Telecom & Technology: Media Appearances and Press Releases

Small Cable, Online Video Companies Warn of Anticompetition in Comcast, NBC Merger | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:35:00 -0500

That's when all worst things happen," said Tim Wu, a professor at the Columbia University School of Law who is writing a book that chronicles the history of ...

New America Foundation Announces Its First Knight Media Policy Fellow

adminn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:05:00 -0500

The New America Foundation today announced that Tom Glaisyer will be its first Knight Media Policy Fellow, focusing on national media policy changes and related developments under a new grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Consumer Groups Seek Clarity from FCC on Open Internet Rulemaking

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:42:00 -0500

Washington, D.C. -- Today, four consumer and public interest groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission seeking clarity regarding Net Neutrality. In the letter, the groups express strong concern with a statement made last week by a senior commission official that the FCC would allow the speeding up or slowing down of applications like video or voice as part of "reasonable network management" -- a sentiment that appears to prejudge the outcome before the FCC completes its rulemaking process.

DC Public Interest Community Urges FCC to Not Allow Selectable Output Control Restrictions

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:05:00 -0500

Network Engineers Question Need for Net Neutrality Rules | PC World

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:50:00 -0400

... have always been open and nondiscriminatory, added Robb Topolski, chief technologist for the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation. ...

A Nutrition Box for Internet service? | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:09:00 -0400

New America Foundation has proposed a Nutrition Fact box for broadband. Instead of calories, carbs and fiber, the broadband box would break down data on ...

Feds Should Free Up Airwaves to Spur Wireless Growth | Washington Examiner

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:35:00 -0400

The auction-based system was a major improvement over its predecessor, a command-and-control approach that Tim Wu of Columbia Law School has called a ...

Schumer Box Idea | Ars Technica

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:00 -0400

New America Foundation has gone so far as to offer the FCC its own prototype of a Schumer Box, applied to broadband. ... Original Article

Washington Technorati Toast Public Knowledge and Its IP3 Awards | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:29:00 -0400

... was recognized for his work in intellectual property, and Sascha Meinrath, the creator of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, ...

Consumer Groups Criticize Broadband Providers for Advertising Practices ... | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:00 -0400

The other organizations were Consumer Federation of America, Free Press, Media Access Project, the New America Foundation and Public Knowledge. ...

Federal Government Calls for Broadband Transparency | TMC Net

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:18:00 -0400

Panelist Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, at the event this fall talked about the US service ...

Does Broadband Need Its Own Government "Nutrition Label"? | Ars Technica

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:14:00 -0400

The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute suggested last week the government require a broadband disclosure sticker that would let consumers ...

Venture Capitalists: Don't Treat Us As Hedge Funds | The Hill

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:19:00 -0400

But groups including the New America Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge are urging the FCC to deny the request, ...

Will Net Neutrality Go Wireless? | MSNBC.com

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:27:00 -0400

The FCC has "the willpower to break this market open," says Tim Wu, a professor who specializes in technology at Columbia Law School. ...

'Broadband Census for America' United Scholars and State Officials | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:00 -0400

... current chief technologist at the FCC), Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation,Scott Wallsten of the Technology Policy Institute, and others. ...

Will Net Neutrality Go Wireless? | BusinessWeek

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:56:00 -0400

The FCC has "the willpower to break this market open," says Tim Wu, a professor who specializes in technology at Columbia Law School. ...

'Beer and Broadband Mapping' at the Top Telecommunications Policy Conference | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:48:00 -0400

The discussion, which was sponsored by The Benton Foundation, BroadbandCensus.com and the New America Foundation, began at around 8:30 pm, and lasted for ...

Contributions to the Broadband Plan from Pennsylvania | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:57:00 -0400

... Internet access in the country, its impact on society, and the future of broadband in the US The event was sponsored by the New America Foundation. ...

Wireless Carriers Beg FCC for Spectrum, Blame Smartphones | Ars Technica

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:22:00 -0400

On the other side are public interest groups and think tanks like the New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, and the Media Access Project. ...