Podcasts by High Tech Forum Podcast

Building a Spectrum Pipeline from 2022-04-23T02:26:54

Evaluation of 20th century radio use cases against 21st century networking needs has to become an ongoing process until all of the spectrum allocations made by fiat are converted to more general...

Will Rinehart on Broadband Part Two from 2021-12-30T02:55:03

The economics of competition work very differently in markets with high fixed costs. These markets work better with a consumer welfare focus than with the competition focus. 

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Will Rinehart on Broadband Infrastructure and Inclusion from 2021-12-09T05:10:18

If you're interested in broadband, competition, digital inclusion, and how public policy moves from idea to appropriation this is for you.

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Connecting the Unconnected from 2021-07-13T01:11:02

When we begin with the requirements we quickly find that there are many ways to satisfy them. At this point it's more prudent to continue to rely on innovation to meet needs rather than declare ...

John Horrigan on Digital Inclusion from 2020-12-25T05:19:46

Everything policy makers need to know about digital inclusion in one easy podcast.

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Who Do You Trust? Zero-Trust Networks from 2020-10-19T21:29:47

Episode 56 of the podcast is a conversation with Dr. Lisa J. Porter on zero-trust architectures. Porter started the current conversation on calibrating expectations about trust and security in t...

Still Random After All These Years from 2020-09-03T02:22:55

Municipal broadband overbuilders such as Chattanooga Tennessee, Longmont Colorado, and Fort Collins Colorado are in the curious position of acting as both marketplace regulators and market part...

Preserving Internet Integrity from 2020-08-06T02:14:25

A discussion with Dominique Lazanski and Stacie Hoffman on China’s invasion of Internet standards organizations

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Opening up the 5G Radio Access Network from 2020-07-16T15:22:56

Coalition members are engaged in some exciting demonstrations and some real network builds, especially Rakuten and Reliance Jio. Rakuten is building a new nationwide 4G/5G network in Japan, and ...

Attack of the 5G Truthers! from 2020-06-29T21:38:17

Given that safety is not a real problem, or at the very least not something city councils need to worry about, a coherent focus on aesthetics and speedy deployment best serves the public interes...

Shane and Richard on Dominant Platforms and Market Power from 2020-01-24T02:33:28

So we have a number of issues that may or may not be lawful but are pretty clearly unfair and anti-competitive. What's Congress going to do about platform power and competition? This question re...

Dave Belson on Internet Reliability from 2019-10-17T03:25:11

Long time fans of the High Tech Forum will know Dave Belson as the author of the Akamai State of the Internet reports and previous podcast guest. This research is...

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Shane and Richard Discuss DoH and the TPI Aspen Forum from 2019-09-20T19:41:21

Shane and Richard survey current Internet policy issues

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Stacie Hoffman on DoH from 2019-08-27T03:48:38

In this podcast, DNS expert Stacie Hoffman explains issues with new Internet protocol known as DNS over HTTPS (DoH.) This dubious piece of work creates a number of operational vulnerabilities......

Harold Furchgott-Roth on mmWave and Economics in Policy Making from 2019-07-16T22:10:44

In this podcast, Furchgott-Roth discusses the book, his roles in Congress and at the FCC, the current controversy over 5G mmWave interference, and the role of the World Radio Conference in setti...

Huawei in a White Box: Podcast from 2019-05-10T03:16:43

While first-wave 5G small cells will rely on specialized switches, the second wave will use generic hardware and open source software. When the second wave hits the streets, the fears about the ...

To Nationalize or Not; and What About the Trade Commission? from 2019-03-06T22:06:34

The 5G buildout is hampered on some areas by extortionate rents on small cell sites. These fees are driven the need of some municipalities - such as San Jose, California - to raise money for pen...

ITS Director Keith Gremban on 5G Propagation from 2018-10-10T23:28:39

Costs of deployment for new networking technologies tend to decline over time as we learn how to avoid unnecessary redundancies. Deployment costs of fiber-to-the-home networks declined to about ...

Shane and Richard on Wi-Fi, Security, and Europe from 2018-09-25T04:49:51

In this edition of the podcast, Shane and Richard talk about setting up a Wi-Fi network for optimal security and performance, recent developments in security, and what's going on in Europe with ...

FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly on 5G from 2018-06-28T04:47:25

FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly joined us for a High Tech Forum podcast this week to bring us up-to-date on FCC issues such as 5G, broadband deployment, mid-band spectrum, and the...

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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on 5G from 2018-05-03T01:42:52

This edition of the podcast features Commissioner Brendan Carr, the FCC’s 5G champion. Carr was promoted from Chief Counsel to Commissioner in August. Since his swearing-in he’s taken up the...<...

Will Rinehart Explains the Cambridge Analytica Story from 2018-03-27T05:37:01

It's obvious that some of this story is hokey, but you're not sure which part. You've come to the right place because Will Rinehart lays it all out in this podcast.

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The Vast 5G Conspiracy and Other Oddities from 2018-02-02T05:37:43

In this edition of the High Tech Forum podcast, Richard and Shane discuss the report from Axios (or was it InfoWars?) about a White House intern’s plan for government takeover...

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Shane and Richard Talk Internet Performance and Politics from 2017-11-30T03:47:44

In this edition of the High Tech Forum podcast, Shane Tews interviews me about my recent research paper, “You Get What You Measure“. This is the paper that looks into...

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Internet Pioneers Discuss Network Architecture and Regulation from 2017-08-16T09:00:04

Internet regulation is like the Game of Thrones, a battle between parochial interests that ignores the threat of an innovation-less winter.

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The Coming Productivity Boom with Bret Swanson from 2017-08-02T09:00:39

In this edition of the HTF podcast, we talk with Entropy Economics founder Bret Swanson about his recent paper (with Michael Mandel), The Coming Productivity Boom. Swanson sees high productivity...

Roslyn Layton Visits High Tech Forum from 2017-06-15T05:59:50

What are we losing by pretending that mobile broadband is a noncompetitive market that needs to be tightly managed by a Washington-based regulator? We can't know that in the US because we only h...

Podcast: How Title II Net Neutrality Undermines 5G from 2017-05-31T09:00:07

Peter Rysavy identifies the friction points between 5G networks and Title II regulation.

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Dave Farber on Title II ISP Regulation from 2017-05-17T09:00:54

The FCC was designed as an independent agency because the public is always biased in favor of the status quo. As Henry Ford may have said about his Model T, the public just wanted faster horses ...

Howard Waltzman on Internet Privacy from 2017-04-06T09:00:49

We should absolutely be focusing on data security as well as privacy expectations. All companies should take steps to protect the security of collected data holistically in a comprehensive way.<...

Chuck Jackson on Radio Interference from 2017-03-01T04:11:11

In this podcast, we talk with Professor Charles Jackson about the paper he presented at the TPRC conference in October, Defining Harmful Interference Efficiently. The paper proposes a way of...<...

Chairman Pai’s FCC Challenge from 2017-01-27T05:15:43

In this podcast, Shane Tews and Richard discuss key issues likely to grab the FCC's attention this year, the impact of Chairman Pai, and whether the FCC needs to be reorganized. Beyond the issue...

Forecasting Tech with Dave Farber from 2016-12-28T08:00:23

Dave Farber, the Internet's grandfather, makes some insightful and surprising predictions for the Internet in 2017. Augmented reality will penetrate social and business life, and work on a more ...

Government Underreach and Overreach with Dave Farber from 2016-12-14T05:54:19

Between government underreach with cybersecurity law and overreach in reacting to attacks and fake news, we live in troublesome times.

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ICANN Expert Shane Tews Dishes Internet Governance from 2016-11-30T02:07:53

In this edition of the High Tech Forum Podcast, Richard Bennett is joined by ICANN insider Shane Tews (@ShaneTews) for the lowdown on current issues in international Internet governance.

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Ajit Pai Talks Spectrum and FCC Reform on High Tech Forum from 2016-10-11T19:49:01

In this edition of the High Tech Forum Podcast, Richard Bennett is joined by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) to discuss a range of issues, including t...

Om Malik Joins Richard Bennett on this HTF Podcast Edition from 2016-09-14T13:24:47

Om Malik, the long time tech journalist, founder of Gigaom and current True Ventures partner, joins Richard Bennett in the latest edition of the High Tech Forum Podcast. As the...

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Happy Birthday, Internet: Richard Bennett talks with Don Nielson from 2016-08-26T20:44:42

The Internet was born 40 years ago in a demonstration connecting a wireless node in California with all the computers on ARPANET. Listen to the godfather.

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What the IoT is all about with Stacey Higginbotham from 2016-08-02T19:59:54

Richard Bennett talks with The Internet of Things Podcast Host, Stacey Higginbotham In this High Tech Forum podcast edition, Stacey Higginbotham (@gigastacey) joins Richard Bennett (@iPolicy) to...

Richard Bennett: FCC STB Plan is Out of Step with Today’s Technology from 2016-06-01T12:58:48

High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett talks with Shane Tews of the American Enterprise Institute and Vrge Strategies about the FCC’s set-top box Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the habits......

A High Tech Forum Conversation on Wi-Fi vs. LTE-U with Mike Thelander from 2016-05-18T00:36:01

In the latest High Tech Forum podcast, Richard Bennett talks with Mike Thelander, CEO and founder of Signals Research Group (SRG), about Thelander’s research and recent developments in wireless ...

The Future of Wi-Fi: A HTF Conversation with Peter Rysavy from 2016-03-30T00:00:38

Ever wonder if Wi-Fi will always be around? Or what the future of mobile will hold? High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett resumes his discussion with Rysavy Research founder and...

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5G: A Dynamic, Flexible Future Network from 2016-03-16T00:00:52

In this High Tech Forum podcast edition, High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett talks with Rysavy Research founder Peter Rysavy about 5G, spectrum, and how consumers will benefit from wireless....

Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum from 2016-01-26T20:45:13

These days, it’s hard to think of any major consumer product that doesn’t offer wireless Internet connectivity.  Thermostats, appliances, cars, baby monitors – all of these and more depend on......

Who Cares About Consistency? from 2015-12-15T20:47

The DC Circuit Court’s oral arguments largely ignored fundamental inconsistencies with the FCC’s regulations—problems that engineers recognize as vital to operation of the Internet. In the lates...

High Tech Forum In-Depth “State of the Internet” Discussion with David Belson and Richard Bennett from 2015-12-01T23:47:07

High Tech Forum Founder Richard Bennett recently spoke with David Belson, the editor of Akamai’s“State of the Internet” reports, about Akamai’s most recent findings. SOTI is the most definitive ...

The Emerging Future Internet from 2015-11-17T20:50:19

Cybersecurity is on the front burner of Internet concerns for both users and policy makers thanks to relentless, high profile attacks. We’ve all heard about data breaches at Sony, OPM,...

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Impact of Regulations on Internet Traffic Management from 2015-11-03T22:53:04

The Internet is a wonderful and complex system, but it’s often poorly understood by regulators. The wrong regulations can prevent it from working reliably and from serving society’s communicatio...

Bennett on cybersecurity:‘We want networks to compensate for errors in judgment’ from 2015-10-20T20:09:06

In the latest High Tech Forum podcast, Richard Bennett sat down with Shane Tews, chief policy officer at 463 Communications, a firm that advises high-tech organizations on Internet policy. Tews....

CTIA CTO Tom Sawanobori from 2015-10-06T14:07:40

CTIA Chief Technology Office Tom Sawanobori sat down with High Tech Forum founder Richard Bennett to discuss the state-of-play in the wireless industry. Click play to learn more about: The... Listen

Ofcom Report Raises Questions about Feasibility of Net Neutrality Regulations from 2015-09-29T23:04:36

In Part 2 of our interview with Neil Davies, the network expert discusses the results of a study commissioned by the British regulator Ofcom, and what lessons can be drawn...

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Have We Reached‘Peak Internet’? A Conversation with Neil Davies from 2015-09-22T23:51:35

We may have reached “Peak Internet,” Dr. Neil Davies tells HTF Founder Richard Bennett in a new interview. “We haven’t actually got a sustainable system at the moment, and the...

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A Conversation with Henning Schulzrinne from 2015-09-08T18:02:31

Columbia University Professor Henning Schulzrinne served as Chief Technologist at the Federal Communications Commission from 2011 to 2014. During his career, he has helped develop the key protoc...

Richard Bennett’s amicus filing in the challenge to the FCC’s open Internet Order from 2015-08-18T11:00:41

High Tech Forum refrains from taking policy positions, but the FCC’s Open Internet Order was one issue on which Founder Richard Bennett simply couldn’t stay silent. Bennett filed an amicus brief...

Dino Flore, Chairman of the 3GPP RAN Group from 2015-08-11T20:13:07

You can take your smartphone anywhere in the world, pop in a new SIM card, and it will just work. That’s not just some happy accident; that’s the result of...

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Shane Tews interviews HTF Founder on 5G and the Future of Networking from 2015-07-29T01:49:49

High Tech Forum Founder Richard Bennett recently sat down with Shane Tews, chief policy officer at 463 Communications, a firm that advises high-tech organizations on Internet policy. Tews also w...

John Cioffi, the Father of DSL from 2015-07-15T16:26:58

Stanford Professor John Cioffi is world-renowned for his contributions to networking: He invented DSL, VDSL and Vectored DSL, and his work has led to more than 400 publications and more than...<...

Fred Baker, Cisco Fellow from 2015-07-01T19:03:30

HTF Editor Richard Bennett spoke with Cisco Fellow Fred Baker about his thoughts on networking technology, security, and the intersection between law enforcement requests and what is actually do...

A Conversation with Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet–Part Two from 2015-06-16T01:27:07

Dave Farber, known to many as the Grandfather of the Internet, talks about his role in the development of the world’s first computer networks. Farber also speculates on what’s next,...

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A Conversation with Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet–Part One from 2015-06-16T01:24:18

Dave Farber, known to many as the Grandfather of the Internet, talks about his role in the development of the world’s first computer networks. Farber also speculates on what’s next,...

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