Homes with Tails: New America Foundation Releases a New Working Paper on Customer Owned Fiber Connections

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Denise Caruso <caruso () hybridvigor org>
Date: November 26, 2008 11:23:13 AM EST
To: dfarber () cs cmu edu, dave () farber net
Subject: Fwd: Homes with Tails: New America Foundation Releases a New  
Working  Paper on Customer Owned Fiber Connections

Hi Dave,

Seen this yet? Sounds like it might spark some interesting IP  
conversation.

Happy T-day,
Denise

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:32:54 -0500 (EST)
From: New America Foundation <communications () newamerica net>
Reply-To: communications () newamerica net
To: caruso () hybridvigor org
Subject: Homes with Tails: New America Foundation Releases a New Working
 Paper on Customer Owned Fiber Connections


Dear Colleague:
America's communications infrastructure is stuck at a copper wall. For  
the vast majority of homes, copper wires remain the principal means of  
getting broadband services. The deployment of fiber optic connections  
to the home would enable exponentially faster connections, and few  
dispute that upgrading to more robust infrastructure is essential to  
America's economic growth. However, the costs of such an upgrade are  
daunting for private sector firms and even for governments. These  
facts add up to a public policy challenge.
Last week the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program  
released a new working paper proposing a novel idea to solve this  
problem: consumer-owned fiber connections.
In Homes with Tails: What if you Could Own your Internet Connection?,  
New America fellow, Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst, Derek Slater,  
proposed a model that encourages consumers to purchase and own the  
"last-mile" connection that runs into their home. By purchasing their  
own fiber optic connections, consumers would be able to connect to a  
variety of service providers. This model holds the potential for  
higher broadband speeds, greater competition, and lower Internet  
service prices.
New America also hosted a companion event where the authors discussed  
their proposal.  Additional speakers included Wireless Future's  
Research Director, Sascha Meinrath; the President and Founder of the  
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Robert Atkinson; and  
Link Hoewing, Assistant Vice President for Internet and Technology  
Issues at Verizon.

You can download a copy of the paper at:
http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/homes_tails

You can watch the authors' presentation at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRBzjhnLc8&eurl=http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/homes_tails#t 
=6m45s

And visit the event page at:
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/homes_tails
 ###
New America's Wireless Future Program develops and advocates policy  
proposals aimed at achieving universal and affordable wireless  
broadband access, expanding public access to the airwaves and updating  
our nation's communications infrastructure in the digital era. For  
more information, visithttp://www.newamerica.net/programs/wireless_future 
.

The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy  
institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the  
next generation of challenges facing the United States.  Headquartered  
in Washington D.C., New America also has offices in California.

Media Contact:
Kate Brown
202-986-3058 or 414-737-0462
brown () newamerica net

New America Foundation | 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW | 7th Floor |  
Washington | DC | 20009



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