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When Capacity Is Never Enough

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:24:07 -0400

COVER STORY: When Capacity Is Never Enough
The Cautionary Tale Of Video Downloads
By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld -- Multichannel News, 3/22/2008 5:34:00 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A bit is a bit is a bit. An electronic packet of data is a packet is a packet. Unless you look inside to see what it contains.

Why Net Neutrality Matters for PEG Access TV

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:51:25 -0500

from: Commnity Media in Transition

Why Net Neutrality Matters for PEG Access TV

March 2nd, 2008 by Colin Rhinesmith

At last week’s FCC hearing at Harvard Law School, the issue of network neutrality once again took center stage. As the Internet giant Google describes the issue

“Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet.”

Comcast Manipulating NAACP on Net Neutrality

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:29:48 -0500

from: Open Left

Comcast Manipulating NAACP on Net Neutrality

By now you've probably heard that Comcast hired a crowd to sit in an FCC hearing on net neutrality so interested citizens couldn't get a spot to speak. The gist of Comcast's excuse is that they hired people to hold spots for Comcast employees, though those people accidentally fell asleep and stayed in their seats throughout the entire hearing. Nuts.

In Comcast vs. Verizon, Comcast is Down Two Counts

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:50:02 -0500

from: Drew Clark

In Comcast vs. Verizon, Comcast is Down Two Counts
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

By Drew Clark

Dominance in the broadband market is a battle of both technology and politics. Right now Comcast, America’s leading cable company, is losing on both counts.

Why Comcast Paying Folks to Attend FCC Hearing Is Wrong.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:55:31 -0500

Note: We hear it's common practice for corporations and lobbyists to hire line waiters and seat warmers for Congressional hearings too - this is why you only see suits in the front rows of major hearings. Apparently democracy has a price . . .

from: Wet Machine

For the Clueless Among Us: Why Comcast Paying Folks to Attend FCC Hearing Is Wrong. I can't believe I actually need to explain this.

FCC En Banc: Annals of the Battle for the Last Mile

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:28:10 -0500

from: Media - Space - Place - Network

FCC En Banc: Annals of the Battle for the Last Mile
February 26th, 2008
Fred Johnson

Harvard Law School was “Markey Country” today as Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey defended net neutrality in his opening remarks before the FCC’s Public En Banc Hearing on broadband network management practices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Markey declared the US “no country for old bandwidth” and hung around to observe, with the rest of us, the FCC, “en banc” and securely enclosed in Harvard space droning through a tedious day of testimony and q&a, comfortably surrounded by an audience packed with polite but bored Comcast employees trained to provide applause on cue.

A Summary on the Comcast/FCC Net Neutrality Hearing

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:10:40 -0500

Comcast Threatens the Open Internet – FCC Hears Complaints
Last summer, users of Comcast internet services reported cut-offs and significant decreases in their download speeds when they were sharing large content such as video, audio and data files using a peer-to-peer sharing application known as Bit Torrent (www.bittorrent.com).

Telecom Campaign Money Shifts to Democrats in Net Neutrality Fight

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:17:07 -0500

from: Colorado Confidential

Telecom Campaign Money Shifts to Democrats in Net Neutrality Fight

January 30, 2008
By Dan Whipple

As the new Congress considers legislating network neutrality for internet service providers, telecoms in Colorado are piling on the campaign cash for Democrats who will decide the issue. Campaign donations from telecoms in the state have shifted dramatically from Republican candidates to Democratic ones over the 2004-2008 election cycles.

P2P users blast Comcast in FCC proceeding

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:39:38 -0500

from: Ars Technica

P2P users blast Comcast in FCC proceeding

By Matthew Lasar | Published: January 29, 2008 - 08:14AM CT

Two weeks into a Federal Communications Commission public comment period on whether Comcast deliberately degrades P2P broadband traffic, there's no shortage of angry users who feel cheated and want the tampering to stop. Evidence is also mounting that Comcast is blocking more than just P2P traffic.

With Comcast Under Fire, Vuze Enjoys Growth Surge

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:08:49 -0500

from: Information Week

With Comcast Under Fire, Vuze Enjoys Growth Surge

From InformationWeek, January 18, 2008
By Richard Martin

While controversy swirls around the struggle between traditional big-pipe entertainment providers to the home — specifically the cable carriers and namely Comcast, the nation’s largest cable TV service — and providers of online peer-to-peer content services, particularly BitTorrent, the market for online movies and other forms of content continues to grow apace.

Verizon, Industry Comment On Time Warner Cable Plans

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:57:58 -0500

from: Broadband Reports

Verizon, Industry Comment On Time Warner Cable Plans
Verizon taunts MSO, analysts think low caps are a ripoff
03:10PM Monday Jan 21 2008 by Karl

As we were the first to report last week, Time Warner Cable will be testing overage charges in one of the company's Texas markets. We've noted that Charter is also exploring metered bandwidth, and Business Week confirms that Comcast and Cox are as well. In the Business Week report, Verizon takes aim at the cable industry, suggesting that Time Warner Cable is interested in the plans because they lack bandwidth:

Has AT$T Lost Its Mind?

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:56:05 -0500

from: Slate

Has AT&T Lost Its Mind? A baffling proposal to filter the Internet.
By Tim Wu
Posted Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, at 10:15 AM ET

Chances are that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T's network. That matters, because last week AT&T announced that it is seriously considering plans to examine all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual property laws. The prospect of AT&T, already accused of spying on our telephone calls, now scanning every e-mail and download for outlawed content is way too totalitarian for my tastes. But the bizarre twist is that the proposal is such a bad idea that it would be not just a disservice to the public but probably a disaster for AT&T itself. If I were a shareholder, I'd want to know one thing: Has AT&T, after 122 years in business, simply lost its mind?

Talking About AT$T's Internet Filtering

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:24:26 -0500

from: Boing Boing

Talking About AT&T's Internet Filtering on AT&T's The Hugh Thompson Show
Posted by Joel Johnson, January 21, 2008 5:23 AM

AT$T Concessions Prove Meaningless

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:44:48 -0500

from: Web Pro News

AT&T Concessions Prove Meaningless

January 10, 2008
By Jason Lee Miller

Remember how after AT&T made Net Neutrality concessions to get their merger with BellSouth approved, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was so quick to remind everybody that the FCC had no teeth to enforce that? Well, the lack of teeth is coming back to bite us.