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December 1, 2008

A Unique Opportunity for Ireland

The Internet is dramatically changing how we communicate, how we engage in commerce, and how we participate in the broader society. It is breaking down barriers to education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. It is also transforming democracy, creating the impetus for more inclusive democratic processes, and allowing for widespread participation by individual citizens on a level unseen previously. But the benefits of this communications medium accrue only to those with access.

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Could Consumers Own Their Internet Connections? | CBC.ca

December 1, 2008
Tim Wu, the Columbia Law School professor and Toronto native who first coined the term, has a simple suggestion: customer ownership of internet connections. ...
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Homes with Tails: New America Foundation Releases a New Working Paper on Customer Owned Fiber Connections

November 26, 2008

America's communications infrastructure is stuck at a copper wall. For the vast majority of homes, copper wires remain the principal means of getting broadband services. The deployment of fiber optic connections to the home would enable exponentially faster connections, and few dispute that upgrading to more robust infrastructure is essential to America's economic growth. However, the costs of such an upgrade are daunting for private sector firms and even for governments. These facts add up to a public policy challenge.

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Michael Calabrese in Communications Daily | 'CTIA Campaign to Seek More Spectrum for Licensed Use by Carriers'

November 24, 2008
"We are very encouraged to hear that CTIA will join us in calling attention to the many bands of prime spectrum that are unused or grossly underutilized," said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at the New America Foundation. "Actual measurements of spectrum use show that less than 10 percent of the 'beachfront' frequencies below 3 GHz are in use even at peak times in the largest cities.
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Tim Wu on CNET | 'The Key to Innovation: Privately Owned Fiber?

November 21, 2008
In their paper Homes with Tails, Columbia Law School professor and New America Foundation Fellow Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater lay out a proposal in which a community would establish a collectively-owned fiber trunk cable that would lead to individually-owned lines into people's homes. LINK
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Homes With Tails

  • By
  • Tim Wu,
  • New America Foundation
  • and Derek Slater, Google
November 19, 2008

America’s communications infrastructure is stuck at a copper wall. For the vast majority of homes, copper wires remain the principal means of getting broadband services. The deployment of fiber optic connections to the home would enable exponentially faster connections, and few dispute that upgrading to more robust infrastructure is essential to America’s economic growth. However, the costs of such an upgrade are daunting for private sector firms and even for governments. These facts add up to a public policy challenge.

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Wireless Future Event in PC Magazine | 'Obama Adds Yahoo, Former FCC Staffers to Team'

November 13, 2008
Also on the list is Reed Hundt, who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1993 to 1997. At a recent event sponsored by the New America Foundation, Hundt praised Obama's use of the Internet during the campaign and urged him to continue that trend during his presidency. LINK
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Michael Calabrese in Scripps News | 'Devices May Boost Rural Internet'

November 11, 2008
"It was a tremendous waste of the very best airwaves," said Michael Calabrese, director of the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program. LINK
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Letter Expressing Concerns Regarding Cable tru2way Technology

November 7, 2008

November 3, 2008

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St. SW
Washington, DC 20554

Re: In the Matter of Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronics Equipment, CS Docket No. 97-80, PP Docket No. 00-67

Dear Ms. Dortch:

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Tim Wu in CNET | 'Democratic Win Could Herald Wireless Net Neutrality'

November 7, 2008

Wireless Net neutrality is not exactly a novel idea. One proposal emerged in the form of a working paper by Columbia University law professor Tim Wu published in February 2007, which says that wireless carriers "should be subject to the same core network neutrality principles."

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