Brough Turner

Brough Turner

Founder & CTO at netBlazr
Joined on April 25, 2007
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About

Brough Turner is a well established communications industry engineer and entrepreneur.  He founded netBlazr to dramatically change the landscape for broadband Internet access in the US.  Previously Brough was founder and CTO of Natural MicroSystems (IPO 1994) and NMS Communications, building several successful businesses in fixed and mobile communications equipment.  He is an electrical engineering graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

While his leading interests are technology and innovation, his career has included roles in engineering, operations, finance, marketing and customer support.  He writes and is quoted widely on telecommunications topics in trade and general business publications and he is a frequent speaker at telecom industry events around the world.  From 2001-2008, Brough focused on wireless infrastructure and mobile applications.  His 3G and 4G tutorials are widely popular (Google ‘3G Tutorial’ for more info).  Brough blogs at http://blogs.broughturner.com on the technology, economic and social issues of communications at the intersection of telecom, mobility and the Internet.

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Comments

2011 - Oct 07 on No Spectrum Shortage, Just an Allocation Problem
2011 - Oct 06 on No Spectrum Shortage, Just an Allocation Problem
2011 - Oct 04 on Limitations of Carrier Grade NAT, and Some Workarounds
2011 - Oct 03 on No Spectrum Shortage, Just an Allocation Problem
2011 - Jun 24 on Comparative Broadband Speeds - US Loses Again
2011 - Jun 23 on Comparative Broadband Speeds - US Loses Again
2011 - Jun 22 on Comparative Broadband Speeds - US Loses Again
2011 - Apr 30 on Paid Peering: Issues and Misunderstandings
2011 - Apr 29 on Paid Peering: Issues and Misunderstandings
2011 - Apr 27 on Paid Peering: Issues and Misunderstandings
2010 - Mar 15 on LTE and Spectrum Stupidity
2010 - Mar 12 on LTE and Spectrum Stupidity
2008 - Aug 21 on WiMAX Will Be Successful, as a Fringe Technology
2008 - Aug 21 on WiMAX Will Be Successful, as a Fringe Technology
2008 - Aug 03 on Customer Owned Fiber in Ottawa
2008 - Jul 08 on The Patent That Justifies Microsoft's Interest in Yahoo!
2008 - May 23 on Google Surpasses Supercomputer Community, Unnoticed?

Topic Interests

VoIPMobile InternetTelecomBroadbandWirelessAccess ProvidersPolicy & RegulationCybersecurityP2PInternet ProtocolWhite SpaceDNSNet NeutralityICANNNetworksWebLawIPTV IPv4 Markets

Recent Blogs

100 Years of Monopoly Phone Service

So, How Big Is the Internet?

No Spectrum Shortage, Just an Allocation Problem

Limitations of Carrier Grade NAT, and Some Workarounds

Comparative Broadband Speeds - US Loses Again

Popular Posts

YouTube’s Fine - Analysts Don’t Understand Internet Peering

No Spectrum Shortage, Just an Allocation Problem

Paid Peering: Issues and Misunderstandings

Limitations of Carrier Grade NAT, and Some Workarounds

Network Neutrality is the Wrong Fight!