Selected Strategy Work
"Amendments for Net Tax Act?" CNET News 1998-10-2
You could think of that [domain name registration] money as going to three different areas:: Internet connectivity for research universities, research into new networking technologies to fix quality of service problems, and NSC support for bandwidth-intensive applications so that tomorrow’s Internet can handle voice and video as well as today’s Net handles e-mail, said David Lytel who now runs the Sherpa Consulting Group. “The government’s investment in NGI will become a commodity and will reach the commercial net.
Tech industry still not on Washington Insider's list (ZZDN, 10/6/98)
The technology industy can also wield influence by “showing how they can use the Web more effectively in political campaigns, said David Lytel. Once lawmakers get over their fear of the medium and see how it can serve them in getting their messages across and in corresponding with their constituents, they’ll be less likekly to want to over-regulate it.
Internet 2: Can the commercial Net benefit? ZDNet 10/6/98.
Internet 2 will be an experimental network like the Internet was 15 years ago, said David Lytel. We need an Internet we can break.
Third Generation Wireless Standards to Shape Internet's Future, Wireless NOW 8/14/97.
[If carriers had dark fiber to the curb then bandwidth wouldn’t be an issue.] The shortage has proven a window of opportunity for wireless carriers and third generation cellular standards to enter into the bandwidth provision market. “The potential for high speed wireless is huge, president of Sherpa Consulting Group and former National Information Infrastructure advisor in the Clinton Administration. “The cable companies aren’t seeing the uptake they expected in part because their customer base is consumers and not the more lucrative business market. And xDSL will be brought to you by the same people who made ISDN what it is today — a small improvement for a large incremental price difference, said Lytel.
Industry Leaders and commentators on how the future is being shaped. Communications Week International, 6/3/96, p.6.
Lytel: It is surprising for an American observer of information society discussions in Europe to see the debate almost entirely oriented toward industrial policies. The Europeans may wish to say that their selection of language — “information society” rather than “information infrastructure — indicates a broader concern for social impacts and the problems of widespread social adoption of the new medium. Yet, observation of the actual debate undercuts this argument. The discussion still centers around a battle between commercial interests rather than around t users, who are only vaguely present.
Industry Leaders and commentators on how the future is being shaped. Communications Week International, 6/3/96, p.6.
There is no phe needs and interests ofrogram aimed at creating a national identification card,” said David Lytel, information infrastructure specialist at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. He said that an installment of the National Performance review on information technology … includes an examination of privacy issues associated with a smart card for transfer of government benefits. “We’re looking at mechanisms for delivery of a cash equivalent to an individual that is convenient for that person whether they have a smart card, bank account or a [commercial] debit card … Issuer of social equity and privacy gave not been subverted by the campaign for efficiency.
Headaches along the Potomac: controversy over national identity card, Digital Media 6/8/94.
Lytel: It is surprising for an American observer of information society discussions in Europe to see the debate almost entirely oriented toward industrial policies. The Europeans may wish to say that their selection of language — “information society” rather than “information infrastructure — indicates a broader concern for social impacts and the problems of widespread social adoption of the new medium. Yet, observation of the actual debate undercuts this argument. The discussion still centers around a battle between commercial interests rather than around t users, who are only vaguely present.