Larry Irving, Author at Internet Innovation Alliance

Recent Contributions from Larry Irving

Will the U.S. Soon Fall behind in the Global Broadband Race?

“Regulatory humility.” To many, if not most, Americans, the phrase sounds like an oxymoron. Yet, for the last two decades, this has been the almost uniquely American approach…

January 6, 2016

Bringing the Benefits of Broadband to Those Who Need it Most

Op-eds

Almost 90 percent of American households have broadband Internet. But tens of millions of Americans still are not connected to broadband. Those Americans tend to be older, poorer,…

October 9, 2015

It’s Throwback Thursday for the FCC With Net Neutrality

Op-eds

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week embarked on its own Throwback Thursday with the release of its Open Internet Order. A 20-year bipartisan philosophy of regulatory restraint…

March 13, 2015

Outdated U.S. Regulations Would Stifle Global Internet

Op-eds

After years of contentious debate on net neutrality, there is good news and bad news in Washington. The good news is that there is strong bipartisan support for…

February 23, 2015

Don’t Let the Government Kill the Internet’s Next Big Thing

Op-eds

Innovative gigabit network should be supported, not stifled “Our job is to steer, not row.” These were the words of the late Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, my…

November 18, 2014

To Grow Our Future in Technology, Look to the Past

Op-eds

History doesn’t just happen. History starts with a vision. In the early 1980s, Rep. George T. “Mickey” Leland, who was then chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, envisioned…

February 24, 2014

As Washington Wakes Up to Broadband, Adoption and Availability Must Be Addressed

Op-eds

To paraphrase Mark Twain, for the past decade, there has been a lot of talk in Washington about broadband, but no one has done much about it. That…

March 9, 2009

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