The FCC is repealing net neutrality, but we can stop them by using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). Get ready for Operation: #OneMoreVote, a major Internet-wide day of action, Tuesday, February 27, to secure the final vote needed to pass…
Tag: net neutrality
Net Neutrality – be careful what you wish for
As retribution for Martin Geddes and in the name of “what goes around comes around” for Google, in the irony of ironies, it is now AT&T claiming Google is violating Net Neutrality laws. Tell me you didn’t see that coming.…
Twitter is a “Stupid Network” (the good kind)
I’m sure I’m not the first to point out this analogy, but one of the things that makes Twitter interesting is how it parallels the “stupid network” model, as prescribed by David Isenberg in The Rise of the Stupid Network.…
AP says Cox is blocking too
According this AP story, Cox is interfering with file-sharing applications used by their customers just like Comcast was. A study based on the participation of 8,175 Internet users around the world found conclusive signs of blocked file-sharing connections only at…
Obama Promises Net Neutrality
According to ExtemeVoIP, presidential candidate Barack Obama has committed to supporting network neutrality. If elected to the White House next year, he says he will impose network neutrality mandates on broadband providers such as AT&T and Comcast. Obama said, if…
Blocking without blocking
Andy reports of a situation where CallVantage won’t work with Verizon FIOS,. This appears to be a case where the ActionTec router has a “technical incompatibility” that is of course, unintentional, according to Verizon’s PR representative. Andy is pretty sanguine…
Triple play, not looking good for net neutrality
I’m seeing reports from people who opted for a Triple-play service from their phone companies. From what they’re saying, this is not a good omen for the future of the open Internet marketplace. When you sign up for one of…
More historical perspective on net neutrality
As the politics of the Internet have shifted over the past several years away from discussions of monopoly (or duopoly) control of the last mile (or first mile), the more it becomes clear to me that the telcos have achieved…
Net Neutrality — unnecessary net regulation?
In response to my Net neutrality – Circa 1996 post, Peter McDoogle writes: Lets look at the real issue here: the government stepping in where it should not. We dont need congress to step in and make regulations without any…
Net neutrality – Circa 1996
The The Progress and Freedom Foundation, as Marty Kaplan calls it “a corporate-funded fake think tank” has come out against Net neutrality. They say “Net neutrality is, in fact, the theft of property rights from [broadband] infrastructure providers.” Gee, seems…
