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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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FCC Approves White Space Devices

  • By
  • Sascha Meinrath,
  • New America Foundation
November 5, 2008 |

Yesterday will go down in history as a bellwether moment. Few among us will soon forget the excitement of Obama's election. But there was an equally historic vote yesterday that for geeks, policy analysts, and technologists represents an entirely new trajectory in telecommunications. In essence, the FCC has begun the transition from command-and-control, single-user spectrum licensure to a more distributed system that holds the potential to eliminate the artificial scarcity that prevented widespread access to the public airwaves since 1927.

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Sascha Meinrath in the Washington Post | 'WiFi Gains Strength in Cities'

November 5, 2008
The profit-making model was the main cause of the failures, said Sascha Meinrath, technology analyst for the New America Foundation, a District-based research organization.
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Wireless Future and Wired Event in Ars Technica | 'On Eve of Election, Obama Goes Gunning for Geek Votes'

November 3, 2008
As surrogate Reed Hundt stressed at a New America Foundation event last week, he also envisions a more transparent and participatory government that makes more information available online, and provides venues for citizens to provide feedback on pending legislation or regulation. LINK
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Wireless Future Program in Ars Technica | ' A Lesson from the White Space War'

November 3, 2008
The white space battle has made progress in part because of the advocacy of groups like Free Press, Public Knowledge, the New America Foundation, and the Media Access Project. LINK
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Wireless Future and Wired Magazine Event in PC Magazine | 'McCain Rep Ducks Tech Policy Debate'

October 30, 2008

"When we say universal broadband what we mean is universal community," Reed Hundt said during a Washington, D.C. panel sponsored by the New America Foundation.

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Michael Calabrese in Communications Daily | 'DTV Signals'

October 29, 2008
The coalition "is very definitely still interested in avoiding any unjustified cannibalization of TV white space by broadcast licensees unless they can demonstrate they need to do this to continue coverage to households within their" market who could lose access to DTV signals after the analog cutoff, New America Foundation Vice President Michael Calabrese told us. "We reiterated those concerns to commissioners" Friday. LINK (subscription required)
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The Lobby that Cried Wolf: New America Foundation Releases New Paper on NAB's Predictable Strategy

October 29, 2008
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The Lobby that Cried Wolf

  • By
  • Benjamin Lennett,
  • New America Foundation
October 27, 2008

In an October 2007 letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), executives from the four largest TV networks told the Commission that proposals to allow low-power Wi-Fi type devices to operate on vacant TV channels, “could cause permanent damage to over-the-air digital television reception." Such a dire warning would ring alarm bells for policymakers, if not for the fact that similar nightmare scenarios have been predicted before.

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Wireless Future Program in RCR Wireless News | 'Martin in the Spotlight: FCC Chief’s Nov. 4 Meeting Center of Controversy'

October 27, 2008
Proponents of making fallow TV frequencies available for Wi-Fi include Google Inc., Motorola Inc., Microsoft Corp., Phillips Electronics and other high-tech companies large and small. The New America Foundation, a think tank, also has been an influential voice in pushing for unlicensed wireless operations in TV white spaces. LINK
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