Wireless Future Program: Publications, Events and More

New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country

OTI — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0500

As digital communications and the Internet become increasingly pervasive, Native Americans continue to lack access to this digital revolution. Native Americans are among the last citizens to gain access to the Internet, with access to broadband often unavailable or overly expensive in Native communities. Beyond that challenge, there is a fundamental lack of qualitative or quantitative empirical research on Native American Internet use, adoption, and access, stifling the Native voice in broadband and media policy.

New Media, Technology & Internet Use in Indian Country

Kirsten Gilbert — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/19/2009 - 9:00am

On November 19, 2009, Native Public Media and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative will release New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses, one of the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands. Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around the National Broadband Plan, the report combines both a survey of Native American technology

Comments of the New America Foundation - NBP Public Notice #13

OTI — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0500

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.

Reply Comments on Broadband Consumer Information

Wireless Future — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0500

In the present Notice of Inquiry, the Commission seeks comment on the clarity, accuracy and thoroughness of information available to consumers when they choose a communications service provider; choose a service plan; manage the use of their service plan; and decide to switch providers or plans. The Notice of Inquiry properly expands on past investigations, raising questions about not just billing practices but also sales practices more broadly, including point-of- sale disclosures that drive consumer purchase decisions.

PISC Reply Comments on Competitive Market Conditions in Mobile Wireles

Wireless Future — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:00 -0500

The Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Free Press, Media Access Project, the New America Foundation, and Public Knowledge (together, the "Public Interest Commenters") respectfully submit this reply to initial comments filed in the above-captioned docket1 in response to the Commission's Notice of Inquiry (the "Notice"). The majority of those initial comments confirmed the Public Interest Commenters' conclusion that the mobile wireless ecosystem, including the commercial mobile services market itself and a range of upstream and

The Hidden Harms of Application Bias

OTI — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0500

Application bias, the practice by network operators of placing applications into tiers of low and high priority and enforcing this prioritization through mechanisms in the middle of the network, poses hidden harms for the Internet that substantially outweigh its uncertain benefits. Application bias degrades low priority applications, decreases overall network performance, and locks the Internet into typical usage patterns of 2009, frustrating both consumer choice and Internet innovation. At the same time, the biggest hurdle to offering more powerful services on the Internet is not conge

Consumer Groups Seek Clarity from FCC on Open Internet Rulemaking

OTI — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:25:00 -0500

Chairman Julius Genachowski
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554

November 9, 2009

Dear Chairman Genachowski,

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

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

Biggest Net Neutrality Boosters Question FCC Proposal | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:11:00 -0500

"We trust Genachowski," said Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University and chairman of public interest group Free Press . Wu co-wrote the letter. ...

Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan | BroadbandCensus.com

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:27:00 -0400

Last month, the Benton Foundation, broadbandcensus.com, and the New America Foundation hosted a session – we dubbed it “Beer and Broadband Mapping” at the ...

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. ...

Getting Connected

OTI — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:16:00 -0400

The current national discussion to expand access and use of broadband occurring in Washington has created an ideal time for foundations to become engaged in the issue. The current economic recession, combined with an unprecedented effort by government to directly invest in the deployment and adoption of broadband, provides an enormous opportunity for community foundations to help support beneficial projects and initiatives in communities across the country.

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 ...

Mobile Data Demand and the Need for Increased Spectrum Access

Wireless Future — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:18:00 -0400

There is no doubt that consumer demand for mobile data applications is exploding worldwide. As Smartphones with PC capabilities and broadband aircards gain access to faster 4G networks beginning next year, total wireless data consumption will increase geometrically. Cisco’s annual projection of global Internet traffic predicts a 129% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for mobile data over the next five years in North America (through 2013).

Meeting consumer demand for mobile data will require some combination of four strategies:

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, ...