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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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	<dc:date>2026-04-08T19:45:00+00:00</dc:date>

	
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		<title> The Value of Community Broadband (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many voices calling for increased initiatives by municipalities to build and operate broadband internet infrastructure as a public utility, but until this week, very little in the way of economic analysis to fully examine whether the benefits justify the costs. A paper released this week finds that local efforts produce small economic benefits, but cause a notable increase in the size of local government. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20141216_the_value_of_community_broadband">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Measuring the Pulse of Our Networked Society (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ericsson has released its latest Mobility Report, providing a wealth of analysis and insights into current communications traffic and market trends. As one of the leading mobile infrastructure providers, Ericsson has performed in-depth data traffic measurements since the earliest days of mobile broadband, leveraging its large base of live networks in all regions of the world. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20141118_measuring_the_pulse_of_our_networked_society">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Taking It to the Streets (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to see telecommunications policy issues being covered by the general media. Of course, we expect to see coverage of communications issues in the business press. The sector is a large employer, makes massive investments in infrastructure and virtually every citizen buys communications products and services every month. Still, covering the sector in the business section is different from seeing coverage move to the front page or the general editorial pages. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20141030_taking_it_to_the_streets">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Future of Communications Cross-Subsidies (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be so much easier to manage a system of cross subsidies for communications. If a regulator wanted consumer services to be subsidized by businesses, rural to be subsidized by urban, local subsidized by long distance, TV production subsidized by distribution, it could just issue an order to make it so. So let it be written; so let it be done. There were few, if any, other suppliers of those services, so there were limited arbitrage opportunities. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140318_the_future_of_communications_cross_subsidies">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Evolving Network Business Models (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T got critics' keyboards activated by announcing plans for a Sponsored Data service, enabling websites to pay for their end-users data consumption. The service has been characterized as a type of toll-free or "1-800? style service for mobile data. Does this contravene network neutrality principles? AT&amp;T says the traffic from the sponsoring sites will be treated the same as other traffic on the network. A US public interest group, Public Knowledge, claims this is precisely what a net neutrality violation looks like. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140106_evolving_network_business_models">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Internet Access Gap Survey: Right Conclusion, Wrong Numbers (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130301_the_internet_access_gap_survey_right_conclusion_wrong_numbers</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A colleague sent me a story by Cecilia Kang in the Washington Post: Survey finds gap in Internet access between rich, poor students. With my interest in programs to get connected computers into low income households, my friend knew I would be interested in the article which talks about a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. Indeed, I would commend the Washington Post article and the survey itself to you for reading. I want to highlight the problem representing the survey results in the Washington Post. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130301_the_internet_access_gap_survey_right_conclusion_wrong_numbers">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Super Bowl and Return of the Super Dip in Traffic (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130204_super_bowl_and_return_of_the_super_dip_in_traffic</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a blog post, Sandvine announced that for the second year in a row, the Super Bowl was seen as an event that led to a 15% reduction in overall internet traffic, despite being available as a streaming video feed for United States viewers. The blog says "Sandvine's traffic statistics have showed continued growth in adoption of live streamed sports events, but for the time being it is no threat to replace viewing via traditional broadcast methods." <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130204_super_bowl_and_return_of_the_super_dip_in_traffic">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Case of Mobile Users' Bandwidth Consumption and Causality (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/poststhe_case_of_mobile_users_bandwidth_consumption_and_causality</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It started with a report in the New York Times, citing a study from Arieso, saying that "Top 1% of Mobile Users Consume Half of World's Bandwidth". Arieso said that part of the reason for the increase in download volumes may be Apple's Siri voice feature on the iPhone 4S which allows consumers to dictate to the phone and enter more text and data... Other news outlets picked up the story and lost all perspective. <a href="https://circleid.com/poststhe_case_of_mobile_users_bandwidth_consumption_and_causality">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> In an Internet Minute (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20120104_in_an_internet_minute</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Intel sent an interesting infographic: What Happens in an Internet Minute. Looking at the traffic data, Intel asks if there is sufficient attention being paid to investment in infrastructure. Imagine the state of the network in three years, when the number of connected devices is projected to be double the world's population. Can our networks scale to handle predicted traffic and meet consumer expectations for immediate access from multiple devices? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20120104_in_an_internet_minute">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Dealing With the Digital Divide (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsdealing_with_the_digital_divide</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A political focus on subsidizing telecom infrastructure is just so easy. There are multiple photo opportunities (at the announcement, the cheque presentation and the system activation), happy mayors, happy voters. It gets to be portrayed as economic stimulus, direct job creation and consistent with progress on digital economic development. But while it may feel satisfying politically, I question the effectiveness of continued broad government subsidies based on geography, rather than taking a more focused approach based on need. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsdealing_with_the_digital_divide">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> The Internet Monopolies? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/poststhe_internet_monopolies</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Wu had an OpEd published in the Wall Street Journal this weekend: In the Grip of the Internet Monopolists. There are commentaries on the piece on The Technology Liberation Front and TechCrunch. The more I thought about the OpEd, the more troubling it seemed. <a href="https://circleid.com/poststhe_internet_monopolies">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Data Based Decision Making (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20101112_data_based_decision_making</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report was released by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, part of the US Department of Commerce... It is a 68 page report with a wealth of data to help understand the factors that differentiate levels of adoption and to try to understand the reasons for non-adoption of residential broadband. In the US, people who don't use the internet represent two thirds of non-users of broadband... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20101112_data_based_decision_making">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Broadband Challenge Isn't About Plumbing (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20101026_broadband_challenge_isnt_about_plumbing</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems to me that too many people have focused government attention on intervening in the supply of broadband facilities. Let's face it, it is easier to look at a dozen or so suppliers to gather information and figure out who should receive a cheque to help direct their investment in broadband facilities. On the other side of the equation, it is hard work to stimulate demand. But this is precisely where our efforts should be focused, as was recommended by the recent report... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20101026_broadband_challenge_isnt_about_plumbing">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Does Broadband Boost Local Economic Development? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20100115_does_broadband_boost_local_economic_development</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A paper out of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) examines answers to "Does Broadband Boost Local Economic Development?" Many might flame PPIC for daring to ask such a question, but with billions of dollars in public funds being spent by governments around the world, it seems appropriate for some science to be applied to study the benefits. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20100115_does_broadband_boost_local_economic_development">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Berkman Broadband Study: Mixing Passion and Scholarship (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/postsberkman_broadband_study_mixing_passion_and_scholarship</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, comments were filed with the FCC in response to the Berkman study of international broadband comparisons... Many of the comments were not supportive of the Harvard Berkman study. In an earlier blog posting, we had observed that there appeared to be statistical problems in the Berkman study that would not hold up to peer review. Our comments may have understated the extent of the problems. <a href="https://circleid.com/postsberkman_broadband_study_mixing_passion_and_scholarship">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-08T12:45:00-07:00</dc:date>
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