Free Press: Stanford

Audio of FCC Hearing at Stanford Archived at KPFA

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:19:26 -0700

The FCC Hearing on Broadband Network Management took place on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at Stanford University.

FCC Stanford Hearing

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:04:44 -0700

"I am extremely uncomfortable with the idea that my ability to speak my mind to whoever wants to hear is a matter of corporate grace rather than constitutional right, and I suspect other Americans will feel equally uncomfortable if the FCC abandons its responsibilities and fails to act."

Lessig Leads Net Neutrality Charge in Stanford Inquisition

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:21:45 -0700

"The most outrageous thing about this whole story," Larry Lessig told FCC boss Kevin Martin, "is that we can't get the facts straight." And we agree with him.

Even Grannies Fight for Net Neutrality

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:01:12 -0700

A group of singing and screaming grandmothers known as the Raging Grannies made up the most colorful part of yesterday’s public hearing on broadband network management practices at Stanford University.

FCC to Force ISPs to Reveal P2P Blockage and Real World Bandwidth Speeds

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:57:50 -0700

Last night, the FCC held its Comcast-less do-over hearing on net neutrality.

Comcast Proposes P2P 'Bill of Rights'

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:46:25 -0700

As the FCC continues to investigate its choke hold on BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic, Comcast has proposed a "bill of rights and responsibilities" for P2P users and internet service providers.

FCC Holds Hearing on Internet Access at Stanford

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:13:30 -0700

The future of Internet use -- and First Amendment rights to free speech, some said -- was discussed at a roughly seven-hour hearing convened by the Federal Communications Commission with panels of experts at Stanford University Thursday.

Comcast, Telcos Ritually Abused at FCC Hearing in Palo Alto

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:57:47 -0700

Young San Jose resident Alex Polvi presented the least informed, but probably most typical argument for net neutrality in his public comment featured in this video clip from the rescheduled network neutrality hearings hosted by the FCC at Stanford today.

FCC Likely to Act on P2P Internet Throttling

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:48:19 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission's hearing at Stanford Thursday was a chance for the public to vent frustrations at Comcast's and other Internet service providers' network-management practices, but -- unlike at a similar hearing in February -- the ISPs were not around to listen.

FCC Hearings at Stanford: Towards a Consensus on ISP Transparency?

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:35:19 -0700

Yesterday, the FCC held a second hearing in its investigation of Comcast's use of forged RST packets to interfere with BitTorrent and other P2P applications.