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As promised, here is the new list of movers and shakers in the debate about network neutrality, an update from our previous rankings released earlier this summer. (In college football terms, the earlier was the preseason poll, while this one is near the end of the BCS process.) Since we are still waiting for names to be named following the Presidential election victory by Sen. Barack Obama, we’re sure this list will be updated again soon. But for now, here’s…

It’s hard to believe that it was just two years ago that Google co-founder Sergey Brin embarrassed himself and the company with a poorly planned attempt at lobbying Capitol Hill. Fast forward to last Thursday afternoon, when the chairman of the FCC uncharacteristically hung out with Google co-founder Larry Page, walking reporters and assorted policy wonks through the machinations that led to the FCC’s decision to open up television white spaces as unregulated spectrum, a ruling pushed hard by the…

Eric Schmidt — Chairman and CEO of Google, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New America Foundation, and a member of President-Elect Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board — will be in Washington DC on Tuesday, November 18, to discuss the intersection between technology and the economy.

Schmidt will explore the ways in which technology can help the new administration and Congress address two of the biggest challenges ahead: generating the kind of short- and long-term economic and job…

The New America Foundation is hosting a live webcast on 30 October 2008 starting at 12:25 EST featuring Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Reed Hundt, who will debate the candidates’ tech agendas. Here’s a description of the topics that will be discussed:

Why is the United States falling behind the rest of the world in broadband access, and how can the US reverse that? What should American immigration policy be for skilled tech workers? How can US technology policies strengthen the broader economy?…

The New America Foundation is organizing an event entitled “Pervasive Connectivity: Open Airwaves, Open Networks” at the Googleplex in Mountain View on 21 October 2008 from 10:00 to 13:30. You can RSVP online at http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/pervasive_connectivity. Please do so by 17 October 2008.

Description of the forum, agenda and speakers:

As Internet access moves increasingly to mobile platforms, control over access to the public airwaves will determine whether wireless broadband networks are closed, costly and channelized - or open, affordable and innovative.  The conventional…

ARCEP, the French regulator, recently published on its website a set of documents and information about “sharing fiber to the home”. After about 18 months of investigation, trials, technical discussions and assessments, ARCEP concluded that one of the critical conditions for rapid deployment of fiber networks is a set of guidelines for operators, installers, owners and users to share the fiber local loop.

“To deploy a new local loop is an technical, economical and a competitive challenge for France,“ an ARCEP…