At the MMTC Broadband and Social Justice Summit, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, made a passing reference to net neutrality when she discussed how tiered pricing would be a market entry barrier to some online entrepreneurs.  I don’t disagree.  Anything that increases costs for starting and sustaining any business, online or otherwise, is a barrier for new entrepreneurs. However, before we can get people to the point where they start a business online, we have to get [...]

Last night I had the honor of speaking on a panel about opportunities in the Web 2.0 space to the members of the Delta Sigma PI business fraternity of Howard University. I think it was more exciting for me than it was for them. It was exciting to see so many young people who are thinking about how to create a business, and who are eager to have dialogue about the Internet and learn how [...]

UPDATE – If a picture is really worth 1,000 words, I’m going to guess a video is worth about a million, so I hope you do take five minutes to watch this video about the Exaflood. I’ve been in technology for over a decade now, and it still surprises me how far we’ve come in the realm of data consumption. I originally made mention of this video in a an earlier post here. This video [...]

As we approach the Thursday, January 14, 2010 deadline to comment on the FCC’s proposed rules for Network Neutrality, I’m reminded of the marbled halls of the FCC and the relative frenzy that has consumed our nation’s capital, and all of the politicians, lawyers and lobbyists who are involved in this contentious issue. But really, my mind is somewhere else today. Today, I’m thinking of the young woman in Detroit who has a dream of [...]

As I’ve said for some time now that once we go down the path of relying on the government to regulate the Internet, the pattern of regulation would extend far beyond any restrictions that are being proposed for Internet providers.  Here are a couple articles about “search neutrality” that describe potential restrictions that need to be placed on Google. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28raff.html?_r=1 .   In this article from the New York Times, the writer makes the case that [...]