Category: Net Neutrality
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TECHNOLOGY / The state of the Internet
As President Obama noted in his State of the Union address, the federal government has played a crucial role in the growth of the Internet and our most innovative businesses. The technology at the Internet’s core was funded by a Defense Department program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Silicon Valley has been a substantial…
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from Dave Winer – Net neutrality is hypocrisy
The idea is that the transport layer, operated by telephone companies and cable companies, must transport all bits across their lines at the same rate and cost. Nice idea, but it’s hypocritical to demand that of their vendors when they don’t provide it to their users. For some reason they are never called on this…
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‘Net pioneers: Open Internet should be separate – Steve Wozniak, Regulation, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Internet service providers, internet, government, Google, free press, David Reed, David Isenberg, Clay Shirky, Chris Riley, Bruce Perens, broadband, Apple – Good Gear Guide
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should allow for an open Internet separate from specialised services that may prioritise IP traffic, a group of Internet and technology pioneers have recommended. via ‘Net pioneers: Open Internet should be separate – Steve Wozniak, Regulation, New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Internet service providers, internet, government, Google, free…
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Internet Founder Tim Berners-Lee Details 4 Concerns About Future of Mobile Web (Nokia World 2010)
Berners-Lee explained that data drives development on mobile, just as it does on the Web as a whole. Even a basic calendaring type of application is data-driven. By combining the aspects of mobile technology, like location-awareness, with the semantic Web of data, entirely new types of mobile applications can exist. Most recently, augmented reality applications…
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About the Consumer Broadband Test (Beta) – Broadband.gov
About the Consumer Broadband Test (Beta) – Broadband.gov. Go to the URL above to test how fast your broadband connection is. You can report broadband dead zones, too. The whole National Broadband report is available, too, at http://www.broadband.gov/. I’ll be going through it and reviewing it over the next several weeks, but for now, here…
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F.C.C. long-anticipated bill to be public this week
…the commission’s recommendations will include a subsidy for Internet providers to wire rural parts of the country now without access, a controversial auction of some broadcast spectrum to free up space for wireless devices, and the development of a new universal set-top box that connects to the Internet and cable service. via Vast F.C.C. Plan…
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Secret copyright treaty debated in DC: must-see video Boing Boing
CTA is a profoundly undemocratic undertaking, as is amply demonstrated in the debate in this video. K-street lobbyists, corporate execs, and other movers and shakers know everything that's going on in the ACTA negotiations, but the public is frozen out of the debate. And as Jamie Love points out, public access to other copyright negotiations…
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Net Neutrality update
Google/Verizon say that the Internet should function as an “open platform.” That means, to them, that “when a person accesses cyberspace, he or she should be able to connect with any other person that he or she wants to—and that other person should be able to receive his or her message,” they write. The ‘Net…
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Our Goverment Committed to Engagement
These are the remarks of Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs , Vilnius, Lithuania mad on Dec. 11, 2009 This means that the old hierarchies and barriers to communication are melting away. No one holds a monopoly on information. Those who try to control it can never be successful in the…
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Time to Speak Out on Net Neutrality
As our elected representatives line up on “Net Neutrality” and regulation of the Internet by the FCC, consider several important things. First, how much do these people know about high tech? Second, how much have the companies that have a stake in the outcome and regulation of FCC given to the various legislators. Net Neutrality…
Barbara K Iverson 