MuniWireless

Another day, another study announcing to the world that broadband infrastructure in most countries is not future-ready (for watching YouTube, video chatting and file sharing). It’s not even present-ready, given that many people are using these applications right now.

A study based on results of Speedtest.net (which I use to measure bandwidth when I’m traveling - just out of curiosity), shows Japan in the top spot (again) followed by Sweden, the Netherlands, Latvia (!) and Korea. The US is in 16th…

You didn’t really think Comcast would roll over and obey the FCC’s ruling forbidding them from blocking P2P applications, did you? Comcast rallied its legal troops and filed an appeal, which landed in the D.C. Circuit (whose reputation is pro-industry, anti-regulation). The Media Access Project has filed a petition asking the federal court to get the FCC to order Comcast to stop blocking P2P applications immediately. Let’s see what happens next.

In the meantime, the forces against municipal broadband are at…

Hôtel de Roquelaure, on Boulevard St. Germain in Paris, is an elegant 18th century residence close to the Musée d’Orsay, an unlikely location to celebrate a 21st century achievement: the establishment of near 100% cellular coverage in France. But perhaps that is not so surprising given that it is the headquarters of the French Ministry for Town and Country Planning, headed by Hubert Falco, a member of the Sarkozy government. It was here that the three largest French cellular operators…