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| The Kingsbury Commitment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment
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| The breakup of AT&T is encapsulated here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture
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| Stephen Colbert on AT&T/SBC consolidation: http://videosift.com/video/Colbert-regarding-the-new-ATT
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| The Brand X case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cable_%26_Telecommunications_Association_v._Brand_X_Internet_Services
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| Dawn Nunziato's book "Virtual Freedom" Relating to Brand X case: http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Freedom-Neutrality-Internet-Stanford/dp/0804763852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360712643&sr=8-1&keywords=virtual+freedom
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| National Broadband Plan: http://www.broadband.gov/plan/
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| The full Berkman broadband study: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/pubrelease/broadband/
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| Gizmodo article on how AOL still profits from dialup services: http://gizmodo.com/5982853/aol-earns-most-of-its-money-from-subscribers
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| Tim Wu's book about cycles between emergence, frontierism, and then regulation: http://www.amazon.com/The-Master-Switch-Information-Empires/dp/0307390993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360714112&sr=8-1&keywords=the+master+switch
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| On maximizing fiber capacity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength-division_multiplexing
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| Fiber to Home vs. Node: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_to_the_x
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| A map of the cable provider's division of the US: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/picture-1000-words-us-cable-provider-map/78308/
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| Article about the struggling muni broadband in Monticello, MN: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/06/12/monticello-picks-company-to-move-municipal-broadband-forward
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| Article on Verizon's, AT&T's, and Google's Lobbying: https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236619/Verizon_AT_T_Google_among_top_10_lobbyers
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| Great Articles about Bill Clinton advocating for Nat'l Broadband Network (Relating to Benkler)
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| [[User:Phildade|Phildade]] 16:28, 12 February 2013 (EST)
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| == Class Discussion == | | == Class Discussion == |
February 11
The late Senator Ted Stevens famously said in a 2006 committee meeting that the “Internet is not something that you just dump something on; it’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes.” While he was ridiculed widely at the time, Senator Stevens’s remarks actually reveal an interesting hortatory description of what the Internet should be (though given the rest of his comments, apparently not one that he intended). What Stevens’s metaphor suggests is that the physical conduits of the Internet should act like nothing more than non-judgmental conduits of the rest of the world’s traffic. We will see this week, however, that this is not a true reflection of how the tubes work, and we have strong debates as to what the government's role should be in ensuring that large enough "tubes" reach all those who would like to be online. The big questions for this week: What are the “tubes” of the Internet? Should the tubes have a role in controlling the throughput content? What is the role of government when it comes to developing and regulating our Internet-tubes?
Readings
- Understanding and measuring Connectivity
- What is the role of government?
Optional Readings
- Dawn Nunziato, Virtual Freedom (Chs. 1 & 7) (pending)
Assignment 1
Assignment 1 is due before class today (i.e., February 11th before 5:30pm ET). You can submit the assignment here.
Videos Watched in Class
Links
Class Discussion
Please remember to sign your postings by adding four tildes (~~~~) to the end of your contribution. This will automatically add your username and the date/time of your post, like so:
Andy 15:12, 7 November 2013 (EST)