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We Might Need Google Neutrality, Too

Net Neutrality isn't a cure-all; the internet is full of choke points

Oct 29, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Net neutrality is back in the headlines, but it might not be as important as its champions might hope. Essentially, the net neutrality fight is over price discrimination—the ISPs want to charge extra fees to big companies that could afford to pay them, explains Ars Technica . Companies of all... More »

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Google • Internet • net neutrality • search • ISP

ANALYSIS

AT&T Asks Employees
to Slam Net Neutrality

And don't say you work here, memo advises

Oct 20, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the FCC holding a meeting Thursday to decide whether to give the green light to “net neutrality”—the principle of universal access to bandwidth—AT&T is stepping up its PR war. In a memo from senior exec James Cicconi, employees are asked to post anti-neutrality comments... More »

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FCC • net neutrality • AT&T • bandwidth

On Net Neutrality, Feds Go With Google, Against ISPs

Proposed new rules wouldn't allow bandwidth-hogging services to be blocked

Sep 18, 09 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers stand to benefit under a proposal, coming Monday, from the Federal Communications Commission that would mandate so-called net neutrality, forcing Internet service providers to treat all Web content equally and not restrict access to sites and services that take up more bandwidth. The Obama administration is siding with the... More »

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Google • net neutrality • Skype • Internet service providers • AT&T • bandwidth • wireless carriers

Obama's FCC Pick Brings Reformer Label

Tech adviser Genachowski lauded to lead troubled agency

Mar 4, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has officially named Harvard pal and technical adviser Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission, NPR reports. It’s Genachowski’s second tour—he worked at the FCC during the Clinton administration—and he’s being applauded on both sides of the aisle. Most are hoping the... More »

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Barack Obama • FCC • net neutrality • Kevin Martin • Obama administration • Julius Genachowski

Google Seeks
Special Online 'Fast Lane'

Dumps 'Net neutrality' support; wants preferred treatment

Dec 15, 08 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Google is quietly negotiating for preferential treatment from Internet providers in an about-face from its staunch support of equal network access for all content providers. The move could spark an industry-wide race for Internet "fast lanes" that would discriminate against less-funded sites and potentially curb users' online choices, reports... More »

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Congress • Yahoo • Google • Comcast • Microsoft • net neutrality • AT&T • President Obama

analysis

Comcast Web Caps May Signal End of an Era

Though limits affect only 1% now, high-def video will change that

Sep 2, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Comcast setting a limit on Internet usage beginning next month, the end of the Internet as we know it may be at hand, as ISPs move toward usage-based models like public utilities. Comcast, the second-largest US Internet provider, was careful to say that the bandwidth limit is so high—... More »

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Internet • Comcast • telecom industry • net neutrality • Internet service providers • bandwidth usage • Time Warner Cable • Frontier Communications

Opinion

FCC Member: Leave the Internet Alone

Engineers, not politicians, should solve tech problems

Jul 28, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest crisis for the internet is the gridlock caused by bandwidth-clogging P2P software. But don’t worry, says FCC commissioner Robert McDowell. This has happened before. As far back as 1987, engineers have been solving the net’s bandwidth problems. It’s been a triumph of anti-regulation, and there’... More »

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Internet • FCC • net neutrality • regulation • P2P • bandwidth

Comcast Bends Under Net Neutrality Pressure

Promises new system for managing network, probably by end of year

Mar 28, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is changing the way it manages Internet traffic after an intense public and FCC outcry over its blocking traffic from BitTorrent users. To cut use during peak hours, the Internet provider will stop targeting specific applications and instead slow its highest-bandwidth users’ traffic, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP • bandwidth usage

Net Neutrality May Slow Downloads

Prioritizing data
could be more
efficient, experts say

Mar 11, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The principle of net neutrality can be taken too far, some experts say. The internet could be made much more efficient—and downloads faster—if network managers were allowed to use info about the content they're sending, a Princeton engineering professor tells Technology Review. That would allow them to prioritize... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality

Apple's iPhone Rules Restrict Competition

Banning of VoIP, browser bundling echoes antitrust cases

Mar 10, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iPhone software development kit is facing criticism from net neutrality and antitrust critics, Computerworld reports. Apple has indicated that voice-over-IP programs like Skype will not be allowed on the iPhone’s AT&T network, as its a direct competitor for AT&T’s voice service. Comcast, Computerworld points... More »

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Comcast • Microsoft • iPhone • Apple • Safari • antitrust • Firefox • net neutrality • Skype • Voice over IP

Comcast Stooges Pack FCC Hearing

Cable and ISP giant accused of hiring seatfillers to silence critics

Feb 27, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The future direction of the Internet could be at stake in the FCC's decisions on net neutrality, but one of the ISPs concerned did its best to keep opponents out of a hearing on it, Portfolio.com reports. Advocacy group and fierce Comcast critic Free Press says the firm hired... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP

FCC Ready
to Defend
Net Neutrality

Agency says it will
step in to stop ISPs from blocking access

Feb 26, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - FCC boss Kevin Martin told a hearing yesterday that the government was "ready, willing, and able to step in" to stop Internet service providers from restricting traffic sent by rivals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast is accused of acting improperly by slowing or blocking access to file-sharing sites.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • broadband Internet • file sharing • net neutrality • ISP • Kevin Martin • Internet access

What Do the Candidates Say About Tech?

PC magazine examines positions on access, neutrality, privacy

Feb 4, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - We may know where they stand on Iraq, but what about technology? Among presidential candidates, the Democrats generally have discussed broadband access, Net neutrality, privacy/security, and innovation more than the Republicans, and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have clear positions on all four. Among Republicans, John McCain and Ron... More »

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technology • privacy • net neutrality • presidential candidates • Election 2008

Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

Net neutrality's biggest boogeyman gets a test drive

Dec 11, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Imagine for a second that your Internet provider could alter any webpage you viewed – injecting advertisements, or even censoring information. That scary scenario is possible, Ars Technica says, and the technology is already being test-driven by Rogers, a Canadian cable giant. Right now, the messages are just service... More »

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Comcast • Canada • net neutrality • ISP • Lauren Weinstein • packet filtering • web traffic

FCC Asked
to Stop Text Censoring

Net neutrality advocates object to providers blocking messages

Dec 11, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Consumer groups have banded together to lobby the FCC to prevent cellphone companies from blocking text messages, the Washington Post reports. The issue of carriers censoring messages from political groups and competing services has become the latest front in the net neutrality campaign. Consumers Union and other advocates are insisting... More »

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FCC • censorship • net neutrality • Naral • telecommunications • texting

Meet Prof Who
Gave Google
Its Big Ideas

Tim Wu pioneered net neutrality, inspired new smartphone initiative

Nov 8, 07 4:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Google’s newly revealed Open Handset Alliance, which gives smartphone developers and consumers new freedom to match phones, carriers, and apps, found inspiration in the philosophy of cyberlaw trailblazer Tim Wu. The Columbia Law professor is on the vanguard of the net-neutrality conversation, arguing that Internet providers and wireless networks... More »

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Google • net neutrality • wireless service • Tim Wu • Open Handset Alliance • Columbia Law School

FCC Put to Test Over Net Neutrality

Consumer groups lodge complaint against Comcast file sharing interference

Nov 1, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer groups and legal scholars filed a complaint with the FCC today asking the agency to fine Comcast for interfering with subscribers' file transfers. The case will be the first major indication of the FCC's actual stance on Net Neutrality. The petitions call on the FCC to fine Comcast $195,... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • BitTorrent • ISP • Internet service providers

Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

Oct 22, 07 11:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable and Internet service giant Comcast is disrupting more than just BitTorrent traffic, reports Ars Technica. Tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that Comcast customers using a growing list of apps may find their Net access slowed or denied. A Lotus Notes engineer, for example, discovered Notes emails sent... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • Gnutella • Lotus Notes • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Public Knowledge

Cable, Telcos Killing US
Web Success
Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the... More »

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Google • YouTube • Comcast • cable TV • broadband Internet • Facebook • digital downloads • telecom • net neutrality • BitTorrent • telecommunications • web services

Comcast Blocks P2P File-Sharing

Company doesn't admit it, but AP tests show file-sharing deliberately slowed

Oct 20, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is deliberately preventing its customers from using file-sharing services like BitTorrent, eDonkey, and Gnutella, the AP reports. Thecountry's second-largest Internet service provider claims that it does not block "access" to P2P apps; that may be technically true. Tests by the AP showed that while downloads were unaffected, attempts... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • peer to peer • eDonkey • Gnutella

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