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Bandwidth Caps Not Evil If Done Right
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 13, 2008 - 8:25pmLast updated: November 13, 2008 - 8:26pm
AT&T and the cablecos aren't necessarily big, evil corporations for having begun implementing bandwidth caps. These caps are simply a natural evolution of the broadband business model. Private enterprise as a rule of thumb only builds enough supply to meet demand, and the percentage of people using a ton of bandwidth today is still small.
$50 Billion Spent On USF And For What?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 3, 2008 - 9:31pmLast updated: November 3, 2008 - 9:32pm
Americans have provided $51 billion to the Universal Service Fund over the past 10 years and all we have to show for it is that some rural areas have telephone service. Why not use the money to buildout fiber to the home?
Encouraging Demand > Building Supply for Broadband?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 20, 2008 - 6:57pmLast updated: October 20, 2008 - 6:57pm
We can not achieve our goals of achieving a broadband nation without an equal emphasis on generating demand as supply. Even if you don't like the idea of putting more money into the pockets of incumbents, you can't deny that the more people you can get onto the network of networks that is the Internet at higher speeds, the more valuable that network becomes.
Why We Need A Rural Fiber Fund
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 14, 2008 - 7:21pmLast updated: October 14, 2008 - 7:21pm
When talking about a Full Fiber Nation one counterpoint often made is how expensive rural areas are to wire and therefore how unattractive they are to private deployers. Yet a few weeks ago at the FTTH Conference I met three different fiber operators who all expressed a desire to wire rural America, either to fulfill their sense of civic duty or because they're able to realize high enough takerates to overcome the limited number of customers to make their business model work.
Calls For 10/100Mbps Nation = Achieving a Full Fiber America
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 25, 2008 - 8:00pmLast updated: September 25, 2008 - 8:00pm
On September 24 in a letter sent to key Congressional leaders, five organizations (CWA, FTTH Council, TechNet, Information Technology Industry Council, and the Voice on the Net Coalition) joined forces to call for action on S.
We Can't Afford To Miss This Opportunity To Wire Rural America
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 22, 2008 - 8:05pmLast updated: September 22, 2008 - 8:05pm
In the discussion about government buying bad mortgages to stabilize markets there's been talk about the need for these policies to also address America's infrastructure needs. As we all know, fiber optic networks are the most important and impactful infrastructure of the 21st century.
Chairman Martin: Let's Be Realistic About The Potential Of Free Wireless Broadband
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 5, 2008 - 7:18pmLast updated: August 5, 2008 - 7:21pm
How good is Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's plan to auction off spectrum that would have to be used to provide free broadband access?
No One Wants Fiber to Every Home
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 19, 2008 - 9:37amA big fan of fiber-to-the-home [FTTH for those abbreviating at home], Daily too often meets disbelief about its feasibility, doubt over its necessity, and, most troubling of all, lack of support from the very people responsible for helping achieve that goal.
The Next President Has To Be The First Broadband President (Or Why I'm Voting Obama)
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 17, 2008 - 9:53pmLast updated: August 7, 2008 - 11:42am
It's inescapable that at least part of the reason the US lags behind other countries in the deployment and adoption of broadband has been the lack of leadership in the White House over the last eight years.
USF: Behind the Times
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 7, 2008 - 7:50amIt is very frustrating that we haven't been able to find a way to redirect the USF to focus on the deployment of broadband. Even more frustrating is that it's not like this is one of these issues where the incumbents are fighting any change.
