37th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC 2009)

"Beer and Broadband Mapping" was the informal name appended to a spirited and lively discussion that capped the first day of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference at George Mason School of Law on Friday, September 25.

Whether Internet service providers will accelerate early efforts to prioritize bandwidth, and what impact such measure might have upon the open Internet, were actively discussed by panelists at the Telecommunications...

Fiber to the home (FTTH) has been touted by many as the next great leap in broadband connectivity, and was discussed at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference.

Location-based software has become one of the hottest new web applications, fueled by the expansion of smart phone users, these applications allow users to share their location with their friends or search for businesses based on the user's location.

Mobile broadband is the fastest growing segment of the broadband market.

In a panel about the socio-economic impacts of broadband, panelists all agreed that the overwhelming limiting factor in proving the benefits to broadband was the lack of solid broadband data.