Despite
very strong denials last week from Google and Verizon that they were not discussing ways around
Net Neutrality, Google and Verizon
held a conference today to announce their agreement to the establishment of price-tiered network services, dividing the current Internet into a "neutral public Internet" that remains "open" (and which preserves access to YouTube and other Google properties), and a set of paid, priority channels that Verizon and other telecoms can use to deliver certain other types of content at higher prices, particularly over cell networks and whatever future infrastructure the Internet will be carried over.
posted by Blazecock Pileon
on Aug 9, 2010 -
224 comments
On November 20th, the CTRC made
a landmark ruling that defeated the CAIP's plea to stop Bell's conjuration of the
Deep Packet Throttle Monster. However all was
not lost, as consumers of Bell's copper pipes can take solace in
three recent developments that aim to reclaim the pipes for We, the little guy.
hooray! [more inside]
posted by tybeet
on Jan 17, 2009 -
28 comments
The Broad Band has released an on-line protest song:
God Save the Internet. Jill Sobule, Kay Hanley, and Michelle Lewis are trying to stir up a webgrass protest against what may already be a done deal. They are in favor of Net Neutrality, by the way.
posted by mmahaffie
on Jun 13, 2006 -
30 comments
$200,000,000,000 scandal? America is ranked
16th in the world in Broadband speed. Wanna know why? Verizon won’t tell you, but Bruce Kushnick will. His latest book,
$200 Billion Dollar Broadband Scandal, is a
powerful critique that outlines
a truly massive case of fraud. The Bell Companies (Verizon, SBC, Qwest, and BellSouth) used
trickery and deceit to swindle the U.S. out of a promised 45mbps internet connection. They
collected billions of dollars in regulatory fees, and now they are attempting to
commoditize
the Internet. Kushnick's book uses
stunning detail to expose this treachery with accuracy and
thoroughness.
posted by sswiller
on Feb 1, 2006 -
78 comments
Saving the Net isn't just really about saving the net: the article is a great point of confluence on the issues of Intellectual Property, Property and Success as American values, as well as the future of the Internet as a true commons. Especially interesting is the observation that Presidential candidate Howard Dean's campaign contribution lead – raised via the Internet – is owed to a huge number of small donations, not to a small number of large special interests. If he's being bought, it's by his voters."
[via Slashdot]
posted by weston
on Jul 23, 2003 -
9 comments
