Berto Jongman: Internet Service Providers Over Five Years Out of Date on Routers, Time to Go Directly to Dark Fiber and Open Spectrum

Is the internet ‘full’ and going to shut down? Reports state that that the internet is running out of space – but is this really a problem, and do we have to worry about it? Reports this week have claimed that the internet is in danger of becoming “full” because the number of internet connections …

Cognitive Radio for Open Spectrum

From Wikipedia (Cognitive Radio) Cognitive radio is a paradigm for wireless communication in which either a network or a wireless node changes its transmission or reception parameters to communicate efficiently avoiding interference with licensed or unlicensed users. This alteration of parameters is based on the active monitoring of several factors in the external and internal …

Journal: Time to ShitCan the FCC and Go Open Spectrum

November 30th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) could potentially engage in one of the largest federal power grabs we have ever seen. At the FCC’s November meeting – note the coincidental date of choice, AFTER the impending election – three unelected bureaucrats (of five) could simply vote themselves rulers of 1/6th of our entire economy …

Journal: Unlicensed Spectrum Open for Super Wi-Fi

Here it comes: ‘Super WiFi’ Todd Bishop on Thursday, September 23, 2010, 11:17am PD Microsoft, Google and other tech companies won a key victory in Washington, D.C., today as the Federal Communications Commission moved to open up vacant spectrum between television channels for unlicensed use by wireless devices — a development expected to lead to …

2004 Gill (US) Open Wireless Spectrum and Democracy

Jock Gill served President Bill Clinton as a communications specialist, and has gone on to reflect deeply on public communications as the inherent foundation of democracy.  As part of that process he has recognized–and taught us and others–that open spectrum as championed by David Weinberger is an inherent “need” for full and open public communications. …