Susan Crawford interview: how mayors can solve the broadband problem
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The web is growing, but in America the physical infrastructure it runs on is barely keeping pace.In this year’s Captive Audience, law professor Susan Crawford laid out how it happened, as telecom companies consolidated power and colluded to escape regulation, and how we go forward. More from The Verge:
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BTW excelent video
Very cool. I loved hearing what she had to say.
sounds better with “how democracy can solve any problem”
LOLexcellent interview, thanks
lol our small dead town with like 7k residents has fiber optic. 50euros/mo for 100/100, HD tv and phone.
love how that time warner cable truck is right behind you at the start of the video.
Romanians be like “got 1 Gbps / 100 Mbps for $15”. Take a look here: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3152891502
I like this woman!
Very nice piece. More like this
Decent-ISH download speeds are relatively affordable these days, but it’s the atrocious UPLOAD SPEEDS that are killing me. Syncing to the cloud is ridiculous, unless you have your own personal cloud where you can locally upload your stuff when at home!
Excellent interview. I’d love to see a follow-up focusing on what we can do locally within our own communities to push this initiative. Either that or some links to more information.
I love this lady!
Susan Crawford, you are amazing.
From just the Thumbnail i thought this was an interview with Michael Cera.
Why would companies cut prices while not having to deal with competing firms? CSR! If something is legal or a financial incentive is absent for firms to act upon doesn’t mean a firm does not have the responsibility to act. Such a firm should act for the greater good while still being able to make a good profit. A firm does not have the soul purpose of generating profit, it is the contribution a firm makes to society in which they are rewarded by being enabled to make a profit. No firm would exist without a healthy society, which leads to a healthy and growing economy, which enables consumers to consume more and thus will lead to more profitable firms.
That is how a firm should operate and still being able to make a good profit.
Great video. My only concern is that what good is fast internet when you have data caps.
This was interesting. Loved it. Very cool interview.
This seems like she’s making an issue out of nothing. Her whole argument is that other countries have faster internet, so we should too. It seems that nearly every person who wants internet gets themselves internet. Nobody is complaining, nothing is wrong. If people truly think that other countries have better and faster connections and that they require faster internet, they will DEMAND faster connections, the law of supply and demand will run its course and people will get faster internet.
On top of that, universal connections won’t help anyone if they don’t have devices, or other means to utilize these connections
Really great interview. More reassurance the Verve is my favorite blog.
She is awesome! I hope some company in Baltimore will step up and offer 1GB/s down and up for a reasonable price.
Think internet is bad in America don’t come to Australia where they are only talking about a 25/50/100 down network and that is all dependent on who you choose for your isp whenever it actually comes
Another reason why I love The Verge! Great interview! People like her give me hope for the future of America’s broadband infrastructure.
Great interview Nilay. I so hope Susan Crawford is successful.
watching this in australia out of town on a satelitee conection with 800 ping
Great interview. Hopefully something comes from more people seeing something like this.
Susan Crawford
The Internet hero
Making fast reliable internet affordable
Wow! Really enjoyed that interview, thank you Nilay and thank you Verge!
I didn’t know the U.S. Has an Internet problem
here in my town we have DSL and HSPA it sucks
When I’m on HSPA even the speed is reliable at 2MBPS when I consume 500mb of data my network sends me a message saying we will slow down your speed because you have been consuming a massive amount of data. It makes me mad and it’s effect is I can’t tether my device after the notice
BItch please, Phillipines
Although I am hopeful something can be done about this, I don’t have much faith it will. After all, wasn’t it just a couple years ago a city in NC was considering building out a municipal fiber system and, after much lobbying by Time Warner, a law was passed preventing the government from building a fiber network? I don’t have a lot of faith in politicians doing the right thing when there’s a company there handing them money to vote against the good of the people.
Great interview, you need to speak a little louder, or have the Mic closer to your mouth. On a couple questions your sound dissipated. Otherwise 2 thumbs up.
Nilay, why are you whispering through some of your sentences?
0.5 Mbps down, 0.1 Mbps up, $40 per month. 🙁 #Australia
Really Nilay, a Hot Topic wristband?
When I grow up I want to be Susan Crawford
I want her to meet my mayor