Digital Philadelphia Broadband Initiative

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Digital Philadelphia Broadband Initiative

Few municipalities in the United States have attempted to build and operate city-wide, multi-use networks. In Philadelphia, however, the idea of a city-wide network has germinated for over half a decade.

New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country

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New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country

This Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses contains the first valid and credible data gathered from the ground up on technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands.

BTOP and BIP Broadband Funding Application Guides

BTOP and BIP Broadband Funding Application Guides

OTI has prepared five application guides for the first round of NTIA and RUS grant opportunities as well as a primer to funding opportunities and a strategic guidance document regarding BTOP infrastructure funding.

Broadband Truth-in-Labeling

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Broadband Truth-in-Labeling

Drawn from similar useful disclosure requirements by lenders, these Broadband Truth-in-Labeling disclosure standards will give the marketplace a much-needed tool adding meaning to the terms and conditions of the service being offered.

Measurement Lab (M-Lab)

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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.

OTI Staff

Tom Glaisyer
Knight Media Policy Fellow

As a Knight Media Policy Fellow at New America, Tom Glaisyer coordinates the...

Benjamin Lennett
Policy Analyst, Wireless Future Program, Open Technology...

As a Policy Analyst for the Wireless Future Program & the Open...

Chiehyu Li
Program Associate, Open Technology Initiative

As Program Associate for the Open Technology Initiative at the New America...

James Losey
Program Associate, Open Technology Initiative

As a Program Associate for the Open Technology Initiative at the New...

Sascha Meinrath
Research Director, Wireless Future Program; Director, Open...
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Staff Technologist, Open Technology Initiative

As Staff Technologist for the Open Technology Initiative at the New America...

Victor Pickard
Senior Research Fellow, Open Technology Initiative and Media...

As a Research Fellow for both the Open Technology Initiative and Media...

About

The Open Technology Initiative formulates policy andregulatory reforms to support open architectures and opensource innovations and facilitates the development and implementation of open technologies and communications networks. OTI promotes affordable, universal, and ubiquitous communications networks through partnerships with communities, researchers, industry, and public interest groups and is committed to maximizing the potentials of innovative open technologies by studying their social and economic impacts – particularly for poor, rural, and other underserved constituencies. OTI provides in-depth, objective research, analysis, and findings for policy decision-makers and the general public.

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Measurement Lab

Measurement Lab (M-Lab) is an open platform for researchers to deploy Internet measurement tools. By enhancing Internet transparency, we aim to help sustain a healthy, innovative Internet.


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