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.
In a segment entitled ‘An AT&T $14 Billion Bait & Switch? Why You should Care‘ on December 13 2012 Craig Settles interviewed Bruce Kushnick of the New Networks Institute. on his Gigabit Nation Internet radio show.
Kushnick’s Law states:”A regulated company will always renege on promises to provide public benefits tomorrow in exchange for regulatory and financial benefits today.” In this interview he explains how AT&T’s recently announced plan to spend $14 billion to upgrade its network in exchange for a rescinding of regulation should be approached with skepticism, and how citizens and communities might respond to protect their interests.
Earlier today the New America Foundation and GigaOm hosted a discussion Two Perspectives on the National Broadband Plan between Craig Settles, a broadband industry analyst, and Blair Levin, chief architect of the National Broadband Plan, on the plan’s merits. This follows an earlier exchange of views in GigaOm [Settles|Levin| Settles|Levin] in December. Moderators are Wall Street Journal’s Amy Schatz and GigaOM’s Stacey Higginbotham. A recording is available here or below. It runs 1h20m.