Articles by Richard
Richard Bennett is one of the inventors of Ethernet switching and the Wi-Fi system architecture. A long-time contributor to Internet and Open Systems Interconnection standards and protocols, he currently works at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation as Senior Research Fellow. His ITIF work includes two major reports, Designed for Change and Going Mobile.
ICANN and the Registrars
ICANN, the organization that runs the domain name system for the Internet, is a strange organzation that mainly operates outside public view. It manages several tasks that are necessary to [...]
U. S. Broadband Speed Slightly Better in Latest Akamai Report
Akamai published the Q4 2012 edition of their State of the Internet report yesterday, and it’s pretty much as expected: the trends that have been evident since 2010 are continuing. [...]
Exploiting Boston
Predictably, the terrorist attack of the Boston Marathon brought the hucksters out of the woodwork more or less immediately. One of the first stories – and still the worst one, [...]
Global Broadband Woes
The New York Times reports that broadband networks in Germany fail to deliver advertised speeds: BERLIN — A government study released Thursday supports what many German consumers have long suspected: [...]
PBS News Hour Broadband Series
Quick note: I discuss broadband networks on the PBS News Hour today (Thursday.) They’re doing a three-part series on the state of U. S. broadband with a lot of focus [...]
How to Kill Wi-Fi
As we all know, Wi-Fi is a killer technology that’s been enormously important to innovators, consumers, and the Internet. It’s a very humble technology that only tries to replace Ethernet [...]
The Whole Picture of American Broadband
I’m happy with the volume (if not necessarily the quality) of reaction to the report on the state of American broadband networks we just released this week at ITIF, The [...]
A Tale of Two Hearings
Happy New Year. Two tech policy hearings toward the end of the year exhibited a common theme despite very different subject matters: a Congressional hearing before the Communications and Technology [...]
The Charlatan’s Cartels
OK, this is almost too easy to bother with, but I can’t help myself. Last week a former journalist with a book to sell wrote an Op-Ed for the New [...]
TDM to IP Transition
See my post on ITIF’s Innovation Files blog in the transition from the telephone network of the past, AKA “TDM” to the IP network of the present and future. Three [...]
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