- The governmental-communications complex: net neutrality now!Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on Nov 7, 2007 12:45 PM Subscribe Alerts19 comments

- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 John Carroll on: Aug 3, 2006 2:12 PM
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- 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
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- 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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