As anyone reading the sidebar can tell, I’m a big fan of the folks over at OpenLeft. So I was extremely happy when Matt Stoller asked to interview me on what the November 4 white spaces vote at the FCC means for the future of media and telecom policy.
You can find the interviews here:
Day 1: Broadband and Breaking Up Telecom/Cable/Broadcast Monopolies.
Day 2: Real Use Anywhere ‘Skype-style’ Phone In The Offing.
I have no idea if the Obama people — or anyone else for that matter — agree with me on this stuff. The views expressed in the interviews are my own, just like any other time I talk to the press. In particular, I am pretty sure no one else agrees that our priority should be to “crush monopoly incumbents, drive them before us, and hear the lamentations of their shareholders.” “have a strong national broadband policy that includes federally funded fiber-to-the-home and greater access to federal spectrum for intelligent devices.”
But I hope we can persuade them to agree with me.
Stay tuned . . . .
Related Posts:
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Great Ideas Harold…
I found the blog via the Google Public Policy blog, but also read open left.
A pet peeve of mine is how the concept of “long distance” still means anything, and justifies the business models of some of these telecoms that have done as much for internet infrastructure as oil companies have done for green energy.
Tagging you to follow future posts, but just wanted to say thanks.