http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Susan Crawford on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-10-15T13:58:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081015_white_spaces_fcc_first_step http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081015_white_spaces_fcc_first_step More...]]> 2008-10-15T13:58:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/88152_mccain_tech_plan_vision_backward http://www.circleid.com/posts/88152_mccain_tech_plan_vision_backward McCain tech plan today. At a time when this country is suffering economically and looking for fundamental change, it looks as if Sen. McCain is in the back office having lunch with a bunch of accountants. The heavy emphasis in the policy on tax cuts seems designed to appeal to people who equate lower taxes with progress. Haven't we already had years of that kind of approach? More...]]> 2008-08-15T12:19:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/88110_comcast_and_the_internet http://www.circleid.com/posts/88110_comcast_and_the_internet More...]]> 2008-08-01T10:18:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/87287_dpi_man_in_middle_wants_money http://www.circleid.com/posts/87287_dpi_man_in_middle_wants_money More...]]> 2008-07-28T19:04:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/87168_bt_and_ofcom http://www.circleid.com/posts/87168_bt_and_ofcom here. I remember thinking that Richards didn't seem to think that highspeed access to the internet was all that important. The market had to demand it, and the market wasn't being demanding. Also, he wasn't interested in government intervention to support highspeed access... More...]]> 2008-07-16T20:32:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/87840_battling_over_clouds http://www.circleid.com/posts/87840_battling_over_clouds Steve Bickerstaff pointed out that Computer 1 meant that no one could provide a "computer utility" service... Today, we'd call the "computer utility" something different -- we'd use the term "cloud computing." More...]]> 2008-07-08T16:20:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/86166_bit_caps_consolidation_clearwire http://www.circleid.com/posts/86166_bit_caps_consolidation_clearwire news that Comcast, Time Warner, and AT&T are all considering capping use of their networks -- so that "overuse" would trigger a charge -- has prompted intense discussion of just why these network operators are moving in this direction. One camp suggests that these operators have to do *something* to manage congestion, and because any protocol-specific discrimination plan raises howls of protest from the Net Neutrality side of the fence adopting bit-usage discrimination schemes is inevitable. It's the least-bad approach, following this view. More...]]> 2008-06-16T18:33:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/86119_knowing_less_internet_censorship http://www.circleid.com/posts/86119_knowing_less_internet_censorship announcement yesterday morning in the Times that New York State AG Andrew Cuomo had reached an agreement with three US network operators (Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner) about blocking child pornography was both less and more important than it appeared. It's less important in that part of the agreement covers something ISPs already do... More...]]> 2008-06-11T09:11:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/85107_the_new_clearwire http://www.circleid.com/posts/85107_the_new_clearwire since last July whether something significant would happen in the Google/Sprint world. The deal announcement earlier this weekseems to be that key development... In a nutshell, Sprint will contribute its substantial spectrum licenses in the 2.5 GHz range and its WiMAX-related assets and intellectual property. Google, Intel, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks will invest a total of $3.2 billion. More...]]> 2008-05-10T17:55:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/85520_700_mhz_update_verizon http://www.circleid.com/posts/85520_700_mhz_update_verizon IPDemocracy), Google filed a petition [PDF] asking that the Commission ensure that Verizon understands what those "open platform" requirements for the C Block really mean. Verizon has taken the position in the past that its own devices won't be subject to the "open applications" and "open handsets" requirements of the C Block rules, and Google says it is concerned that Verizon doesn't plan to follow those requirements in the future. This is big. Here's the background... More...]]> 2008-05-05T15:02:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/retrograde_inversion_telecommunications_policy http://www.circleid.com/posts/retrograde_inversion_telecommunications_policy Going backwards upside down. That's what we're doing with telecommunications policy in the U.S. The Comcast affair should prompt a re-examination of many decisions the FCC, Congress, and the courts have made over the last few years. When the FCC reports on its reactions to Comcast's activities, the right response will be "You're asking the wrong question." "What is reasonable network management" isn't the question we should be asking... 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