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The governmental-communications complex: net neutrality now!Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on Nov 7, 2007 12:45 PM
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This isn't about technology George Ou ought to be in marketing: his impassioned apology for Comcast's intrusive "network management" (see A rational debate on Comcast traffic management) almost makes sense....[Read the rest]

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A rational debate on Comcast traffic management
Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Nov 6, 2007 10:08 AM
Net neutrality debate re-ignites
VisiCalc co-author Bob Frankston insists a new Bell break-up is the only way out. "As long as the service providers control the transport there cannot be a marketplace," he concludes.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 25, 2007 10:25 AM
The future of net discrimination, brought to you by Comcast
Comcast admits to using "several network management technologies" to delay peer-to-peer traffic. Some of the methods are a little shady, such as sending false messages to clients telling them to... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Oct 24, 2007 7:09 AM
AT&T's Randall Stephenson: 3G iPhone and saving the world from Net Neutrality
During his interview at the Web 2.0 Summit, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson explained why Apple went with the slower EDGE network in the U.S. instead of the faster... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 23, 2007 10:39 AM
Will cable kill the video stars?
Comcast is likely blocking all large file transfers not just BitTorrent, which is why it can say it is not deliberately targeting any specific applications. How will YouTube and the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Tom Foremski in Tom Foremski: IMHO on: Oct 21, 2007 11:47 PM
Don't like Net Neutrality? What about "Structural Separation?"
Taking note of Comcast's admission/confession that they "shape" BitTorrent and other high-bandwidth Internet traffic in order to manage their network, very smart blogger David Isenberg chooses not to join the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Oct 21, 2007 9:49 PM
Here we go again: AT&T files patent infringement suit against Vonage
On Friday, AT&T filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vonage. The filing, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, alleges that Vonage infringed on an... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Oct 20, 2007 8:54 AM
Comcast, BitTorrent and spam spam spam
Spam, which uses the same port as regular e-mail traffic, thus becomes the convenient excuse for eliminating the open Internet and creating a new, carrier-controlled network in which innovative services... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 20, 2007 7:12 AM
AT&T's Randall Stephenson: Don't dork up the rules
Following are quotes from AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson from his interview with John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Summit. On Net Neutrality We all want the same thing.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 19, 2007 11:35 AM
Comcast's network controls: File sharing isn't Comcastic
Comcast, in a move to save bandwidth, is interfering with subscribers who want to swap files online. According to the Associated Press, Comcast is discriminating against some of its subscribers.... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Oct 19, 2007 8:37 AM
Phony choices in the net neutrality debate
Why can't you get more bits? Because the phone companies don't make money from just "bits." They make money from "services" -- phone services, cable services, wireless services. That's how... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Sep 10, 2007 8:34 AM
Your thoughts on net neutrality
What does net neutrality mean to you and what do you think that the DOJs filing will mean to you, to consumers, to businesses and to freedoms that people enjoy? [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Sep 7, 2007 4:37 AM
DOJ comments on Net neutrality; Histrionics ensue
The Department of Justice comments on potential Net neutrality regulations, indicates that broadband Internet providers can charge for premium services and the usual Armageddon chorus emerges. After all, it's... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Sep 7, 2007 4:08 AM
Outrage: U.S. "Justice" Dept says OK for ISPs to assess surcharges for priority traffic
The same Justice Department that's been headed by U.S. Attorney-firing, Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales has just expressed its wishes that ISP's should be able to charge fees for priority... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Sep 6, 2007 12:43 PM
The iPhone bill demonstrates need for open spectrum
When the cell companies rush to the FCC and demand their rules for the coming auction of TV spectrum, this is the model they are trying to protect. The event... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Aug 16, 2007 1:55 PM
Google's open access challenge
The Bells know this is a life-and-death struggle. They know they can't win in a truly competitive market. They will do everything they can to beat down Google. Which just... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Jul 20, 2007 11:09 AM
A rational debate on Net Neutrality
The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jun 4, 2007 5:40 AM
Cringely doesn't need no stinking facts to push Net Neutrality
Robert X. Cringely -- the PBS pundit who was caught masquerading as a Stanford PhD and professor -- has a new blog out titled "We Don't Need No Stinking Best... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Apr 13, 2007 11:02 PM
Google: Backpedaling away from Net neutrality stance?
GigaOm's Drew Clark makes a convincing case that Google is backing off of its stance as Net neutrality champion. Clark quotes Google Senior Policy Counsel Andrew McLaughlin saying: “Net... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Mar 14, 2007 7:18 AM
Does the Internet need a do-over?
The Internet is maxing out, isn't viable over the long run and is being flooded by rich applications and thousands of gadgets. If the Internet were air traffic control... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 13, 2007 8:02 AM
Net Neutrality foes seize on Sony Playstation-Akamai deal
From the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Center For The Study of Digital Property's IPCentral.info blog: (High bandwidth Web hosting and distribution service) Akamai and Sony have struck a deal... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Dec 21, 2006 2:16 PM
FCC Commish's reservations on voting in AT&T-BellSouth merger cheer net neutrality advocates
Turns out that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell won't vote on the AT&T-BellSouth merger. I have to tell you I am surprised. In the last six years, we haven't seen... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Dec 19, 2006 4:52 AM
Robert Pepper: Net neutrality's false choice
Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the Internet and Google's vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist, and Robert Pepper, the FCC’s chief of policy development after 19 years and... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Nov 10, 2006 8:38 AM
Robert Cringely shows blatant ignorance of networking
Normally I don't get too worked up when someone makes a complete fool out of himself on networking issues but when a well known pundit like Robert Cringely of PBS... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Nov 6, 2006 1:49 AM
Here's why so many ITs don't care about Net Neutrality
Rich Tehrani believes this. I think he is right. Let me explain why. But first, a backgrounder. Rich writes that at the last ITEXPO (in San Diego earlier this... [Read the rest]
Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Oct 21, 2006 12:25 PM
Moral hazards and net neutrality
A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times makes an interesting point about the way markets tend to pervert regulations so as to make them destructive to competition. [Read the rest]
Posted by John Carroll in A Developer's View on: Aug 3, 2006 2:12 PM
Some pro net neutrality arguments that make no sense
I've been doing a lot of reading around this whole net neutrality debate, and what really surprises me are some of the strange, and ultimately bogus, arguments that are used... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 15, 2006 3:56 AM
Some pro net neutrality arguments that make no sense
I've been doing a lot of reading around this whole net neutrality debate, and what really surprises me are some of the strange, and ultimately bogus, arguments that are used... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 15, 2006 3:56 AM
The burden of the spiderbots and net neutrality
I would love to know how much Internet bandwidth is used by the swarms of spiderbots? Because if bandwidth costs are going to go up, as the telco/cable last mile... [Read the rest]
Posted by Tom Foremski in Tom Foremski: IMHO on: Jul 10, 2006 4:35 AM
Telcos: Laws governing our industry OK. They just need to favor telcos.
So, there was a lot of important non-C3 Expo stuff that happened while I was in New York at C3 Expo wrestling with the limited connectivity (and it was wired,... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Jun 30, 2006 5:36 PM
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