A new paper shows how prioritizing Internet traffic works against Internet users and undermines the overall health of the Internet. Lou Dobbs resigns as CNN anchor. And two broadband stimulus windows become one, leaving applicants with only one more chance to apply for funding.

The future of an open Internet got a whole lot brighter this week. On Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered a landmark speech in which he called for new rules to protect Net Neutrality, the long-standing principle that bars Internet service providers from blocking or slowing any lawful content on the Web.

The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, just introduced in Congress, will prevent Internet Service Providers from controlling access to online content, services and applications. And the Transmission Project is on a mission of its own: to amplify the power of public media and community technology.