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Harvard's Susan Crawford on the importance of fiber internet

Harvard's Susan Crawford on the importance of fiber internet

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka


Harvard's Susan Crawford on the importance of fiber internet

FromRecode Media with Peter Kafka

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about her new book, Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It.

In this episode: (01:22) Crawford's book and the state of fiber internet in America; (05:39) Why fiber is like electricity; (11:19) Why isn't fiber everywhere already?; (16:01) The failure of Google Fiber and how someone could bring fiber everywhere; (20:07) Politics and 5G; (23:32) Tech giants and net neutrality; (27:11) The political will to get fiber into homes; (30:21) What cities in the US are doing fiber right?
Released:
Jan 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What happens when media, entertainment, and technology collide? Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians and podcasters to get their take. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.