When my colleague, Katherine, rang me up from a meeting to ask me what Service Providers offered Internet in Loudoun County VA, I got her an answer in 30 minutes - with advertised upload and download speed, number of census blocks served, and technology. I tossed in 6 months of speed test results and a … Continue reading My data super-power: I3 Connectivity Explorer
Top 10 Tech Trends for 2019 via Microsoft
Big shout out to Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne at Microsoft for their insightful analysis of The Top 10 Tech Issues for 2019. Read their full analysis on Linkedin. Here are the trends to watch according to Brad and Carol Ann: Privacy: Privacy protections deepens in Europe and spreads to the United States. Disinformation: … Continue reading Top 10 Tech Trends for 2019 via Microsoft
Inclusion and Access for People with Disabilities
Karen Peltz Strauss leaves the FCC with a legacy of contributions to ensuring access to communications for people with disabilities. Read Michael Copps' tribute in Benton Beat.
Meet me in Mountain View!
Friends and Affiliates of Clarion Collaborative I am participating as a speaker in the inaugural “AnchorNETS: Broadband Summit for Schools, Health and Libraries” and I encourage you to consider coming with me. Because I know how tough it is to travel to the San Jose area, and because of your efforts to date in the … Continue reading Meet me in Mountain View!
Ask a good question
Don’t you just love a great question? My sister Amy asks the most provocative questions – ones that make you think deeply and find new ideas in yourself.... like, “would you rather change the past or predict the future?” President Obama’s question to federal agencies in March of this year may be less provocative but the … Continue reading Ask a good question
Remembering Charles Benton – A Best Friend Forever
It was a big room in some DC law office with perhaps the largest wooden conference table I’d ever seen. Attorney Jim Baller was launching the US Broadband Coalition – a diverse group of stakeholders working to find common ground on the need for a national broadband strategy. The U.S. Broadband Coalition was created in … Continue reading Remembering Charles Benton – A Best Friend Forever
Clarion Collaborative 