lennett of the nonpartisan New America Foundation. "Governments will have to finance this service if citizens want it." Original article

Broadband Stimulus: New America Releases Paper "Building a 21st Century Broadband Superhighway," Panel Debates House Bill

Communications — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:29:00 -0500

Washington, DC -- Last Friday the New America Foundation hosted a debate on proposals to spur investment in broadband in the upcoming economic stimulus bill. There were clear differences on how best to encourage investment and the merits of placing conditions on federal subsidies, which you can view at the video highlights below.

Advocates Disagree on Broadband Stimulus | PC World

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:21:00 -0500

..speed requirements will be necessary to ensure that the U.S. doesn't have to pay for a new broadband deployment in a few years, said Benjamin Lennett, a senior program associate at the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation.

Fiber to the Home: Ideal Economic Stimulus? | CircleID

Communications — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:52:00 -0500

I stumbled across a really interesting paper this week, written by Derek Slater and Tim Wu, and it set me to thinking. Slater is a policy analyst for Google ...

New Coalition Drawing Up Nationwide Broadband Access Strategy | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:39:00 -0500

Yesterday, representatives from technology and telecommunications companies, labor unions and public interest groups frequently at odds with one another agreed to provide the next president with a roadmap for how to accomplish those goals. (Click here for the coalition's call to action and list of coalition members). Original article

Groups Urge Obama to Adopt National Broadband Strategy | CongressDaily/Nextgov

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:31:00 -0500

Underscoring the adage that politics makes strange bedfellows, AT&T, Cisco, Free Press, Google, New America Foundation, National Cable and ...

Telecoms, Other Groups Draw Up National Broadband Strategy | CNET News

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:30:00 -0500

The group, which includes Cisco, Verizon, Google, the New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, the American Library Association, and others, ...

FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan at Dec. Meeting | Reuters

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:35:00 -0500

"I don't know of any other major players" that would bid with such an approach, said Sascha Meinrath, research director at the New America Foundation. ...

Obama Urged to Implement Broadband Plan | CBC.ca

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:35:00 -0500

The BB4US coalition, which has 55 members including consumer groups Free Press and the New America Foundation, technology companies such as Google Inc. and ...

National Broadband Strategy Week Begins | BroadbandCensus.com

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:40:00 -0500

... Internet2, Media Access Project, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, the New America Foundation and Public Knowledge. ...

High Tech Celebrates White-Spaces Victory | EDN.com

Communications — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:15:00 -0500

... the FCC approve the use of white spaces, according to Michael Calabrese, VP and director of the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation. ...

Could Consumers Own Their Internet Connections? | CBC.ca

Communications — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:48:00 -0500

Tim Wu, the Columbia Law School professor and Toronto native who first coined the term, has a simple suggestion: customer ownership of internet connections. ...

Homes with Tails: New America Foundation Releases a New Working Paper on Customer Owned Fiber Connections

Communications — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:38:00 -0500

America's communications infrastructure is stuck at a copper wall. For the vast majority of homes, copper wires remain the principal means of getting broadband services. The deployment of fiber optic connections to the home would enable exponentially faster connections, and few dispute that upgrading to more robust infrastructure is essential to America's economic growth. However, the costs of such an upgrade are daunting for private sector firms and even for governments. These facts add up to a public policy challenge.

Last week the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program released a new working paper proposing a novel idea to solve this problem: consumer-owned fiber connections.

In Homes with Tails: What if you Could Own your Internet Connection?, New America fellow, Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst, Derek Slater, proposed a model that encourages consumers to purchase and own the "last-mile" connection that runs into their home. By purchasing their own fiber optic connections, consumers would be able to connect to a variety of service providers. This model holds the potential for higher broadband speeds, greater competition, and lower Internet service prices.

New America also hosted a companion event where the authors discussed their proposal. Additional speakers included Wireless Future's Research Director, Sascha Meinrath; the President and Founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Robert Atkinson; and Link Hoewing, Assistant Vice President for Internet and Technology Issues at Verizon.

You can download a copy of the paper at:http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/homes_tails

You can watch the authors' presentation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRBzjhnLc8&eurl=http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/homes_tails#t=6m45s

And visit the event page at: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/homes_tails

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New America's Wireless Future Program develops and advocates policy proposals aimed at achieving universal and affordable wireless broadband access, expanding public access to the airwaves and updating our nation's communications infrastructure in the digital era. For more information, visit http://www.newamerica.net/programs/wireless_future.

The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. Headquartered in Washington D.C., New America also has offices in California.

Tim Wu on CNET | 'The Key to Innovation: Privately Owned Fiber?

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:58:00 -0500

In their paper Homes with Tails, Columbia Law School professor and New America Foundation Fellow Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater lay out a proposal in which a community would establish a collectively-owned fiber trunk cable that would lead to individually-owned lines into people's homes. LINK