Net Neutrality

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Shed A Tear: The Age Of Broadband Caps Begins Monday

1:00PM April 30, 2011 | Ryan Single - Wired.com

Come Monday, AT&T will begin restricting more than 16 million broadband users based on the amount of data they use in a month. The No. 2 carrier’s entry into the broadband-cap club means that a majority of U.S. broadband users will now be subject to limits on how much they can do online or risk extra charges as ugly as video store late fees. More »

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Evangelical Moron Claims Pilgrims Were Anti-Net Neutrality

4:40AM April 22, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Ah, springtime. The birds chirp, the grass brightens, and idiots thaw out and begin to yap. Idiots like top evangelical personality and radio host David Barton, who thinks the movement against net neutrality goes back to the 17th century. OK! More »

News

US House Of Representatives Are Trying To Block Net Neutrality

11:20AM February 19, 2011 | Adrian Covert

On a rampage against anything that remotely smells like regulation, the US House of Representatives have voted to block funding for the FCC’s Net Neutrality plan, which would ensure that ISPs couldn’t restrict certain users from accessing select content. More »

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Verizon Says ‘Eff You’ To FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules In Appeals Court

8:17AM January 21, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

I’m sure this will deeply anger Senator Al Franken: Verizon’s challenging the FCC’s net neutrality rules in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, saying it’s “deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the internet itself”. More »

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FCC Chairman Wants Apps To Function As Net Neutrality Watchdogs

3:00PM January 6, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Sure, the FCC got some net neutrality standards in place, but the majority of people probably wouldn’t know if their bandwidth was artificially throttled. That’s why chairman Julius Genachowski wants computer apps to alert users of any such funny business. More »

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Steve Wozniak Implores The FCC To Keep The Internet Free

9:51AM December 22, 2010 | Brian Barrett

In light of the roundly disliked FCC net neutrality ruling today, Apple co-founder and Gizmodo hero Steve Wozniak has written an open letter to the regulatory group. His message: Let us decide what to do with our own damn internet. More »

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FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides

3:40AM December 22, 2010 | Ryan Singel - Wired

The US federal government’s new internet fairness policy – designed to prevent the nation’s cable and DSL internet service providers from meddling with the open nature of the internet – was met with boisterous criticism on Monday night from all sides of the political spectrum. More »

FCC’s Net Neutrality Announcement: What It Means For You

4:40AM December 2, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Today, the FCC’s chairman will deliver a speech essentially outlining the agency’s stance on net neutrality – and making an exciting push in its favour. The news isn’t entirely positive though – net neutrality might be preserved, but it’ll be expensive. More »

Entertainment

Comcast Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying Toll

10:45AM November 30, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Level 3 Communications, the networking company that delivers streaming video to Netflix users, says that Comcast is demanding a “recurring fee” for the transmission of such videos to its subscribers. This, it should go without saying, is very shitty news. More »

Gadgets

How Ma Bell Shelved The Future For 60 Years

6:00AM November 26, 2010 | Tim Wu

What would the world be like if fibre optic and mobile phones had been available in the 1930s? Would the decade be known as the start of the Information Revolution rather than the Great Depression? More »