Thirty years ago, a contentious agency rule would trigger a “the race to the courthouse.” Under the law at the time, whichever Court of Appeals received the first-filed notice of appeal got the case. But it would not do to file too early, because that rendered the appeal invalid. Wait, and some other interest would [...]

The FCC’s Net Neutrality ruling might have similarities with the Verizon-Google joint proposal, but it also has problematic differences. The biggest problem is that the Verizon-Google proposal called for congressional action and not an FCC acting against the will of congressional.

Recently, I bought the newest version Kindle from Amazon, $189 with 3G connectivity (WiFi only is $139), plus, since I am a klutz who drops everything electronic, $35 for a protective cover. My reaction to the prices was that $189 is incredibly low considering the awesome functionalities embodied in the device, and that $35 is [...]

Tech Freedom The Next Digital Decade Berin Szoka & Contributing Authors Berin Szoka along with Adam Marcus, Larry Downes, James E. Dunstan, Charlie, Kennedy, and Geoffrey Manne, many of whom are ex-pats of The Progress & Freedom Foundation, have formed Tech Freedom a new digital think tank.  This week they launch their new think tank [...]

Who’s Who in Internet Politics: A Taxonomy of Information Technology Policy & Politics
Robert D. Atkinson
The Next Digital Decade: Essays on the Future of the Internet

Netflix stands to save hundreds of millions of dollars per year on postage as they migrate to digital video streaming. The postage savings allow them to acquire more content licenses for online streaming and grow their subscriber base. The increase in video streaming will grow CDN and broadband infrastructure.

Tuesday all-day and Wednesday morning — the annual State of the Net Conference of the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, at the Hyatt Regency. As always, it looks like an interesting line-up. Registration is available on-site.

Former Hill staffers along with National Journal Tech Daily Dose Editor Juliana Gruenwald discuss communications policy in the 112th Congress. They take a look at how a Republican controlled House may approach communications policy over the next two years.

Using a variety of sources, Pingdom has put together a list of numbers about the Internet. For example: 107 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2010 (89% were spam). 255 million – The number of websites as of December 2010. 825.1 million – Internet users in Asia (as compared with [...]

By removing native HTML5 H.264 video delivery, Google effectively derailed the imminent universal migration to HTML5. The biggest loser under such a scenario is Apple because they’ve foreclosed on the possibility of supporting Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight which leaves HTML5 the only option on Apple iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad, and that helps Google Android.