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12:45 pm on February 18, 2014 · broadband (121), comcast (11), diane rehm (1), Susan Crawford (26)

AUDIO: Diane Rehm Show – consumer interest in Comcast + Time Warner merger @drshow @scrawford

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Diane Rehm Show

Diane Rehm ShowOn Monday February 17 2014, the Diane Rehm show on National Public Radio tackled the proposed Comcast + Time Warner Cable merger in a segment entitled What A Proposed Cable Mega-Merger Might Mean For Consumers. The proposed new entity would have approximately 30 percent of all national pay television subscribers and also about a third of all broadband Internet subscribers. Some consumer advocates say that if the merger is approved, cable TV bills will go up and the new company will have too much control over program content, high speed Internet access and price. Diane’s guests were Berin Szoka President, TechFreedom; Susan Crawford Visiting Professor, Harvard’s Kennedy School and Harvard Law School; and Gautham Nagesh, reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Audio is below:

7:05 am on January 13, 2014 · broadband (121), dc (3), fcc (92), infrastructure (21), legal hackers (13), mapping (5), ntia (34), NYCEDC (3), oti (20)

VIDEO: DC Legal Hackers Broadband Infrastructure Mapping #legalhack #broadband

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On Wednesday January 8, 2014 DC Legal Hackers hosted #LegalHack Broadband Infrastructure, a meetup to discuss the efforts of city, state, and federal governments to create and maintain maps of broadband infrastructure to improve awareness, choice, and competition in the broadband market. Speakers included Virginia Maloney, Senior Project Manager, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC); Anne Neville, Director, State Broadband Initiative, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); Mike Byrne, Geographic Information Officer, Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Greta Byrum, Senior Field Analyst, Open Technology Institute (OTI). Moderator was Julia Pulidindi, Senior Associate, The National League of Cities. The event was webcast live by the Internet Society North America Bureau, video is below.

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/R7lhMTuGl4s
Transcribe on AMARA: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/iNNBJLjaRfGH/
Twitter: #legalhack | #broadband

8:57 am on October 23, 2013 · broadband (121), fiber (26), house (28), infrastructure (21), IP transition (2), subcomtech (1)

VIDEO: House hearing – The Evolution of Wired Communications Networks #SubCommTech #iptransition

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Energy + Commerece

Energy + CommereceOn Wednesday, October 23 2013, at 10:30am the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing “The Evolution of Wired Communications Networks”. Witnesses included Harold Feld of Public Knowledge and Randolph May of the Free State Foundation. The hearing was webcast live and is archived below.

What: The Evolution of Wired Communications Networks
Where: Rayburn House Office Building, Wahington DC
When: Wednesday, October 23 2013 – 10:30am EDT | 1430 UTC
Webcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/8418471
Memo:http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20131023/101418/HHRG-113-IF16-20131023-SD002-u1.pdf
Twitter: #SubCommTech | #iptransition

5:02 am on September 26, 2013 · broadband (121), citi (45), cloud (19), cloud video (1), columbia (18), hamadoun toure (3), State of Telecom (6), susan crawfoerd (1)

WEBCAST TODAY: CITI State of Telecom 2013 – Can #Broadband Networks Handle #Cloud-Based Video Media? #citisot2013

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CITI State of Telecom 2013

CITI State of Telecom 2013Today, Thursday September 26 2013, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) will host State of Telecom 2013 at Columbus Business School NYC. This year this annual conference has the theme is ‘Can Broadband Networks Handle Cloud-Based Video Media? Technology, Business Models, Market Structure, And Policy‘, and launches a multi-year, multi-discipline project on “Cloud TV” which follows CITI’s work on ultrabroadband (UBB), broadband infrastructure deployment and investment, and “over-the-top (OTT) video.

ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré will deliver a lunchtime keynote. Panelists include Susan Crawford, Stephen Conroy, and Henning Schulzrinne. The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel.

What: CITI State of Telecom 2013
Where: Columbia Business School
When: Thursday September 26 2013 9am-5.15pm EDT | 0500-1315 UTC
Agenda: http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/sot2013
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/citisot2013
Twitter: #citisot2013

10:14 am on July 19, 2013 · broadband (121), broadband plan (5), kenya (21)

Kenya announces National Broadband Strategy #Kenya #broadband

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Kenya

KenyaNext Wednesday 23 July 2013 the Kenyan Government will launch its National Broadband Strategy (NBS).

The NBS is a major component in ‘Vision 2030‘, a plan that seeks to provide Kenyan citizens with a lifestyle that is equivalent to that of a newly industrialized country. In 2013 Vision 2030, launched in 2008, is undergoing a re-invigoration by the administration of newly-elected President Uhuru Kenyatta. The strategy recognizes the requirements of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that provides for information access to all citizens as a basic right, with a stated goal “Broadband connectivity that is always on and that delivers a minimum of 5mbps to homes and businesses for high speed access to voice, data, video and applications for development.”

The following diagrams give greater detail:
Kenya NBS

The NBS includes a list of 10 principles that include universal and open access, competition over shared resources, transparency, and the right to interconnect. Building and transportation regulations will be adapted to cater to infrastructure needs. Technical education will be enhanced down to the primary school level. Recognizing the need for local content as an adoption driver, Government agencies will digitize and make available their information, two “neutral” national data centers will be established, and a system of incubators promoted. The cost of the NBS is estimated at a little over $3bn USD.

  • Draft: http://www.cck.go.ke/links/consultations/current_consultations/The_National_Broadband_Strategy_.pdf
10:28 pm on July 17, 2013 · broadband (121), bruce lincoln (6), craig settles (3), fiber (26), gigabit harlem (1), gigabit nation (2), Harlem (14), silicon harlem (35)

Harlem’s Broadband Renaissance: Gigabit Nation interview with Bruce Lincoln of @SiliconHarlem #gigabitharlem

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Earlier today, Wednesday July 17 2013, in a show entitled Harlem’s Broadband Renaissance, Silicon Harlem meetup Executive Producer Bruce Lincoln was interviewed on Craig Settles’ Gigabit Nation Internet radio show. Bruce talked about the Gigabit Harlem initiative that was launched at the recent public forum that was webcast by ISOC-NY.

11:30 pm on July 16, 2013 · blair levin (9), broadband (121), fiber (26), gigabit (7), google fiber (1), isoc-dc (75), michael nelson (6)

VIDEO: Gigabit Networks and the Future of the Internet @isocdc #isocdc #gigabit

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ISOC DC GIGABIT

ISOC DC GIGABITOn Tuesday July 16 2013 the Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC DC) presented Gigabit Networks and the Future of the Internet at Google DC. Panelists include, in person, Blair Levin, former executive director of the National Broadband Plan now with the Aspen Institute’s GigU Project initiative and, via Google Hangout, Craig Settles, author of Building the Gigabit City and the host of the popular radio program Gigabit Nation, and also Milo Medin, Google’s VP of Access Services, and the lead on its fiber effort. Moderator was Michael Nelson of Bloomberg News. The event was webcast live on the Internet Society livestream channel. Video is below. The first couple of minutes are missing.

View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/dPrcR7zPIMw
Transcribe: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/FmASgEAal7OB/
Twitter: #gigabit | #isocdc

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When many of us first logged onto the Internet, having a megabit connection seemed impossible. Today, network speeds a thousand times faster are both possible and affordable and broadband networks drive productivity and economic growth. In January, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the Gigabit City Challenge to have at least one gigabit network in all 50 states by 2015. Currently, there are 13 gigabit city networks in various phases of operation, allowing innovators to develop next-generation applications. How are they using these networks? How will businesses, governments, and schools leverage them to increase job growth, innovation and productivity? What will it take for these local projects to grow and meet the challenge?

4:14 pm on June 7, 2013 · access (43), broadband (121), fcc (92), ICAC (6)

AUDIO: Faceoff: A Fact-Based Debate on U.S. Internet Policy and Access Networks @NetCaucusAC #broadband #icacbroadband

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Net Caucus

Net CaucusToday June 7 2013 the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee’s Internet Ecosystem Economics Task Force hosted a debate Faceoff: A Fact-Based Debate on U.S. Internet Policy and Access Networks. This discussion featured different perspectives on the role of broadband access networks in the Internet economy, and what role, if any, government regulation should play in overseeing these networks. Audio is available.

What: Faceoff: A Fact-Based Debate on U.S. Internet Policy and Access Networks
Where: Washington DC
When: June 7 2013
Audio: http://www.netcaucus.org/audio/2013/20130607bbfaceoff.mp3
Twitter: #icacbroadband
Speakers:

  • Bryan Tramont, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP (moderator)
  • Ev Ehrlich, ESC Company
  • Jeff Eisenach, Ph.D., Managing Director and Principal, Navigant Economics
  • Rob Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law, Penn State University
  • Ellen Goodman, Professor, Rutgers School of Law, Co-director, Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law
2:23 pm on April 24, 2013 · broadband (121), competition (5), Dave Burstein (4), isoc-dc (75), itif (9), policy (40), public knowledge (8), spectrum (25), webcast (110)

WEBCAST FRI AM: Bandwidth for the Buck: The State of #Broadband Access & Competition in the US @isocdc @itifdc

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ISOC-DC

ISOC-DCOn Friday April 26 2013 the Internet Society’s Washington DC Chapter (ISOC-DC) for its April Happy Hour will join with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) to present a breakfast discussion: Bandwidth for the Buck: The State of Broadband Access & Competition in the US. A panel of distinguished experts, moderated by ISOC-NY board member Dave Burstein, will address such questions as:

  • What is the state of broadband competition in the US?
  • Do American consumers really pay more for slower speeds?
  • What is the best way to get to universal access?
  • What objectives should national broadband policy try to achieve?

The event will be webcast live via the Internet Society livestream channel. No live captions.

What: Bandwidth for the Buck: The State of Broadband Access & Competition in the US
Where: ITIF, Washington DC
When: Friday April 26 2013 9am-11am EDT | 1300-1500 UTC
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/dc-broadband
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/151596038350336/
Twitter: #broadband | @isocdc | @itifdc
Speakers:
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. – President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Jeffrey A. Eisenach,Ph.D. – Managing Director, Navigant Economics, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Jodie Griffin – Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge
Robert C. Atkinson – Director of Policy Research, CITI
Moderator: Dave Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime

5:04 pm on March 26, 2013 · broadband (121), community networks (67), fcc (92), gigabit (7), muni (10)

WEBCAST Wednesday: @FCC workshop on #Gigabit Community #Broadband Networks

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FCC

FCCOn Wednesday March 27 2013 the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau will hold the first of a series of Gigabit Community Broadband Workshops. This follows Chairman Genachowski’s Gigabit City Challenge proposal on January 18. The goal of this workshop is to explore how current gigabit communities deployed their networks, the economic and social benefits that accrue to gigabit communities, ways communities can aggregate demand in order to make a gigabit network deployment more economically appealing, and how communities can leverage their assets to incent an ultra-fast network. The workshop will be free and open to the public and will be webcast live via fcc.gov.

What: FCC workshop on Gigabit Community Broadband Networks
Where: FCC, Washington, DC
When: Wednesday March 27 2013 9.15am-3:35pm EDT | 1315-1935 UTC
Agenda: http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-provides-agenda-first-gigabit-community-broadband-workshop
Webcast: http://www.fcc.gov/live
Questions: [email protected]
Twitter: #fcc | #gigabit