9 posts and columns on Ted Stevens

R.I.P. Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens

in News on August 10, 2010 at 2:40 pm PT

The Internet likes to spoof on politicians who make digital faux pas, such as former Vice President Al “I invented the Internet” Gore and Internets-loving former President George W. Bush. And former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who was tragically killed in a small airplane accident Monday, was no exception, never able to shake a speech in which he called the Web a “series of tubes.”

The Tubes, Captain! They Canna Take It! They're Coming Apart!

in News on April 18, 2008 at 11:42 am PT

Sen. Ted Stevens was right: The Internet is not a big truck. It’s “a series of tubes”–tubes that can be filled to capacity by “enormous amounts of material.” And, according to AT&T, that’s going to happen about two years from now. In remarks at the Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim [...]

The Tubes, Captain! They Canna Take It! They’re Coming Apart!

in News on April 18, 2008 at 11:42 am PT

Sen. Ted Stevens was right: The Internet is not a big truck. It’s “a series of tubes”–tubes that can be filled to capacity by “enormous amounts of material.” And, according to AT&T, that’s going to happen about two years from now. In remarks at the Westminster eForum on Web 2.0 this week in London, Jim [...]

Investors Gaga for GOOG

in News on April 18, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

U.S. Senators Announce 'No Internet Filter Left Behind' Campaign

in News on July 26, 2007 at 3:09 pm PT

Is government ever a good substitute for parenting? If you’re at a loss for an answer to that question, consider some of the statements coming out of this week’s “Protecting Children on the Internet” hearing in Congress. In testimony given at the hearing, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D., Hawaii) [...]

U.S. Senators Announce ‘No Internet Filter Left Behind’ Campaign

in News on July 26, 2007 at 3:09 pm PT

Is government ever a good substitute for parenting? If you’re at a loss for an answer to that question, consider some of the statements coming out of this week’s “Protecting Children on the Internet” hearing in Congress. In testimony given at the hearing, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D., Hawaii) [...]

Ted Stevens–Melon Crazy!

in News on July 13, 2007 at 4:18 am PT

If Sen. Ted Stevens (R., Alaska) keeps on the way he’s going, he may soon have enough material for a stand-up act. Last year it was ‘Net neutrality, trucks and tubes: I just the other day got, an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just [...]

You Are Attempting to Reset the Internet. Cancel or Allow?

in News on April 19, 2007 at 9:43 am PT

Maybe Ted Stevens was right. Maybe the Internet really is a series of tubes in desperate need of a retrofit. Maybe the time has come to rethink its underlying architecture.