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[George Ou | 11 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
FCC Technical Advisory Process Workshop QoS discussion

The FCC got some conflicting testimony on Quality of Service at its Technical Advisory Process Workshop Tuesday, so we’re going to clear them up in this article.

Internet »

[Jon Henke | 10 Dec 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Berkman Center to FCC: Forced Access

“Measure twice, cut once” is good advice. The Berkman Center wants the FCC to eyeball it and start cutting.

Intellectual Property, Research »

[Nick R Brown | 10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Research: Piracy of Digital Content

The book Piracy of Digital Content is a thorough review of digital content, the infringement of copyrighted content, and the difficulties that are produced to copyright owners and policy makers in combating piracy.

CurrentHeader, Wireless »

[George Ou | 9 Dec 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Study of 16 million people confirm no cell phone danger

A study spanning four Scandinavian countries with a population of 16 million people found no increase in brain cancer rates resulting from the use in cell phones. The results were published at the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Internet »

[George Ou | 8 Dec 2009 | 7 Comments | ]
A meaningful debate on NPRM regulations

The FCC’s Chief Technologist Jon Peha says that the FCC doesn’t know how the NPRM should be defined and they are seeking answers. Digital Society is happy to oblige and we have put forth some very specific questions and answers and we welcome an open and meaningful debate.

Digital Economy, Research »

[Nick R Brown | 8 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Research: Two-Sided Market Analysis of Investment Incetives

In the current make up of the content provider/ISP/end-user trio, there are still questions pertaining to how and who payment should be coming from for the delivery of Internet content and services.

Digital Economy »

[George Ou | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Early Termination Fees are effectively a loan, so why limit it?

Sam Diaz made some great points in his blog posting “Bill aims to limit wireless early termination fees; Do we need this?” Senator Amy Klobucher (D-Minn) has put forth a bill that aims to limit the size of Early Termination Fees (ETF), but why?

Internet »

[George Ou | 3 Dec 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Google promises better free DNS service

Google just launched a new free DNS service that promises to be faster and more reliable than your ISP’s DNS service.

Internet, Research »

[Nick R Brown | 2 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Research: Economic Impact of Broadband Stimulus

In Drs. Katz and Suter’s research paper on the Broadband Stimulus Plan, he investigates the potential jobs that could be produced using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The paper does take in consideration jobs generated by grant monies and jobs created by network deployment.