by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
In an earlier post I described the BTOP Comprehensive Community Infrastructure (CCI) program as a “very good investment of public funds.” My reasons were twofold, the first one being that it expanded the availability of high-speed connectivity in underserved areas,...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
In an earlier post I discussed Marjorie Kelly’s framework for distinguishing “generative” vs. “extractive” ownership models. In this post, I’ll try to further clarify this distinction by considering some key characteristics of community-owned local access networks in...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
In her 2012 book Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution, Marjorie Kelly, Executive Vice President and a Senior Fellow with The Democracy Collaborative, provides a framework for understanding and distinguishing what she describes as “generative” vs....
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
A key source that informs my perspective on special access policy—and telecom policy in general—is Brett Frischmann’s 2012 book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources. Selected chapters from the book can be found here, and Frischmann...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
One argument against federal funding to support special access and community broadband networks—or potentially any infrastructure project—is that the federal government “can’t afford it,” especially given the widely held belief that it should prioritize balancing the...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
As I discussed in an earlier post, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) recently released a paper by its Director of Research, Mark Cooper, which made the case that the FCC’s decision to deregulate special access in 1999 was premature and has resulted in...
by William Dutton | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog
Most of our ICT4Detroit research team met today at MSU’s Detroit Center. We discussed the results of our network analysis of collaboration among non profit civic organizations in the city, and developing our plans for interviewing individuals in some of the key...
by William Dutton | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog
Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Quello Center: Since my last up-date, our Postdoctoral Researcher, Bianca C. Reisdorf, and Assistant Research Professor, Aleksandr Yankelevich, have come onboard. In collaboration with our Research Associates and Assistants, they...
by William Dutton | Apr 9, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
Elizabeth A. Kirley presented a talk for the Quello Center that addressed alternative approaches to protecting reputations online. Professor Adam Candeub served as a respondent. So much is said about protecting reputations online that it is brilliant to have a...
by William Dutton | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog
Deplorable Telephony A. Michael Noll April 7, 2016 © 2016 AMN The quality and fidelity of a telephone call in the United States are deplorable. Calls are disconnected and it is challenging to understand the other person. In our rush to cheaper telephone service,...
