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A Transatlantic Dialog (with IDATE, France): Gigabit Networks, Kilobit Government?
Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Presentation of Ron Binz, Chairman
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Halloween 2008
Caveat
• I am one of three equal commissioners• My positions are my own• I am confused by many things and have not
made up my mind on much at all• I don’t even agree with some of the things I say• Good advice: don’t believe everything you think
I first met Eli Noam about 1986 when CITI was a relatively new organization. Eli was speaking at a NASUCA conference and was using a new-fangled device called a laptop computer.
Eli set up the computer with software that automatically scrolled his written speech, much like a teleprompter.
The software apparently allowed him to specify how long the speech should run, adjusting the scrolling rate to exactly fill out the time allotted for the speech.
Unfortunately, Eli’s software would not permit pauses or questions during the speech without recalculating the speed necessary to complete the balance of the speech during the allotted time.
This meant that, if interrupted, he had to speed up to cram everything in.
That did not present a problem for Eli, who, as a New Yorker, was accustomed to speaking fast.
However, it was a different matter for his audience, who were trying to listen and simultaneously decode his accent.
They were reduced to waving their hands in the air, asking him to slow down, when, of course, he could do nothing of the sort.
Eli, thank you for 25 years of CITI
Eli, thanks for twenty five years
of CITI.
Major Characteristics of US Broadband Policy
• BB penetration ranks 15th in OECD report• Based on inter-modal competition• Mainly duopolistic: consists almost entirely
of incumbent and telco and cable carriers, especially for small users
• Decreasing number of intra-modal (telco) competitors
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News in Broadband Competition• Growth of FIOS
– FTTH, 50MB BB• Growth of U-verse
– FTTP, FTTH, IPTV• Bundling Cable, BB, Phone• 700 Mhz Auction• Campaign for use of white spaces
Verizon’s FIOS Offering
AT&T’s U-verse Offering
Recent Developments in NN
• FCC Comcast Order• Role of NN in Presidential and Senate
campaigns
Protect the Openness of the Internet: A key reason the Internet has been such a success is because it is the most open network in history. It needs to stay that way. Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet. Users must be free to access content, to use applications, and to attach personal devices. They have a right to receive accurate and honest information about service plans. But these guarantees are not enough to prevent network providers from discriminating in ways that limit the freedom of expression on the Internet. Because most Americans only have a choice of only one or two broadband carriers, carriers are tempted to impose a toll charge on content and services, discriminating against websites that are unwilling to pay for equal treatment. This could create a two tier Internet in which websites with the best relationships with network providers can get the fastest access to consumers, while all competing websites remain in a slower lane. Such a result would threaten innovation, the open tradition and architecture of the Internet, and competition among content and backbone providers. It would also threaten the equality of speech through which the Internet has begun to transform American political and cultural discourse. Barack Obama supports the basic principle that network providers should not be allowed to charge fees to privilege the content or applications of some web sites and Internet applications over others. This principle will ensure that the new competitors, especially small or non-profit speakers, have the same opportunity as incumbents to innovate on the Internet and to reach large audiences.
Thanks for the invitation.
I look forward to our discussions.