Scott Bradner: 'Net Insider

All's well with U.S. broadband deployment (says FCC)

Scott Bradner — 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

Earlier this month, the FCC finally got around to releasing the U.S. broadband deployment report it approved in March. This fifth in a series "examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans" is just as silly as its predecessors. But the report and accompanying order (and further notice for proposed rule-making) on data collection about broadband data services may mean, assuming that the data they get is reasonably analyzed, that future reports may be a bit less silly.

Broadband pricing: solutions that are orthogonal to any real problem

Scott Bradner — 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z

Broadband pricing proposals by AT&T, Time Warner and Comcast to deal with Internet congestion fall short.

What will rule the "new" Internet?

Scott Bradner — 2008-06-10T00:00:00Z

Exploring the impact Google, Facebook and Apple's iPhone will have on the Internet, along with what economic models will rule.

Free wireless Internet with an asterisk?

Scott Bradner — 2008-06-05T00:00:00Z

A proposal floated by the FCC chairman that would result in a free nationwide Wi-Fi Internet service would come with some big strings attached, including censorship, says columnist Scott Bradner.

Maybe you did buy that software after all

Scott Bradner — 2008-05-27T00:00:00Z

Judge’s ruling in AutoDesk case could have implications for buyers of software from Microsoft, Apple and others, columnist Scott Bradner writes.

Bleak prospects for privacy

Scott Bradner — 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z

While Web surfing the other day I ran across a London Times story that described two shopping malls in England that individually track everyone who walks into their environs (as long as they have a cell phone turned on).

A surfeit of network neutrality legislation

Scott Bradner — 2008-05-13T00:00:00Z

Two proposed network neutrality bills are wending their way through Congress. They’re not bad but not perfect either, says columnist Scott Bradner.

Network managers: good worries, disappointing lapses

Scott Bradner — 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

VanDyke Software recently published results of the fifth annual edition of its survey of network and system administrators the company hired Amplitude Research to conduct and analyze. Most of the survey questions concerned security.

The elusive third wire for Internet service

Scott Bradner — 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I wish network neutrality wasn't an important issue, but it is.

Online privacy: railing against the accepted

Scott Bradner — 2008-04-22T00:00:00Z

I frequently use this column to rail against threats to the privacy of Internet users, both from government and the private sector. I just found a survey published late last year by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that reports that people are coming to support, or at last not object too strongly to, some types of spying.