open network

Hey ISPs, Google Wants to Share Its Fiber Network

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:10:34 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
Google's planned experimental fiber network will be so open that the company hopes to see other ISPs ride it in order to deliver their own services.

OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event

Jordan Berg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:20:10 -0400

Start: 04/18/2009 - 09:00

End: 04/18/2009 - 17:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

On Saturday, April 18, 2009 a FREE event at UW Madison's Grainger Hall, OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event is a unique opportunity that gathers people interested in using 'openness' and provides the ability to network, discussion, teach, and learn on how to create, improve, and make more accessible— art, education, software, government, media, neighborhoods, workplaces— the very society we live in.

Carriers Should Accept that Openness Can Be Good for Them

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:48:28 -0400

Full article: GigaOm
Stacey Higginbotham
Unless you're Sprint, number portability is a very good thing. Witness AT&T, which has netted more than a million new subscribers thanks to the iPhone. This seamless transfer of data has undoubtedly helped carriers and consumers. So why won't carriers accept that more openness will benefit them?

Shift Seen in Telecom Regulation

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:22 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Brody Mullins
New congressional leaders as well as policy makers in the Obama administration are expected to press for fresh limits on media consolidation and require phone and cable firms to open their networks to Internet competitors, lobbyists and industry officials say.

Open Networks a Must in Wireless Mergers

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:55:20 -0400

WASHINGTON -- With the Federal Communications Commission poised for a Nov. 4 vote on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire deal, Free Press is calling for conditions that require both wireless networks to be open to all devices and applications.

Verizon Wireless Contract Changes, September 21?

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:28:16 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Citing an anonymous inside source, the website Boy Genius Report suggests that Verizon will be going contract-free starting September 21, allowing users to avoid long-term obligations if they're willing to pay the full, unsubsidized price of a device.

Applications Spur Carriers to Relax Grip on Cellphones

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:37:11 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Laura M. Holson
Consumers have long been frustrated with how much control carriers have exerted over what they could download to their mobile phones. But in the last nine months, carriers, software developers and cellphone makers have embraced a new attitude of openness toward consumers.

Google Concerned

Stevie Converse — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:55:03 -0400

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross