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How Important Is 'Net Neutrality' to You?
2011-10-24 15:24:00 The argument for "Net neutrality" is that Internet service providers shouldn't be the gatekeepers, as to which sites someone can access, and they shouldn't be allowed to throttle the data transfer rates for any given site. Opponents say regulators should keep their hands off the Internet. Where do y
MSNBC?s Keith Olbermann Fires Himself From His ?Countdown? Gig, Effective I
2011-01-22 08:22:00 Where Can We Expect To See Him Next… Fox News? Monday Night Football? HBO? WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY? Politically Incorrect Talking Head Unemployed… For NOW. Wow… who’da seen THIS one coming? MSNBC, a cable news network struggling to keep up with the [cough, COUGH]... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Net Neutrality Update
2010-09-03 23:07:00 -By Warner Todd Huston If you are as worried as I am about the left's effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I'll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you all get your feet wet on this important issue. Here are just a few of the latest articles on Net Neutrality for your information: Most Important Net Neutrality story today: F.C.C. Seeks More Input on Wireless Internet Rules, The New York Times The FCC is requesting more comment time in order to get past the midterm elections and put their decision...
The Right Needs to Wake up to Net Neutrality
2010-09-02 19:15:00 -By Warner Todd Huston If you are as worried as I am about the left's effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I'll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you all get your feet wet on this important issue. I am happy to announce that I am being joined in this effort by the United States Internet Industry Association (USIIA). Dave McClure, President and CEO of the USIIA, will be offering op eds for you to post on your blog or to share with others. Mr. McClure's first op ed for...
Continuing the Support of Net Neutrality
2010-08-23 07:34:00 Dear Missnexus.com Readers, If you value the free, fair, and open Internet, then you need to act now, before two corporate giants deal it away. Several news outlets have just reported that Google and Verizon are about to cut a deal that would allow giant corporations to control which websites load slowly, quickly, or not ...
Facebook Enters Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Debate
2010-08-13 06:35:00 Google and Verizon together recently released a joint public net neutrality proposal. This proposal outlines how broadband providers can control how their users receive content. The complete text of the proposal can be read here. Ever since the proposal was released by Google and Verizon, the web has been full of opinions, views, suggestions for improvement and outrages on the same. Facebook also has expressed its concern over the terms mentioned in the proposal. First of all, Facebook has made it clear that it supports the concept of net neutrality. It too wants to preserve an open internet that is accessible to innovators regardless of their size and wealth. The concern is that Google and Verizon might be trying to protect their own interests under the disguise of net neutrality. Concern in Google-Verizon net neutrality proposal: The biggest loophole in the proposal is the exclusion of wireless networks (the Internet access you receive on your mobile phone) from net neutrality re...
By: WATblog
What?s next for wireless carriers and Net Neutrality?
2009-09-23 18:57:00 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski It seems FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s push to bring the Net Neutrality hammer down on wireless networks has spurred a response from industry leaders. Following on Genachowski’s move…
By: PhoneArea
What?s next for wireless carriers and Net Neutrality?
2009-09-23 18:57:00 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski It seems FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s push to bring the Net Neutrality hammer down on wireless networks has spurred a response from industry leaders. Following on Genachowski’s move…
By: PhoneArea
Why net neutrality regulation would undercut Universal Broadband progress
2009-01-23 14:06:00 -By Scott Cleland The start of robust broadband deployment in the U.S. was delayed for several years in the late 1990’s because of regulatory uncertainty over whether broadband investment could earn a competitive return. Today’s release of the proposed economic stimulus package is extremely relevant to the question of investment in Universal Broadband; it says: “For ...
By: Publius Forum
The Net Neutrality debate has narrowed ? Why the recession may narrow it fu
2009-01-17 07:52:00 -By Scott Cleland The reality is that the net neutrality debate has narrowed greatly over the last three years, and could narrow further as the recession puts a public policy premium on growing the economy, creating jobs and promoting investment. That was my general conclusion in preparing to participate in the CES Open Internet panel yesterday as ...
By: Publius Forum
Net Neutrality?s Chill on a Free Market Internet ? Google?s OpenEdge Cachin
2008-12-22 19:03:00 -By Scott Cleland Calls for preemptive sweeping regulation can have a way of backfiring, impeding common sense, and discouraging sound market outcomes. Take Net neutrality. Today’s Wall Street Journal front page story “Google wants its own fast track on the web” reports on: Google’s secret “OpenEdge” request to ISPs to colocate Google servers on ISP premises ...
By: Publius Forum
How the FCC Comcast Decision Limits Net Neutrality
2008-08-29 16:13:00 -By Scott Cleland Contrary to conventional wisdom, the FCC’s order on Comcast’s network management practices, reined in the net neutrality movement much more than it advanced their agenda. The old adage is true here, be careful what you ask for — FreePress/Public Knowledge. At its rawest level, the chest-beating petitioners got the FCC to reiterate what ...
By: Publius Forum
Transcript of Lecture on Google, Net Neutrality, Monopolies, Click Fraud, P
2008-06-20 12:21:00 -By Scott Cleland Unleashed: Transcript of Griffin/Cleland talk on Google, net neutrality, monopolies, click fraud, privacy For those who like the written format, here is the transcript of ChipGriffin’s interview of me on all things Google. The transcript is just below the podcast button to hear the interview. This interview turned out to be one of the most ...
By: Publius Forum
Save the Internet
2008-06-02 01:07:00 I was browsing the Xenos website, and found a link to Save the Internet. I signed up for updates and signed the petition and everything. I then put a link in the sidebar. I thought I was done, but then I noticed a link in the Tech News Digg RSS Feed at the top of ...
By: ERing: The Blog
Net Neutrality in Canada
2008-05-30 02:23:00 A new bill put before the House of Commons in Canada will mean forcing the very few ISPs to stop throttling the speed at which people can use the internet. At the moment Bell and Rogers are the two largest carriers in Canada with a few smaller companies trying to compete - the main problem ...
The forgotten net traffic problem: Spam
2008-05-27 13:25:00 So much of the discussion has been focused on file sharing that one of the biggest and still growing problems confronted by every netizen and enterprise is Spam. The unsolicited commercial message continues to run rampant clogging the systems and dogging the productivity of those who have to moderate it. While the RIAA and ...
By: Third Pipe
Rally on Parliament Hill for Net Neutrality
2008-05-22 13:48:00 Canadians outraged by the slow strangling of the internet are invited to share their outrage with the Parliament of Canada on May 27th. The Net Neutrality Rally will demand legislation to protect the internet from predatory practices like traffic shaping and data management, and to encourage transparency among ISP companies. Transportation assistance is available -- check out the Net Neutrality Rally webite for more details. This is an important first step in the battle to save the internet -- a strong showing at this rally could be the beginning of legislative protection for net neutrality in Canada. You can also check out savethenet.ca for more info on the movement to protect net neutrality in Canada. See earlier stories on net neutrality: Lawrence Lessig on net neutrality Net neutrality in Canada under siege: Bell implements ?traffic shaping? service to throttle Internet access
Cable: they keep talking but, they?re still blocking
2008-05-17 05:17:00 While the cable industry led by Comcast has slithered into the ambulance chaser never land of redefining language to fit questionable business practice, the studies we keep seeing say they are still blocking their subscribers’ traffic. This kind of up is down and wrong is right mumbo jumbo-ing of language is something the Telco’s ...
By: Third Pipe
Net Neutrality Legislation Is Making Another Comeback
2008-05-15 14:56:00 A new bill, co-sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI),and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) would make ISPs who fail to provide service in a non-discriminatory manner subject to anti-trust violations. The legislation requires Internet service providers to connect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis. It also requires them to operate ...
A Dumb Pipe What-If?
2008-05-15 01:00:00 We always keep saying here at ThirdPipe that dump pipe is the ‘thing’. We usually get slapped for it by our peers. Everyone thinks that content is critical. No doubt it is, because our second rule is nobody buys dumb pipe just for pipe. But there is a rational consideration for our position. We find ...
By: Third Pipe
700 MHz: Verizon begins the process of redefining ?open?
2008-05-05 21:28:00 Not to say we told you so, but we did. At the close of the 700MHz auction we predicted Verizon, the winner of the “open access” C block, wold begin to redefine what is meant by the word “open”. Immediately after the auction, certain members of Congress friendly to to the Verzion / AT&T ...
By: Third Pipe
Keeping the net free and open also applies to software
2008-05-03 03:59:00 There’s more to keeping the web free and open than encouraging fierce competition between access providers and equally impartial treatment of traffic. Free and open also extends to software technologies that enable and extend our use of the net. When it comes to software, we like free. Free insures quick adoption by those who have ...
By: Third Pipe
Sex For Net Neutrality
2008-04-25 21:24:00 Tania Derveaux, who previously made what was probably the best campaign promise ever to get votes as a candidate for Senate in Belgium, is now working for net neutrality. She is offering to make love to every virgin who backs net neutrality: I’m using sex in a positive way to spread awareness. The reason why only ...
By: Liberal Values
Get Laid if you support Net Neutrality (NSFW)
2008-04-25 19:25:00 Sometimes I think myself, these daily nerddom makes my mind burst! So to cool down may I present you Miss Tania Devereaux who wanna get laid by virgins (strictly virgins). Tanya Devereaux says that you could have sex with her provided you support a free web aka net neutrality. Before you jump over to the ...
Lawrence Lessig on net neutrality
2008-04-21 13:32:00 Imagine a world where the power company controlled which appliances you could plug into the outlet, or charged special fees for some appliances and not others. It's a clever analogy used by Lawrence Lessig to explain the importance of net neutrality. Imagine a world where your ISP had the power to charge you more to visit some websites over others, to decide which websites you can visit on their network, and charged some websites more than others for network access. Lawrence Lessig -- Stanford Professor and founder of the Center for Internet and Society, makes the case in a recent interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. Lessig also talks about the phenomenal growth of Google -- originally an experiment by a group of graduate students at Standford looking for a better search engine. He says that if telecommunications companies had the ability to 'traffic shape' and 'data manage' when Google was started, the Google folks would have needed permission from the network ...
AmberMac on Net Neutrality
2008-04-18 00:26:00 I couldn’t say it better. Watch this video by the cute AmberMac. Copyright © 2008 MacBros' Place. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact macbros@boxbe.com so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin ...
By: MacBros' Place
Comcast titles new network micro management policy ?P2P Bill of Rights?
2008-04-17 04:35:00 This is comic relief at it’s best. The suits at Comcast have worked up a new clown suit to put around a new batch of network management policies that sound both ambiguous and theatening at the same time. “We’re going to formally create a DCIA working group and it will be open to any peer-to-peer ...
By: Third Pipe
Comcast to skip ?Net neutrality? hearing
2008-04-17 02:20:00 When Comcast Corp. Internet subscriber Robb Topolski was prevented from sharing digital files of Tin Pin Alley-era music with other barbershop quartet enthusiasts, the computer engineer launched a personal investigation.
You Can Float, But You Can?t Hide
2008-04-15 21:36:00 Remember this story that we covered about Middle East cable cuts? All 5 of them? Well it appears that there were 2 ships involved in the incidents. Dubai authorities have impounded two ships suspected of damaging undersea telecom cables in the Middle East earlier this year. One of the ships has reportedly been released ...
By: Third Pipe
New York intends to do away with the tax free net
2008-04-15 14:39:00 A state that will never be known fro low taxes or careful government spending may also be known for the state that killed the internet tax free zone. Most states require sales tax to be collected if the etailer has a physical presence in the state. As it is proposed, not in New York. If ...
By: Third Pipe
Virgin Media: ?Net Neutrality is a Load of Bollocks?
2008-04-14 15:07:00 Those of you who’ve been on the moon this past few months will have missed out on the debacle of a debate, “net neutrality” has become. Celebrated inventor of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee has been very vocal of late, calling for Internet Service Providers, (ISPs), to not implement a plan of speeding up the bandwidth ...
By: Noddegamra
Net Neutrality is ?A Load of Bollocks?
2008-04-14 12:08:00 According to Neil Berkett, the new CEO of Virgin Media, ?This net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks.? Mr Berkett followed this by stating that Virgin Media is already in negotiations with content providers (such as the BBC) to provide their media faster. For a fee, of course.Those companies that refuse this commercial blackmail will find the "Information Superhighway" becomes the "Information Bus Lane."Sometimes you wonder why CEOs are allowed to speak in public. The last time I saw this level of idiocy was from the then head of Ratners jewellery stores, Gerald Ratner. You may well be saying to yourself at this point, "Ratners? Who?"Back in the 1980s Ratners sold "value" jewellery from high-street stores and were very successful. In fact, they had over 2,000 stores across the UK, and were making huge profits. The business was seen as one of the UK's great success stories.That was until Gerald Ratner opened his mouth at an Institute of Directors (IoD) Conference in 1991.So suc...
Net Neutrality, Canada?s CRTC To Weigh In?
2008-04-09 22:36:00 The subject of Net Neutrality seems to be reaching a head here in Canada. And the driving force behind it, is not consumers, or ?think tanks? but rather ISP?s themselves. The internet is not a level playing field, but rather a type of grand MLM scheme. Most ISP?s in Canada are small fish serving from ...
Boy This Sounds Familiar! But of Course?.
2008-04-06 15:38:00 Mr. Malone of the WSJ lays out aspects of societal and business change that the US faces in say the next 50 years. He throws terms out like ‘fat pipe’, ‘process patents’, ‘free internet’, etc. Our loyal Thridpipe readers already know all this because we have this electronic pulpit on high. We have been ...
By: Third Pipe
Net neutrality in Canada under siege: Bell implements ?traffic shaping? ser
2008-03-31 15:02:00 Bell Canada - Canada's largest internet provider - is going ahead with its plan to undermine net neutrality. They call it ?traffic shaping? and ?traffic management?, but what it adds up to is the end of net neutrality for anyone on the Bell system. This includes Bell customers and non-Bell customers who contract with third party ISPs who use the Bell system. Bell and other Canadian ISPs such as Rogers have been ?traffic managing? for over a year, slowing some kinds of traffic down while privileging others. The data that Bell tends to target for slow down is peer-to-peer and torrent traffic. Last week, Bell applied the same ?traffic shaping? controls to its third party ISPs, service providers who use the Bell system but who are independent companies with their own clients. What this means is that Bell is screwing - not only with its own customers' data, but with the accounts of third party Internet users. Do you know whose system your ISP is using? April 7 is the date Bell...
Net Neutrality?s Quiet Crusader
2008-03-28 17:17:00 washingtonPost.com: Bearing video cameras, laptops and cellphones, a small army of young activists flooded into a recent federal meeting in protest. Members of public-interest group Free Press weren’t there to support a presidential candidate or decry global warming. The tech-savvy hundreds came to the Federal Communications Commission’s hearing at Harvard Law School last month to push ...
By: Thought-Blender
Net Neutrality ? Not in Bell Canada?s Vocabulary
2008-03-27 21:04:00 Much has been written about net neutrality, or rather the lack of, and it is clear that many backbone providers have been practicing Traffic Shaping, that?s the fancy word they use for the practice of throttling high bandwidth applications, most notably BitTorrent traffic. Bell Canada, is not the first large Canadian backbone provider to indulge themselves ...
Politicizing the Internet ? why net neutrality is not about free speech
2008-03-18 00:00:00 -By Scott Cleland Politicizing the Internet Fabricating a Free Speech Threat to Justify Regulating the Internet and An "Information Commons" American ISPs are facilitating an unprecedented explosion of free speech. More people use the Internet in the U.S. than any other country: ~211 million, per World Internet Stats. The number of blogs is exploding ...
By: Publius Forum
Clueless Big Label Music seeks protection money from ISP?s
2008-03-14 00:37:00 Before I get to the news item, I offer a short history lesson on the big music industry. The industry’s business model has always been about acquiring the rights to material cheaply and reselling the product eternally. They have never been interested in paying the typical artist anything. Sure there are exceptions, usually the most ...
By: Third Pipe
OK Go says Net Neutrality good for music
2008-03-13 16:57:00 Tim Karr has an important read for music lovers up at HuffPo. In it, he covers OK Go’s descent into Washington to promote the importance of Net Neutrality to independent musicians. The band’s success is a testament to an open Internet. OK Go was propelled to national fame via the popularity of their YouTube videos. One, a treadmill dance along to the song “Here It Goes Again,” has been viewed more than 31 million times. “If people wonder whether the music industry will benefit from Net Neutrality they can look no further than us,” said OK Go’s lead singer and guitarist Damian Kulash in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. “There really is some consensus here that Net Neutrality is good for music and good for musicians… I’m here to ask you today to preserve Net Neutrality and the openness of the Internet. I believe it’s critical to the future of music.” These days, when it seems like the dec...
Conyers May Propose Net Neutrality Legislation
2008-03-12 02:54:00 At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Committee Chair Rep. John Conyers said that net neutrality must be preserved, and stated that he is willing to propose legislation to do so. ?I am concerned that if Congress stands by and does nothing, we will soon find ourselves living in a world where those who pay, can play (on the Internet), but those who don't are simply out of luck,? Conyers said.
Why Is Kevin Martin's Opinion On Net Neutrality Different When It's Comcast
2008-03-10 10:08:00 Why Is Kevin Martin's Opinion On Net Neutrality Different When It's Comcast Than AT&T? from the just-wondering dept FCC chair Kevin Martin is well-known as a good friend to telco companies -- but that friendship has never extended to cable companies. That's why it's rather amusing to see him try to act tough against Comcast, suggesting last Friday that the FCC doesn't look kindly on Comcast's traffic shaping practices while just a year ago, he was telling AT&T that the FCC wouldn't stop them fro
By: mini wisdom
ThirdPipe of a Military Kind
2008-03-04 18:10:00 Just watch it – Granted it is a pitch by Lockheed for a new UAV multi role vehicle. But if you step back, the very telecommunications technology that makes this possible is ThirdPipe in nature. High bandwidth, wireless, satellite supported, GPS enabled with the intelligence forward placed in the end node (the plane…). I am not ...
By: Third Pipe
Comcast Paid People to Fill Seats at Net Neutrality Meeting
2008-02-27 06:22:00 portfolio.com: Comcast spokeswoman Jennifer Khoury said that the company paid some people to arrive early and hold places in the queue for local Comcast employees who wanted to attend the hearing. Some of those placeholders, however, did more than wait in line: They filled many of the seats at the meeting, according to eyewitnesses. As a result, scores of Comcast critics and other members of the public were denied entry because the room filled up well before the beginning of the hearing. | read more | T|B Opinion: Absolutely unacceptable. This bullshit stunt was staged for the sole reason of keeping Comcast critics out of the meeting - - a public hearing at a college! No doubt, Comcast will spare no expense in its crusade to control the Internet. These greedy fuckers must be stopped - - If you don’t know about the fight for net neutrality, educate yourself and let your voice be heard. similar articles:FCC Questions Comcast about Interference with File SharingBush Urges Cong...
By: Thought-Blender
Ed Markey?s ?net neutrality? bill is a thinly disguised duopoly ploy
2008-02-26 19:02:00 It’s time to take off the gloves and deal with the meddling politicians who want to “help” us with “net neutrality”. What they really want is the power to micro manage the internet, preserve the status quo and ration bandwidth. They long for the sound of pleading taxpayers begging “may I ...
By: Third Pipe
Another voice: the FCC needs to change
2008-02-25 18:29:00 If you are a regular reader, you’ve seen a number of rants from all parties here on Third Pipe demanding change at the FCC. We’re skeptical of “net neutrality” legislation that keeps resurfacing in Congress because it always extends the reach of the feds who are part of the problem rather than part of ...
By: Third Pipe
Net Neutrality Bill: No Web Traffic Discrimination
2008-02-13 21:41:00 newsWeek.com: A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday proposed legislation to stop network providers from playing traffic cop on the Internet. Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet, introduced the bill to promote the principle, known as “Net neutrality,” of treating all Internet traffic equally. Markey, who introduced ...
By: Thought-Blender
Comcast squares off against supporters of "Net Neutrality"
2008-02-13 04:59:00 Comcast squares off against supporters of "Net Neutrality"Under fire from consumer groups and law professors who have issued formal complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, Comcast has told the FCC that hampering some file-sharing b...
Net neutrality bill expected this week
2008-02-13 03:00:00 Net neutrality bill expected this weekA Democratic plan to give the FCC new Net neutrality authority over the Internet was rejected two years ago. Now it's back. http://w-ww.news.com/8301-13578_3-987087-1-38.html?part=rss&subj=new-s&tag=2547-1_...
Democratic Net neutrality bill expected this week
2008-02-13 02:40:00 Democratic Net neutrality bill expected this weekA Democratic plan to give the Federal Communications Commission new Net neutrality authority over the Internet was rejected two years ago. Now it's back. http://w-ww.news.com/8301-13578_3-98708.-.. |
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