Broadband 2.0 Manifesto

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:

  1. Abundant bandwidth (100 Mbit/s early on 1 Gbit/s later)
  2. A two-way highway
  3. Always available (aka always on)
  4. Wireless and wireline
  5. Open access
  6. The channel for video
  7. A new communications medium (greater convergence in service)
  8. Safe and secure
  9. Plug and play
  10. 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.

  1. Ubiquity
  2. Symmetry
  3. Affordable
  4. Competition
  5. World Class
  6. Collaboration
  7. Neutrality
  8. 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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2 Responses to “Broadband 2.0 Manifesto”

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    May 22, 2008 at 7:07 am

    [...] OECD makes recommendations to help broadband and I see theme emerging that I brought up last week when comparing the Broadband 2.0 Manifesto from Heavy Reading and the Blandin Foundation’s Live [...]

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