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Senate Would Extend Web
Tax Ban 7 Years

Will have to reconcile with House bill setting exemption at 4 years

ComputerWorld ComputerWorld Oct 26, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate passed a bill yesterday to extend a ban on Internet access taxes for 7 years; it will have to be reconciled with a House bill—which has a 4-year lifespan—and signed into law by next Thursday to beat the current law’s expiration date. The bill was a compromise between those seeking a permanent ban and those looking to match the House’s shorter moratorium, ComputerWorld reports. More »

More about:  taxes • email • broadband Internet • instant messaging • moratorium • web services

Cable, Telcos Killing US
Web Success
Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

Silicon Valley Watcher 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 kind of Luddite thinking that has long slowed technological progress in America. More »

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

Rural America
Gets Wired

US has paid providers $1B to bring broadband to remote areas; progress is uneven

Economist Economist Sep 19, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Measured by President Bush's goal—to give every America access to broadband this year—it's not a success. But the effort to wire rural America has made impressive progress, the Economist reports. The US government has given more than $1 billion to internet providers in distant markets in an effort reminiscent of the New Deal's rural electrification project. More »

More about:  Internet • America • broadband Internet • rural area • grants

DOJ Knocks Down 'Net Neutrality'

Says ISPs should be able to charge consumers more for priority traffic

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 6, 07 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet service providers should be able to charge a premium for customers who want certain content to load faster than others, the Justice Department said today. In a recommendation to the FCC, Justice claimed "net neutrality"—the idea that all websites should be equally accessible—could slow online growth, keep ISPs from upgrading services and stick consumers with unnecessary costs. More »

More about:  Internet • Department of Justice • broadband Internet • net neutrality • ISP

Reality Bytes: Bobbies Bust
Wi-Fi Squatter

Web surfer jailed for freeloading on network

BBC BBC Aug 23, 07 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - London bobbies took a byte out of an internet surfer's liberty yesterday when they tossed him in jail for freeloading on someone else's wireless network. "This arrest should act as a warning to anyone who thinks it is acceptable to illegally use other people's broadband connections," admonished a detective. More »

More about:  Internet • London • Wi-Fi • wireless • broadband Internet

Google Stokes Wireless Competition With $4.6B Bid

Search giant set to buy wireless frequencies

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Jul 22, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is poised to bid $4.6 billion in the upcoming federal auction of wireless frequencies,  to create a national broadband network that could challenge the dominance of companies like AT&T and Comcast. If Google's bid triumphs, the web search giant could expand into selling Internet, telephone and television services—or have other providers do it for them, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . More »

More about:  Internet • Google • FCC • auction • wireless • broadband Internet • Eric Schmidt • web • network • wireless frequencies

The Top 10 Moments of the eCommerce Decade

PR Newswire PR Newswire Jul 15, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Software & Information Industry Association has rolled out its list of the top 10 e-commerce developments of the past decade: Google (Sept. 1998) Broadband Penetration of U.S. Internet Users Reaches 50% (June 2004) eBay Auctions (launched Sept. 1997) Amazon.com (IPO May 1997): Google Ad Words (2000) More »

More about:  list • Google • eBay • Amazon.com • iTunes • Wi-Fi • BlackBerry • broadband Internet • AdSense • user generated content • open standards

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