{"id":237,"date":"2009-05-02T08:24:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2009-05-02T09:36:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T13:36:53","slug":"creating-the-broadband-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/creating-the-broadband-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the broadband future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lots of commentators continue to misinterpret the research I and others have done on Internet traffic and its interplay with network infrastructure investment and communications policy.<\/p>\n

I think that new video applications require lots more bandwidth — and, equally or even more important, that more bandwidth drives creative new applications. Two sides of the innovation coin. And I think investment friendly policies are necessary both to encourage deployment of new wireline and wireless broadband and also boost innovative new applications and services for consumers and businesses.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0this article<\/a>, as one of many examples, mis-summarizes my view. It uses scary words like “apocalypse,” “catastrophe,” and, well, “scare mongering,” to describe my optimistic anticipation of an\u00a0exaflood<\/a>\u00a0of Internet innovations coming our way. I\u00a0don’t<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0think that<\/p>\n

the world will simply run out of bandwidth and we’ll all be weeping over our clogged tubes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not\u00a0<\/span>unless<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0we block the expansion of new network capacity and capability. Read the rest of this entry \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lots of commentators continue to misinterpret the research I and others have done on Internet traffic and its interplay with network infrastructure investment and communications policy. I think that new video applications require lots more bandwidth — and, equally or even more important, that more bandwidth drives creative new applications. Two sides of the innovation coin. And I think investment … <\/p>\n

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