Intellectual Property Law

Publicly-owed high-speed Internet access networks

By Susan Crawford

Christopher Mitchell wrote to me today, saying:

I have just released a comprehensive report on publicly owned networks
throughout the country…

http://www.muninetworks.org/reports/breaking-broadband-monopoly

“Breaking the Broadband Monopoly” explains how public ownership of networks differs from private, evaluates existing publicly owned networks, details the obstacles to public ownership, offers lessons learned, and wrestles with the appeal and difficulty of the open access approach.

There is nothing quite like it available anywhere else.

Full post as published by Susan Crawford Blog on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).