Research Questions
Topic One: Advertising, Two-Sided Markets and the Role of Network Operators (ISPs, MSOs)
Topic Two: Customer Equipment and Program Navigation Devices, Guides and Menus
Topic Three: Video Programming in a Digital World
Topic Four: The Future of Cable Networking and Infrastructure
Topic Five: The Future of Local Programming
Topic Six: Video Convergence and Internet Video
Topic Seven: Innovation in Broadband Networks, Network Design, and Network Management
Topic Seven: Innovation in Broadband Networks, Network Design, and Network Management
Commenting on the future of the Internet, some participants focus on the need to preserve innovation at the edge of the network, while others argue for the need to protect incentives and opportunities to innovate within the network itself. While policymakers are focusing on the need to achieve a balance between these objectives, there is considerable debate about whether that balancing act will be successful.
Questions
- How are broadband operators coping with the explosive growth in Internet traffic? Will proposed limits on network management practices impede innovation and threaten to undermine consumers’ enjoyment of the Internet?
- How can policymakers harmonize the objectives of preventing anticompetitive tactics and preserving flexibility to engage in beneficial forms of network management?
- Regarding these issues, describe a vision for the architecture of cable broadband networks that promotes and advances innovation for the future of digital communications.
- How might Internet regulations have an impact on underserved or disadvantaged populations?