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Comcast's Bandwidth-Throttling Experiment: Wave of the Future?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:01:27 -0700

Comcast has launched a trial this month in parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia to see how well its new approach to bandwidth management works.

If the pilot is successful, the Internet service provider's customers nationwide may find themselves consuming bandwidth under new business rules.

Good News for Internet Freedom

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:36:45 -0700

Folks for a net neutrality are celebrating--at least for the moment. Earlier this week, Democrats Rep. John Conyers (Michigan), who is African American, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rep.

Moyers, Rather to Headline Media Reform Conference

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:53:25 -0700

Less than three months before the Republican National Convention convenes in St. Paul, a decidedly more liberal group is gathering in the Twin Cities — the June 6-8 National Conference on Media Reform.

Comcast Admits Paying Attendees at FCC Hearing

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:08:25 -0800

Comcast Corp. admitted today that it paid people to attend a government hearing.

Comcast Paid Shills to Attend FCC Hearing

Stevie Converse — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:41:46 -0800

The Federal Communications Commission hearing about net neutrality this week was so crowded that police had to turn away an estimated 100 people from the Harvard Law School classroom where the event w

Uproar over FCC Vote on Media Ownership Rules

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:22:52 -0800

The Federal Communications Commission, at the urging of Chair Kevin Martin, voted 3-2 on Tuesday to relax longstanding rules that block corporations from owning a broadcast TV station and a newspaper

Crackdown: Comcast Blocks Peer-to-Peer Web Traffic

Stevie Converse — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:53:00 -0700

Is "broadband" becoming "broadbanned" at Comcast?

Comcast Interferes Heavily with BitTorrent Traffic

Stevie Converse — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:46:43 -0700

A simple test by the AP has found that Comcast appears to interfere with the BitTorrent traffic in ways which pose ethics questions and also probably cost the company a lot of money.

Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

Stevie Converse — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:11:22 -0700

Comcast Corp.

Who Controls Media Today and How the People Can Take it Back

Stevie Converse — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:02:18 -0700

Most progressives already know that the nation's media is in the hands of the few, the rich, the white, and the male.

Murdoch’s Dow Jones Takeover -- A Dark Day for Democracy

Stevie Converse — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:04:01 -0700

Yesterday, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Next FCC Localism Hearing: Portland, Maine

Stevie Converse — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:11:04 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission will hold its first localism hearing since 2004 in read more

Diversity and Consolidation: You Can’t Do Both

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:59:00 -0700

Speaking at this year's American Women in Radio and Television Leadership Summit, S.

Bipartisan FCC Attendance at Town Meeting in Columbus

Stevie Converse — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:37:48 -0800

FCC Commissioners from both sides of the aisle will be in Columbus, Ohio on March 7 for the "Town Meeting on the Future of Media."

Big Media Presents Misleading Case for Consolidation

Stevie Converse — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:54:24 -0800

A recent MediaWeek article offers a quick summary of the National Association of Broadcasters' (N

Slap on the Wrist Won't Stop Payola

Stevie Converse — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:15:53 -0800

As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to settle with the broadcasters found violating payola rules, Industry Ears, Future of Music Coalition and Free Press expressed grave concern over the

Adventures in Memphis

Stevie Converse — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:22:48 -0800

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Seattle Takes a Stand on Media Rights

Stevie Converse — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:50:00 -0800

Reclaim the Media reports that the Seattle City Council has just passed a resolution in support of the read more

Clear Channel for Sale: Why Bigger Isn’t Better

Stevie Converse — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:56:18 -0800

Clear Channel - the notorious radio giant - is being bought by a group of private equity firms in a $27 billion-deal that will include the sale