Coming from Google: Privately-Owned Fiber to the Home?

  • 12 years ago
Coming from Google: Privately-Owned Fiber to the Home?
The Association for Computing Machinery - Association for Computing Machinery
Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater discusses the state of broadband policy in the U.S and the importance of sustaining the Internet as an open platform for consumer choice and end-user innovation.Slater provides an overview of possible legislation to ensure robust access to the open Internet. He also presents two novel ideas that could help transform broadband policy in fundamental ways: customer ownership of last mile fiber, and Measurement Lab, a new research platform for broadband testing tools.