Comments on: Letting Big Telecom Foxes Map Out the Broadband Hen House on Your Dime http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/03/letting-big-telecom-foxes-map-out-the-broadband-hen-house-on-your-dime/ Promoting Better Broadband, Fighting Data Caps, Usage-Based Billing, & Other Internet Overcharging Schemes Thu, 24 May 2012 00:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stop the Cap! » North Carolina Phone & Cable Companies Decry Municipal Broadband While Living Large on Public Tax Breaks Themselves http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/03/letting-big-telecom-foxes-map-out-the-broadband-hen-house-on-your-dime/#comment-10258 Stop the Cap! » North Carolina Phone & Cable Companies Decry Municipal Broadband While Living Large on Public Tax Breaks Themselves Thu, 13 May 2010 15:59:19 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2846#comment-10258 [...] Nation, which Buscher relies on for her numbers, has a board dominated by telecommunications company executives, particularly AT&T.  With their private provider-stacked leadership, they can draw the maps [...] [...] Nation, which Buscher relies on for her numbers, has a board dominated by telecommunications company executives, particularly AT&T.  With their private provider-stacked leadership, they can draw the maps [...]

]]> By: Brenda van Gelder http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/03/letting-big-telecom-foxes-map-out-the-broadband-hen-house-on-your-dime/#comment-4466 Brenda van Gelder Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:43:40 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2846#comment-4466 What is needed is a neutral party, an 'honest broker' to do the mapping of broadband for states. Virginia Tech, a public, land-grant university, has been mapping broadband since 2006. Our map includes a built-in speedtest (Internet2s NDT speedtest using federated servers) overlaid on a google mash-up. We have been collecting data that is used by our faculty for research purposes, and have no budget available to promote increased use of the map. However, if we were able to get more data, we would be able to perform very robust analyses of broadband conditions throughout the U.S. See some of our analyses examples here: http://www.ecorridors.vt.edu/maps/maps/ All of our data is freely available to the public, and includes location, speed (performance/ throughput), pricing, provider name, and technology type (wireless, DSL, Fiber, etc.). Another organization that is using a similar methodology is Broadband Census.com led by Drew Clark. http://broadbandcensus.com/ What is needed is a neutral party, an ‘honest broker’ to do the mapping of broadband for states. Virginia Tech, a public, land-grant university, has been mapping broadband since 2006. Our map includes a built-in speedtest (Internet2s NDT speedtest using federated servers) overlaid on a google mash-up. We have been collecting data that is used by our faculty for research purposes, and have no budget available to promote increased use of the map.

However, if we were able to get more data, we would be able to perform very robust analyses of broadband conditions throughout the U.S. See some of our analyses examples here: http://www.ecorridors.vt.edu/maps/maps/ All of our data is freely available to the public, and includes location, speed (performance/ throughput), pricing, provider name, and technology type (wireless, DSL, Fiber, etc.).

Another organization that is using a similar methodology is Broadband Census.com led by Drew Clark. http://broadbandcensus.com/

]]> By: Michael Chaney http://stopthecap.com/2009/06/03/letting-big-telecom-foxes-map-out-the-broadband-hen-house-on-your-dime/#comment-4448 Michael Chaney Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://stopthecap.com/?p=2846#comment-4448 The best choice would be to have an entity like the Census Bureau handle the mapping. They already know where the people are, and how to conduct surveys. And most importantly, they have no vested interested in the results. Even their mission statement shows they do more than count heads... "The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy" The best choice would be to have an entity like the Census Bureau handle the mapping. They already know where the people are, and how to conduct surveys. And most importantly, they have no vested interested in the results. Even their mission statement shows they do more than count heads…

“The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy”

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