Thanks to Jim Baller (in his email newsletter) for pointing out the Broadband 2.0 Manifesto. In it from Heavy Reading, a research institute, outlines their manifesto for the next generation of broadband:
- Abundant bandwidth (100 Mbit/s early on 1 Gbit/s later)
- A two-way highway
- Always available (aka always on)
- Wireless and wireline
- Open access
- The channel for video
- A new communications medium (greater convergence in service)
- Safe and secure
- Plug and play
- Policy-enabled
I wanted to do a quick comparison to this list and the Blandin Foundation principles outlined in the Live at the Speed of Light reports published last year.
- Ubiquity
- Symmetry
- Affordable
- Competition
- World Class
- Collaboration
- Neutrality
- Interoperability
It’s not necessarily an apples to apples list. I think World Class could mean Abundant Bandwidth. Open Access could translate into competition. I like Heavy Reading’s addition of Safe and Secure. I like that Blandin has included is affordability.
Service that isn’t affordable really isn’t accessible. Heavy Reading is having a couple of conferences on the Future of the Internet – one was held in NY this week but I don’t see any mention of cost on the agenda.
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