Create your Benton.org account today. Registration is quick and easy. Creating an account gives you access to special features, click to learn more.
Craig Aaron
The Promise of Municipal Broadband
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 17, 2008 - 7:15pmLast updated: August 17, 2008 - 7:15pm
It is far too early to start the funeral arrangements for municipal broadband. Much of the media are confusing the collapse of one company -- or one model of broadband deployment -- with the failure of the entire idea of municipalities providing high-speed Internet services.
McDowell Shouldn't Solve This Internet Crisis
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 6, 2008 - 9:03pmLast updated: August 6, 2008 - 9:04pm
Last week in the Washington Post, Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell published an op-ed asking, "Who Should Solve This Internet Crisis?" Based on that article and his lengthy, flawed dissenting statement at last week's FCC meeting, this much is clear: It shouldn't be McDowell.
A Side Deal Doesn't Save the Net
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 9, 2008 - 7:41pmWhat's wrong with last month's press event announcing Comcast's talks with BitTorrent? Their arrangement doesn't protect other peer-to-peer companies from being blocked. It also doesn't prevent other phone and cable companies from blocking.
