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The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 1: Introduction
This is the first in a series of blog posts outlining an approach to expanding high-speed Internet connectivity that I refer to as FAST PIIPs (Fiber and Spectrum Together for Public Interest IP Services). The FAST PIIPS model reflects the … Continue reading
The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 2: TV White Space as a Tool to Expand Rural Access
This post, which considers the potential of TV White Space (TVWS) spectrum as a tool for expanding rural access, uses two recent and related events as jumping off points for the discussion. 1. Microsoft’s July 12 announcement of its Airband initiative, … Continue reading
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The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 3: EBS Spectrum as a Tool to Bridge the Rural Homework Gap
In an earlier post I discussed the potential of TV White Space (TVWS) spectrum to help expand the availability of affordable high-speed Internet access in rural areas. In this post I want to bring another underutilized spectrum band into the … Continue reading
The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 4: Fiber and Spectrum Together (FAST) for Rural Access
In my last two posts I discussed how unlicensed TVWS spectrum and education-focused EBS spectrum are underutilized and potentially valuable connectivity resources in many underconnected rural communities. In this post and the next, I hope to flesh out my vision of a … Continue reading
The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 5: The Role of Community Benefit-Focused Organizations
In the past I’ve written about the added value that public benefit-focused institutions (e.g., cooperatives, community anchor institutions (CAIs), municipal utilities, and social enterprises) can contribute to the connectivity equation, especially in relatively rural areas with high per-premise construction costs … Continue reading
The FAST PIIPS Connectivity Model, Part 6: Research to Support Success
In announcing Microsoft’s Airband project, company president Brad Smith cited “a need for improved data collection regarding rural broadband coverage,” adding that: “The FCC can help by accelerating its work to collect and report publicly on the state of broadband coverage … Continue reading
Minimizing Competition, Maximizing Extraction
A few things I read recently strike me as good (make that “painful”) examples of how the dominant incumbent ISPs are continuing their quest to minimize competition and thereby maximize financial extraction. The first relates to anti-competitive developments in the … Continue reading
My Broadband Pipe Dream, Part II: How might we get there from here?
Having set the conceptual stage for a “generative” Internet access strategy in Part I of this two-part post, I’d like dig a little deeper here into the “what” and “how.” As I said in Part I, and as suggested by … Continue reading
My Broadband Pipe Dream, Part I: Review & Stage-Setting
In this post I hope to tie to together some threads of analysis explored in earlier posts, with the goal of setting the stage for a follow-up post that will outline what I’ll call my “broadband pipe dream.” So let’s … Continue reading
From Extraction to Empowerment: A Tiny Tax with Big (Broadband) Benefits
The other day I read a post by economist Dean Baker that got me thinking about an intriguing “what if.” Baker made the point that “[a] very small tax on trades of stocks, options, credit default swaps and other derivative instruments … Continue reading
Evolving Human Systems 