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Tag: net neutrality

May 15
2014
Mr. President, Where Do You Stand On Net Neutrality?

Mr. President, Where Do You Stand On Net Neutrality?

Politics

With net neutrality on its death bed, where is our President and Democratic leadership?

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May 6
2014
Why The GOP Should Support The Internet As A Public Utility

Why The GOP Should Support The Internet As A Public Utility

Economy

Mozilla, on the heals of their botched hiring of Brendan Eich as CEO, is now fighting the recent FCC decision to allowed a tiered internet. The companies plan is powerful and it just might work.

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Dec 5
2013
New FCC Head Doesn't Understand Net Neutrality

New FCC Head Doesn't Understand Net Neutrality

Science

The new top dog at the FCC has made some statements that appear to contradict even the FCC's own net neutrality rule

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Dec 3
2010

SURPRISE! Time Warner Sides With Comcast Over Netflix Dispute

Economy

From a press release issued by Time Warner: “The recent news regarding the negotiations between Level 3 and Comcast has raised many questions about the way peering agreements are negotiated between Network Operators and has been inappropriately lumped into the issue of network neutrality.   These agreements have been and continue to be negotiated based on […]

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Nov 30
2010

Corporate Greed Will Kill The Internet

Economy

Comcast is at it again: Level 3 Communications Inc., an Internet backbone company that supports Netflix Inc.’s increasingly popular movie streaming service, complained Monday that cable giant Comcast Corp. is charging it an unfair fee for the right to send data to its subscribers. Comcast replied it is being swamped by a flood of data […]

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Feb 6
2009

ESPN Trying To Jack Up Internet Costs

Misc

This is exactly why we need net neutrality passed asap: For some sports fans, ESPN360, the online version of ESPN’s television channel, is a cornucopia of more than 3,500 sporting events each year, viewable from the convenience of a computer. For others, it’s a total bust. The only difference: their ISP. The culprit is ESPN’s […]

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Nov 16
2008

Net Neutrality Back In The Spot Light

Misc

Yesterday I posted that Obama had appointed some strong proponents of Net Neutrality to his transition team to oversee the FCC. Now we find out that another Democrat is working to bring actual Net Neutrality into law: A lawmaker is bringing the issue of net neutrality back into the spotlight. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) plans […]

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Nov 15
2008
netneutrality

Will Obama Finally Bring Net Neutrality?

Misc

Yesterday the Obama campaigned named two big advocates of net neutrality to his transition team. The best part is that they are heading up the review of the FCC: Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Kevin Werbach, a former FCC staffer, organizer of the annual tech conference Supernova, and […]

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Jul 11
2008

FCC Goes After Comcast

Misc

The FCC is finally doing something I agree with: The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation’s largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. The potentially precedent-setting move stems from a complaint against Comcast Corp. that the company […]

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Jul 27
2006

Stevens Wants To Appear On TDS

Misc

This should be really good: Mocked by comedian and host of “The Daily Show” Jon Stewart for calling the Internet a bunch of tubes, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he is open to appearing on the popular cable television program for a rebuttal. The comedian has parodied the dean of […]

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