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The Future of war: Cyber is expanding the Clausewitzian spectrum of conflict
The Pentagon's principal cyber advisor, Assistant Secretary of Defense Eric Rosenbach, said about cyber operations last month, "The place where I t...
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Do Net Neutrality Rules Hinder Management of Wireless Networks?
The Open Technology Institute (OTI) Thursday announced new research that it says proves net neutrality will not hinder the management of wireless n...
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Ex Parte Filing on Legal Authority for Mobile Net Neutrality
OTI’s comments and reply comments have described at length major changes in the broadband ecosystem over the past five years that make it increasin...
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Mobile Broadband Networks Can Manage Congestion While Abiding By Open Internet Principles
As the FCC considers whether and how to extend its Open Internet rules to mobile broadband networks, mobile carriers have asserted that mobile netw...
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Getting Closer to Net Neutrality on Mobile Networks
Research Shows it is Technically Feasible and Legally Possible
The tech policy world is still abuzz from President Obama’s endorsement of strong net neutrality rules. But in addition to calling for broadband to...
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"Take Net Neutrality Back to the Future"
Prices for broadband are also much higher in the U.S. than in many other countries, a 2013 report released by the think tank New America Foundation...
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"What France has taught me: Americans are suckers who have themselves to blame for crappy broadband"
The story talks about a study, “The Cost of Connectivity,” that the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute published. It looks at citie...
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Net-Neutrality Debate Splits Telecom Industry
Long-haul Internet carriers have been squabbling with other broadband providers for years over who should pay to carry data over the so-called last...
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New Report: “Beyond Frustrated” — The Sweeping Consumer Harms as a Result of ISP Disputes
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Open Technology Institute at New America released Beyond Frustrated: The Sweeping Consumer Harms as a Result of ISP Dis...
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Beyond Frustrated: The Sweeping Consumer Harms as a Result of ISP Disputes
In 2013 and 2014, the policies implemented by some of the nation’s largest communications companies led to significant, months-long degradation of ...
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Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news?
“The thing about mesh is that you don’t have to plan it out in advance,” says Georgia Bullen, a data analyst with the Open Technology Institute, wh...
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President Obama Endorses Strong Approach to Net Neutrality
President calls for Title II reclassification and bright-line rules that ban paid prioritization and protect mobile broadband users
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama endorsed a robust and straightforward approach to net neutrality rules on Monday, urging the FCC to reclassify bro...
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‘Cybersecurity’ and Why Definitions Are Risky
On November 7, the Swiss Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held a conference in Vienna on confidence-...
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Final Dispatch from Busan: Closing the Books on the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
This post is the last in a series from the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, South Korea. Rea...
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More than 70 Groups Sign On to Oppose the FCC’s Rumored “Sender Side” Approach to Network Neutrality
WASHINGTON, DC – New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) joined more than 70 organizations this morning in opposition to the “sender side” ap...
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Do-it-yourself antennas for Community Networks
For people around the world planning or building wireless networks, the cost and accessibility of the equipment can often be a challenge. There are...
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Net Neutrality/Red Hook
Tony Schloss (Red Hook Initiative) and Andy Gunn (Open Technology Institute) discuss net neutrality.
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NEW WEBSITE AND REPORT: How Do We Define “Cyber Incident”, “Cyber Attack”, and Other Key Cyber Security Terms?
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, New America’s Tim Maurer and Robert Morgus released a new report outlining existing definitions of cybersecurity and inform...
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Compilation of Existing Cybersecurity and Information Security Related Definitions
The year 2013 saw a number of positive developments in regional and global cybersecurity discussions including the Initial Set of OSCE Confidence-B...
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Privacy Groups Including OTI Unite to Oppose Expansion of Government Hacking Authority
Today at 9 AM in Washington DC, the Open Technology Institute’s Policy Director Kevin Bankston will be testifying at a hearing before the Judicial ...
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Report: L.A., NYC Internet Services Among World's Slowest, Most Expensive
The report, titled Cost of Connectivity 2014, was compiled by New America's Open Technology Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, ...