It's snowing in Boston and my American flight has been cancelled but Virgin America claims their 8:35am flight is going to leave on time.  So here I am in the Virgin gate area.  Wish me luck. At this point there are a ton of people I'm hoping to hook up with at eComm 2009.  The agenda looks reall...

As a long-time watcher of the global communications industry I’ve never before seen such a golden opportunity for policy reform as now. In the U.S. there’s finally a political commitment to national broadband policy. This is a first. And, it’s a milestone when also combined with recognition th...

(Flickr Photo Credit - danesparza) With regard to telecommunications policy and broadband, the last few years in Washington has been more noise than signal. Hearing after hearing brings lots of whining about broadband - but no solutions. A few academics have gone to the Hill and claimed there is no ...

I recently received a Facebook Group invitation to join an important campaign - Internet for Everyone. It is essential that we provide high-speed Internet access to everyone in the U.S. — to enhance fairness and close the digital divide, to enhance learning and freedom to communicate, and to enabl...

(cross-posted at Red State and The Next Right) The Politico today has a column penned by David All, a young GOP internet consultant, and Saul Anuzis, Chairman of the Michigan GOP. The column looks at the premise that the GOP is behind its Democratic counterparts online, and suggests one possible rea...

Today EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger spoke about the pressing need for a national broadband policy at an event hosted by the New America Foundation (NAF). Held in the Senate Hart Building in Washington, DC, the event also featured FCC commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, e-NC Autho...