http://www.metafilter.com/tags/700mhzauction Posts tagged with '700mhzauction' at MetaFilter. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:29:52 -0800 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:29:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68242/The%2DYear%2Dof%2DNet%2DNeutrality We're only two weeks into the year, but net neutrality issues hit the ground running. The FCC already has <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141404-c,internetlegalissues/article.html">three different inquiries open</a>. <small><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080114-fcc-officially-opens-proceeding-on-comcasts-p2p-throttling.html">(also)</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68025/The-end-of-net-nuetrality">(previously)</a></small> The 700 Mhz auction <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/01/11/roadblocks-to-the-mobile-web/">threatens to disrupt</a> an <a href="http://gigaom.com/2008/01/16/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-broadband/">already converging</a> telecom industry. AT&amp;T's post-merger commitment to net neutrality <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/12/29/att-yields-to-neutrality-paves-path-to-congress/">ends this year</a>, and they <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/01/09/att-ready-to-filter-the-web/">plan to test the filtering waters</a>, despite <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071112-net-neutrality-foes-back-fcc-investigation-into-comcast-traffic-blocking.html?rel">recently opposing</a> the practice. And today, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080116-leaked-memo-time-warner-cable-to-trial-hard-bandwidth-caps.html">a leaked memo revealed</a> that Time Warner will test tiered internet services soon. The Internet as we know it, and communications in general, might be headed for some major changes in 2008. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68242 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:29:52 -0800 2008 700mhzauction att bittorrent comcast filtering netneutrality telecom timewarner verizon voip spiderwire