Broadband for America “Mobile Broadband & Implications for Broadband Competition and Adoption” William Lehr (MIT) You can find a PDF copy of the paper in its entirety here. Dr. William Lehr reviews mobile broadband infrastructure, business models, usage models, and coming technologies that will allow mobile Internet to be a competitive force.  Wireless broadband is [...]

Rural Broadband: Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving the Vision McLean & Brown September, 2009 You can find a PDF copy of the paper in its entirety here. McLean and Brown examine the complexities and hurdles that must be faced to pursue broadband expansion to all Americans.  The argument is made that to be successful, reforms must [...]

George S. Ford analyzes the Berkman Study which was created by Harvard University to act as a “comprehensive assessment” of literature on broadband deployment and act to “lay the foundation for enlightened decisionmaking.”

Health IT is a phrase that includes discussion of topics including efficiency, cost reduction, increasing communication with service providers, records management, as well as medical and drug research.

In this policy brief, New America Foundation looks at six countries that it feels implemented successful national broadband strategies in the last decade.

Christopher Yoo examines the idea that the Internet produces an unfiltered experience for end users. He puts forth evidence that the Internet as a beacon of unmitigated free speech has actually always been diffused of unwanted speech.

Online communities have become a valuable resource on the modern web and can range in topics and uses. But how can one protect private information that must be made public to engage in active on-topic discussions?

Richard Bennett investigates the idea that the Internet was built on system in which there are “prohibitions on taking action”.

Phoenix Center issued a policy bulletin investigating whether the objectives of the National Broadband Plan could be reached, mainly the extension of broadband access into rural areas, with the pending Network Neutrality policy goals in either the form of Congressional or FCC policy.

ITIF and former FCC Commissioner, Harold Furchtgott-Roth have produced separate studies which indicate a decline in broadband investment due to regulation that would exceed investment from software and online content providers.