Open Technology Initiative

Gimped Skype release, AT&T TOS Changes Annoy Advocates | BroadbandReports.com

Robb Topolski, who came to fame by busting Comcast for their packet forgery practices in our forums, appears to have been the first to notice the changes. The text in bold below was added to the agreement: This means, by way of example only, ...
Robb Topolski | April 3, 2009

New Job for the Man Who Exposed Comcast's P2P Throttling | Ars Technica

Robb Topolski, the man who helped to bring to light Comcast's throttling of P2P uploads, has a new job: Chief Technologist of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. OTI is the New America unit headed by Sascha Meinrath, and it was instrumental in partnering with Google to create the Measurement Lab project...Original article
Robb Topolski, Sascha Meinrath | March 10, 2009

Viral Spiral

Viral Spiral is the term David Bollier coins to describe the almost magical process by which Internet users can come together to build online commons and tools. From free and open-source software, Creative Commons licenses, Wikipedia, remix music and video mashups to peer production, open science, open education, and open business - the world of digital media has spawned a new "sharing economy" that increasingly competes with entrenched media giants.

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The Rise of the Intranet Era

No starter pistol announces the beginning of a new technological era.[1] There are no cannon blasts or tower bells ringing forth the end of the old and dawn of the new.

Sascha Meinrath, Victor Pickard | February 20, 2009

Tech Policy People to Watch 2009 | Ars Technica

These are people like Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation, a creative advocate of open networks who has done work on white spaces and the new ...
Sascha Meinrath | February 5, 2009

Google Shines Light on ISP Throttling | InternetNews.com

Here at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank that is collaborating in the project, Cerf and other participants demoed the M-Lab Web site, ...
January 29, 2009

Google Out to Expose Internet Traffic Chokers | Agence France-Presse

Google worked with New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, the PlanetLab Consortium, and academic researchers to create an online Measurement ...
January 28, 2009

Google and Universities Offer Tool to Detect Net Filtering, Blocking | CNET News

Sascha Meinrath, research director of the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program, said his organization's role in M-Lab is to translate the data ...
Sascha Meinrath | January 28, 2009

Google, Partners Release Net Neutrality Tools | CIO Magazine

The set of tools will allow broadband customers to measure their providers' performance, said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at ...
Michael Calabrese | January 28, 2009

Google, Partners Release Net Neutrality Tools | PC World

The set of tools will allow broadband customers to measure their providers' performance, said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at ...
Michael Calabrese | January 28, 2009