Talking Headways Podcast: The Potential of a Fiberoptic Future
This week, we're joined by Susan Crawfordwho talks about how cities in the United States are trying to build communications networks with this seemingly limitless technology
By
Jeff Wood
5:20 PM PDT on March 21, 2019
This week, we’re joined by Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard School of Law. Crawford talks about her new book Fiber, which focuses on how cities in the United States are trying to build communications networks with this seemingly limitless technology, yet still get pushback from regulators and incumbent companies alike.
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