The Technology Liberation Front (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
I’ve got a new piece up at Ars Technica that explores the concept of customer-owned fiber. It was inspired by a post by Google’s Derek Slater, who is working with Tim Wu on a paper making the case for customer-owned fiber in more detail. The structure of today’s telecom market is roughly analogous to a road [...]
Google Public Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst It may sound strange, and it's certainly not what we're used to. Today we have a "carrier-centered" model; phone and cable companies spend billions to build, operate, and own the "last-mile" connection -- the copper, cable, or fiber wires that come into your house. Individual consumers then pay for particular services, like phone service or Internet...
Google Public Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy Analyst The FCC's public hearing today in Pittsburgh , on "Broadband and the Digital Future," raises the question: what does the future of broadband have in store for us? The most important answer is that we don't know, and that's a good thing. Unanticipated innovation is what makes the Internet extraordinary. The past and present of broadband has demonstrated this point...
InformationWeek - All Stories (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... the consumers could connect to the ISP of their choice. In a on Wednesday, Google policy analyst Derek Slater suggested that the status quo -- relying on phone and cable companies to own the "last mile" connection isn't the way it has to be. "[T]here's no law of nature that said this is the only possible model," said Slater. "Many businesses, governments, universities, and...
Information Week (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... the consumers could connect to the ISP of their choice. In a on Wednesday, Google policy analyst Derek Slater suggested that the status quo -- relying on phone and cable companies to own the "last mile" connection isn't the way it has to be. "[T]here's no law of nature that said this is the only possible model," said Slater. "Many businesses, governments, universities, and...
