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Stop Watching Us

The Open Technology Institute signed on to a letter from a broad coalition of 86 organizations and Internet companies demanding swift Congressional investigation and reform in light of the recent revelations about unchecked global surveillance.
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Capping the Nation's Broadband Future?

Dwindling competition is fueling the rise of costly and restrictive Internet data caps in the United States which serve little purpose other than to raise the already high profit margins of broadband providers.
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The Cost of Connectivity

This paper compares the prices of high-speed Internet in 22 cities around the world, demonstrating that the cost of connectivity in the U.S. tends to be higher for slower services when compared to many of its international peers.

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Commotion Wireless

Commotion is an open source “device-as-infrastructure” communication platform integrating users’ existing cell phones, Wi-Fi enabled computers, and other wireless-capable personal devices to create metro-scale peer-to-peer (mesh) communications networks.
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Measurement Lab (M-Lab)

Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is an open, distributed server platform for researchers to deploy Internet measurement tools. The goal of M-Lab is to advance network research and empower the public with useful information about their broadband connections.
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Articles and Op-Eds

June 18 | Slate
Danielle Kehl
Sarah Morris
May 30 | Slate
Danielle Kehl
Tim Maurer
May 30 | The Guardian (U.K.)
Seeta Gangadharan
May 13 | Politico
Sascha Meinrath
May 06 | The American Prospect
Mark Lloyd
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OTI Events

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Latest Blog Posts

Danielle Kehl
Benjamin Lennett
Thursday, June 6, 2013
President Obama announced a new initiative today aimed at providing far better Internet connectivity for American schools.
Danielle Kehl
Tim Maurer
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
In the past, it’s been difficult for Iranian activists to access critical communications tools – but not because of the Iranian regime. Instead, it was due (at least in part) to confusing sanctions regulations which made it legally and politically risky for American companies to export their...
Grady Johnson
Friday, May 31, 2013
On an uncharacteristically chilly May morning, members of the Commotion and Serval projects set out for the National Mall in Washington, DC to test Serval's latest piece of hardware: the Mesh Extender. Commotion Wireless is an open-source toolkit of software, documentation, and training materials...
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