Comments on: Albert Gallatin and the First National Broadband Plan http://larrydownes.com/albert-gallatin-and-the-first-national-broadband-plan/ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jason Treit http://larrydownes.com/albert-gallatin-and-the-first-national-broadband-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-3140 Jason Treit Thu, 20 May 2010 04:53:33 +0000 http://larrydownes.com/?p=1594#comment-3140 Larry, I found this historical sweep readable and thoughtful. That first pic of Gallatin is magnificent, as is his rap sheet: "Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman". Concerning the impulse to regulate, danah boyd's post on facebook's collision course with policymakers invited <a HRef="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/15/facebook-is-a-utility-utilities-get-regulated.html#comment-63631" rel="nofollow">a comment from a California utility regulator</A> with a lot of overlapping relevance to your thoughts on ISPs. He sees basic Internet services as common carriage, though does not say to whom the providers would offload network abuse investigations and the like. Comes complete with 180° conclusions from yours on FCC reclassification and even the demise of American railroads. Larry,

I found this historical sweep readable and thoughtful. That first pic of Gallatin is magnificent, as is his rap sheet: “Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, Congressman”.

Concerning the impulse to regulate, danah boyd’s post on facebook’s collision course with policymakers invited a comment from a California utility regulator with a lot of overlapping relevance to your thoughts on ISPs. He sees basic Internet services as common carriage, though does not say to whom the providers would offload network abuse investigations and the like. Comes complete with 180° conclusions from yours on FCC reclassification and even the demise of American railroads.

]]> By: Lessons From The US’s First Broadband Plan… In 1808 | It's... just a dot http://larrydownes.com/albert-gallatin-and-the-first-national-broadband-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Lessons From The US’s First Broadband Plan… In 1808 | It's... just a dot Thu, 13 May 2010 12:34:33 +0000 http://larrydownes.com/?p=1594#comment-2569 [...] a long, but quite interesting, look at the FCC's proposed broadband plan by putting it into context when compared to previous major US infrastructure projects, starting with what he refers to as the US's "first broadband plan," put together in 1808 by then [...] [...] a long, but quite interesting, look at the FCC's proposed broadband plan by putting it into context when compared to previous major US infrastructure projects, starting with what he refers to as the US's "first broadband plan," put together in 1808 by then [...]

]]> By: Lessons From The US’s First Broadband Plan… In 1808 | Gabbur http://larrydownes.com/albert-gallatin-and-the-first-national-broadband-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 Lessons From The US’s First Broadband Plan… In 1808 | Gabbur Thu, 13 May 2010 11:44:21 +0000 http://larrydownes.com/?p=1594#comment-2567 [...] a long, but quite interesting, look at the FCC's proposed broadband plan by putting it into context when compared to previous major US infrastructure projects, starting with what he refers to as the US's "first broadband plan," put together in 1808 by then [...] [...] a long, but quite interesting, look at the FCC's proposed broadband plan by putting it into context when compared to previous major US infrastructure projects, starting with what he refers to as the US's "first broadband plan," put together in 1808 by then [...]

]]> By: Larry Downes on a National Broadband Plan – Ryan Whalen on Communication http://larrydownes.com/albert-gallatin-and-the-first-national-broadband-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 Larry Downes on a National Broadband Plan – Ryan Whalen on Communication Tue, 11 May 2010 17:16:42 +0000 http://larrydownes.com/?p=1594#comment-2500 [...] Larry Downes via Stanford CIS [...] [...] Larry Downes via Stanford CIS [...]

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