Marvin Ammori

A pigeon races a broadband provider in the UK, to demonstrate slow speeds in some regions.

House Subcommittee hearing teases out some of the issues related to a proposed universal service reform bill.

Yahoo hopes to pull the kind of comeback John Travolta pulled with Pulp Fiction: it wants to be “cool” again.

Kevin Coleman of Defense Tech reports on the use of a worm by Tariq ibn Ziyad, a “cyber jihad group,” to wreak havoc on several US companies last week.

I have written a lot about the cable companies’ likely anti-competitive attempts to stifle new, more consumer-friendly ways to distribute TV. If this story is right, it looks like Time Warner Cable is punishing Epix (partners are Lionsgate and Paramount) for a distribution deal making shows available online through Netflix.

The cable provider will not carry the premium movie channel in large part because of the  splashy $1 billion distribution deal that the pay-TV channel signed with Netflix this summer, a spokesperson told TheWrap

AT&T’s uses familiar arguments to fight possible ban on paid prioritization. Via Benton.

An open Internet is necessary for progressive speech, argues Mark Weisbrot, of Center for Economic and Policy Research. “We the people need the Internet as we know it is the essential tool in ongoing battle of ideas.”

Which is the primary driver of telecom investment: strategic opportunities or deregulation? Rob Frieden argues for strategic opportunities and argues deregulation has had little historic effect of investment

Several of us at Nebraska Law have been busily organizing a conference in DC, at the Newseum, next Thursday and Friday. I forgot how much work putting together a conference was.

But, with the DC conference right around the corner, I figured I’d post something on my thoughts at the moment.

Main thought: This. Will. Be. Awesome.

The setting of the Newseum is a  start—-beautiful, with French windows overlooking the Capitol.

But the strength of any conference rests on the speakers sharing their expertise and engaging one another. Our speakers include the Vice-Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Cartwright; the cybersecurity man, myth, and legend that is Bruce Schneier; the former top lawyer for the National Security Agency, Stewart Baker; the current top lawyer for U.S. CyberCommand, Gary Brown; and (not least) the NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver. Then you have Pamela Meredith, Jim Lewis, Marc Sachs, and many others.

Can’t even think of a synonym for “awesome” that does these folks justice.

But here’s a synonym for gratitude. “Thanks.” We have had help on panels and in getting out the word from Center for Strategic and International Studies, Federal Communications Bar Association, New America Foundation, U.S. CyberCommand, Council on Foreign Relations, and others. We have received help organizing speakers from a lot of friends across DC.

Thanks again. To our speakers, thanks in advance. See you in D.C.

To attend: it’s free, and register here.