Of all the telecom lawyers I've met, nobody understands spectrum better than Anna Gomez. This is a must-see podcast for spectrum geeks.The post Anna Gomez on the National Spectrum Plan appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Jayne Stancavage on the Global Spectrum Pipeline

Jun 1st, 2022 45m 3s

While today's applications are human-centric, the next generation of wireless systems are likely to transform entire economic sectors.The post Jayne Stancavage on the Global Spectrum Pipeline appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Shane Tews on Filling the Spectrum Pipeline

May 21st, 2022 39m 36s

Transferring spectrum from old to new users have proven to be much speedier and easier than imagined by PCAST and similar plans of 10 - 15 years ago. Getting governments and government agencies to cooperate is the harder problem.The post Shane

Mary Brown on Building a Spectrum Pipeline

Apr 23rd, 2022 55m 57s

Evaluation of 20th century radio use cases against 21st century networking needs has to become an ongoing process until all of the spectrum allocations made by fiat are converted to more general uses.The post Mary Brown on Building a Spectrum

Will Rinehart on Broadband Part Two

Dec 30th, 2021 36m 52s

The economics of competition work very differently in markets with high fixed costs. These markets work better with a consumer welfare focus than with the competition focus. The post Will Rinehart on Broadband Part Two appeared first on High T

Will Rinehart on Broadband Infrastructure and Inclusion

Dec 9th, 2021 39m 2s

If you're interested in broadband, competition, digital inclusion, and how public policy moves from idea to appropriation this is for you.The post Will Rinehart on Broadband Infrastructure and Inclusion appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Connecting the Unconnected

Jul 13th, 2021 1h 5m

When we begin with the requirements we quickly find that there are many ways to satisfy them. At this point it's more prudent to continue to rely on innovation to meet needs rather than declare one and only one technology the permanent victor.

John Horrigan on Digital Inclusion

Dec 25th, 2020 37m 11s

Everything policy makers need to know about digital inclusion in one easy podcast.The post John Horrigan on Digital Inclusion appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Who Do You Trust? Zero-Trust Networks

Oct 19th, 2020 44m 21s

Episode 56 of the podcast is a conversation with Dr. Lisa J. Porter on zero-trust architectures. Porter started the current conversation on calibrating expectations about trust and security in the broad network context.In January we wrote abou

Who Do You Trust? Zero-Trust Networks

Oct 19th, 2020 44m 21s

Still Random After All These Years

Sep 3rd, 2020 58m 23s

In this podcast, Dr. George Ford and Larry Spiwak of the Phoenix Center discuss the 2020 edition of OTI’s Cost of Connectivity report. They don’t like it.For several years, the Open Technology Institute has released occasional updates to its

Still Random After All These Years

Sep 3rd, 2020 58m 23s

Municipal broadband overbuilders such as Chattanooga Tennessee, Longmont Colorado, and Fort Collins Colorado are in the curious position of acting as both marketplace regulators and market participants.The post Still Random After All These Ye

Internet Integrity

Aug 6th, 2020 44m 51s

A discussion with Dominique Lazanski and Stacie Hoffman on China’s invasion of Internet standards organizationsThe post Preserving Internet Integrity appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Opening Up the 5G Access Network

Jul 16th, 2020 43m 5s

Coalition members are engaged in some exciting demonstrations and some real network builds, especially Rakuten and Reliance Jio. Rakuten is building a new nationwide 4G/5G network in Japan, and Reliance Jio, creator of the world's largest mobil

Opening up the 5G Radio Access Network

Jul 16th, 2020 43m 5s

One of the most important things about 5G that nobody understands is that it’s a software-based, modular system. The Open RAN Policy Coalition is one of the chief organizations working to ensure that modular small cell base stations become a pe

Attack of the 5G Truthers

Jun 29th, 2020 50m 38s

Given that safety is not a real problem, or at the very least not something city councils need to worry about, a coherent focus on aesthetics and speedy deployment best serves the public interest.The post Attack of the 5G Truthers! appeared fi

Shane and Richard on Dominant Platforms and Market Power

Jan 24th, 2020 43m 34s

So we have a number of issues that may or may not be lawful but are pretty clearly unfair and anti-competitive. What's Congress going to do about platform power and competition? This question remains to be answered, but the podcast suggests a g

Dave Belson on Internet Reliability

Oct 17th, 2019 1h

Long time fans of the High Tech Forum will know Dave Belson as the author of the Akamai State of the Internet reports and previous podcast guest. This research is...The post Dave Belson on Internet Reliability appeared first on High Tech Forum

Shane and Richard Discuss DoH and the TPI Aspen Forum

Sep 20th, 2019 42m 51s

Shane and Richard survey current Internet policy issuesThe post Shane and Richard Discuss DoH and the TPI Aspen Forum appeared first on High Tech Forum.

Stacie Hoffman on DoH

Aug 27th, 2019 38m 32s

In this podcast, DNS expert Stacie Hoffman explains issues with new Internet protocol known as DNS over HTTPS (DoH.) This dubious piece of work creates a number of operational vulnerabilities...The post Stacie Hoffman on DoH appeared first on

Harold Furchgott-Roth on mmWave and Economics in Policy Making

Jul 16th, 2019 30m 2s

In this podcast, Furchgott-Roth discusses the book, his roles in Congress and at the FCC, the current controversy over 5G mmWave interference, and the role of the World Radio Conference in setting standards for spectrum use around the world. T

Huawei in a White Box: Podcast

May 10th, 2019 31m 25s

While first-wave 5G small cells will rely on specialized switches, the second wave will use generic hardware and open source software. When the second wave hits the streets, the fears about the Chinese government taking over an import part of t

To Nationalize or Not; and What About the Trade Commission?

Mar 6th, 2019 37m 10s

The 5G buildout is hampered on some areas by extortionate rents on small cell sites. These fees are driven the need of some municipalities - such as San Jose, California - to raise money for pension costs. While we're sympathetic to retirees, t

ITS Director Keith Gremban on 5G Propagation

Oct 10th, 2018 38m 47s

Costs of deployment for new networking technologies tend to decline over time as we learn how to avoid unnecessary redundancies. Deployment costs of fiber-to-the-home networks declined to about 20% of initial levels over the first three years o