The folks at SUPERCOMM have finally owned up to the widely rumored rescheduling of its Chicago trade show to October. This might not have been so bad if it didn’t occur after SUPERCOMM spent months expressing outrage over the false (“nasty!”) rumors spreading throughout the industry ...

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In addition to my last post on universal broadband, I’ve noticed that another aspect of broadband infrastructure the soon-to-exceed-one-trillion-dollar-economic-stimulus-plan will tackle is increasing broadband speeds. The narrative goes something like this: most U.S. consumers are forced to make ...

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There’s been a lot of talk lately over using the upcoming MOASP (mother of all stimulus packages) to promote something called “universal broadband.” Numbers as high as $100 billion have been casually bandied about. While noble sounding, this phrase also sounds suspiciously like “energy ...

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