May 16, 2012 - Internet data traffic growth shows no signs of slowing anytime soon and peak traffic is projected to grow even faster due to many factors, including growth in video and cloud-based services and richer content on major websites. The changing nature of demand for bandwidth has potentially large implications for our communications landscape. For example, it may already be straining long-standing peering and transit agreements as traditional balances of traffic change and is increasingly testing the viability of the traditional "all-you-can-eat" broadband pricing models.
April 17, 2012 - The Technology Policy Institute, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Silicon Flatirons are pleased to host "The Innovation Consensus: Economic Growth in 2013 and Beyond." The half-day conference will explore issues surrounding America's innovation potential and how it impacts our global competitiveness. Participants will discuss how to move innovation issues to the front and center of our political system with support from both sides of the aisle.
April 2, 2012 - The privacy code of conduct developed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) multistakeholder (MSH) process will apply to many more consumers and firms than can be directly involved in the process. Therefore, code provisions should be analyzed in much the same way as a regulation in order to assure that they produce benefits in excess of costs, states Thomas Lenard in comments filed today with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. By adopting a process for cost-benefit analysis, the agency can ensure the interests of all stakeholders, including present and future Internet users, are represented.
March 29, 2012 - (This piece was published in Investor's Business Daily)
Antitrust officials in the U.S. and Europe act as if they've found their next Microsoft and seem ready to party like it's 1999. At a Senate hearing last year, former antitrust division chief Thomas Barnett, representing Google's competitors, accused Google of "using its extraordinary power to manipulate users and foreclose the ability of other sites to compete." Yelp cofounder Jeremy Stoppelman wondered "whether new ideas can compete fairly" against Google. (Apparently they can; several weeks ago, Yelp had a very successful IPO). Both the chairman and the ranking member of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee support the current Federal Trade Commission investigation.
March 14, 2012 - The Technology Policy Institute, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Silicon Flatirons are pleased to host "The Innovation Consensus: Economic Growth in 2013 and Beyond."
