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Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader

Stevie Converse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:15:35 -0700

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.

FCC Public Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices

Stevie Converse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:02:08 -0700

Start: 04/17/2008 - 03:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The Commission will hear from expert panelists regarding broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues.

Net Neutrality Rock: "Help me become a law!"

mthompson — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:23 -0700

One activist's take on how you can support the new Internet Freedom Preservation Act. Help this brave little bill become a law at SavetheInternet.com!

P2P Throttling Leading to Net Neutrality Showdown in Canada

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:44:23 -0700

Wireless Nomad, the small Canadian ISP that we profiled last year, has now stepped into the network neutrality debate (and we would expect nothing less from an ISP that was co-founded by a former EFF activist).

Raging Grannies for Net Neutrality

mthompson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:50:14 -0700

The Raging Grannies greet the FCC at yesterday's hearing at Stanford University on Net Neutrality and the future of the Internet.

BitTorrent: FCC Needs to Look at Other ISPs

Stevie Converse — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:34:29 -0700

BitTorrent on Tuesday shot down suggestions that Comcast would not follow through with its recent promise to work with the file-sharing site and overhaul its network management policies.

Rush to Judgment: Comcast Not Blocking Traffic After All

Stevie Converse — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:29:14 -0700

Over the weekend, a group of researchers at the University of Colorado reported evidence that Comcast's traffic management had extended beyond the realm of BitTorrent to plain old HTML traffic.

Rural Carriers Were Big Losers in 700MHz Auction

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:35:13 -0700

If anyone lost in the recent 700MHz spectrum auction, it was rural carriers. The FCC set reserve prices too high for small companies to afford individually and its anticollusion rules kept them from banding together to buy airwaves as a group.

Wireless Auction Unlikely to Shift Carrier Balance

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:55:01 -0700

Both Verizon Wireless and AT&T won enough spectrum licenses in the U.S. government's 700MHz auction concluded last month to roll out services a cut above what they offer today, though how fast they are for subscribers will be up to the carriers.

10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Die

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:48:11 -0700

We often think of the Internet as a platform for unfettered global communication, where information flows freely, innovators can launch new applications at will, and everyone can have a voice. But it's unlikely that our children's Internet will look anything like what we have now.

Vacant Airwaves Spur TV-Tech Turf Battle

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:41:13 -0700

Ten months before the nation flips to digital television, technology companies and TV broadcasters are fighting over the virtual remote, with different ideas of what to do with the unused airwaves.

Save the Internet! Workshop & Training

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:28:18 -0700

Start: 04/13/2008 - 16:00

End: 04/13/2008 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Comcast has been caught blocking BitTorrent, Verizon has been caught blocking text messages, AT&T wants to inspect and filter Web traffic. These big companies' efforts to discriminate online are crushing competition, slowing innovation, and endangering free speech.

Is It Time to Tune into Cable?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:58:58 -0700

It may be time to get back into cable stocks. After a yearlong selloff that clobbered the share prices of cable companies, a number of analysts now say that investors overreacted to the threat posed to cable providers by telephone-company competitors.

U.S. Kept in Slow Broadband Lane

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:45:21 -0700

We all know that America is the technology hub of the universe. It is home to Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Google, YouTube, Yahoo, MIT - the list is endless. So why, when it comes to the basics, like delivering the internet to its citizens, has it fallen way behind many other nations?

America's growing digital divide

mthompson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:22:35 -0700

Digital Sisters' Shireen Mitchell talks about America's growing digital divide -- and the need for a broadband vision and plan that benefits all Americans.

Deal Is Near on AT&T's Statewide Cable Plans in Tennessee

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:55:56 -0700

Lawmakers expect to unveil compromise legislation on Monday that would permit AT&T to offer its television services statewide, capping months of closed-door talks between feuding sides of the telecommunications industry.

Tennessee Legislature to Consider Cable TV Compromise

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:20:17 -0700

Tennessee lawmakers are expected to present compromise legislation on Monday that would create a statewide system for permitting cable TV franchises. The measure is supported by AT&T Inc., which wants to avoid having to seek hundreds of municipal permits as it enters the cable TV business.

League of Women Voters Says Yes to E-Democracy, Keeping the Net Neutral and Supporting Public Access TV

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:17:15 -0700

After a year-long study (http://www.lwvct.org/events/e-democracy-for-ct.htm), the League of Women Voters of Connecticut released new position statements on “Internet Neutrality,” universal high speed Internet access for Connecticut residents, and community access television for state residents.

FCC Announces Further Details of Hearing at Stanford on Broadband Network Management

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:26:33 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced further details on a public En Banc hearing to be hosted by Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on Thursday, April 17, 2008.

Verizon's Spectrum Plans: Speedier Wireless Broadband

Stevie Converse — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:52:23 -0700

Verizon executives on Friday said that a valuable chunk of newly purchased analog TV spectrum is a "transformative opportunity" that will let the company offer vastly faster wireless broadband service within the next three years.