Posted on August 5th, 2013
Open Technology Institute
This short video from the Open Technology Institute features community broadband projects: Brooklyn, Detroit, and Dharmasala.
Category Archives: Internet Freedom
Digital inclusion and who controls the Internet
The Capacity Crisis Myth
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Anybody who warns of an unavoidable capacity crisis on wireline or wireless networks is lying in order to sell you something. That may be a blunt assessment to some, but it’s the only conclusion you can draw as we see time and time again that claims about a looming network apocalypse (remember the Exaflood?) violently overestimate future traffic loads and underestimate the ingenuity of modern network engineers. Fear sells. Drink orange juice or you’ll die of cancer. Get more insurance or you’re a bad family man. Vote for me or lose your job and see your grandma deported. Pay $2.50 per gigabyte or face Internet brown outs. Be afraid.
Doubling Digital Opportunities: Enhancing the Inclusion of Women and Girls in the Information Society
Doubling Digital Opportunities: Enhancing the Inclusion of Women & Girls in the Information Society frames the challenges and opportunities we face in achieving gender equality in an era of rapid technological change. It closely examines critical gender issues with respect to new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and broadband. Most important, it shows ways in which we can further advance the sustainable development agenda by promoting the use of new technologies in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment. From ,
Pew Cell/Phone Internet Survey Documents Impact of Data Caps
A study by the Pew Internet Center documents the enormous number of US adults who gain much or all of their Internet access via smart phones. This suggests that trends towards the imposition of data caps will hit the smart-phone dependent population especially hard. Continue reading Pew Cell/Phone Internet Survey Documents Impact of Data Caps
Trends in Latino Mobile Phone Usage
This report is a comprehensive compilation of data on how the Latino community is using mobile phones.
The compilation of the data indicates three major tendencies: Latinos are less likely to adopt broadband at home than other ethnic groups, are three times more likely than the general population to rely on mobile phones as their only means of Internet access, and are footing larger mobile phone bills than any other demographic group.
The Emerging World of Broadband Public-Private Partnerships
The Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) and the Benton Foundation teamed up to write this legal and business strategy guide for local municipal governments teaming up with private companies to provide high speed Internet alternatives.
Rural Broadband Lag Persists
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(Full report available below).
Snipped excerpt:
A greater proportion of rural Americans continue to lack access to broadband at all speeds compared to their urban counterparts. Continue reading Rural Broadband Lag Persists
Broadband 101: An Infographic To Talk Tech
The biggest obstacle to advocating for Internet access. All that jargon. A very handy infographic from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance so you can speak broadband babble with the best of them.