Tag: net neutrality

• Net Neutrality | Electronic Frontier Foundation

  FTA: The FCC has a poor track record of getting net neutrality right. In January 2014, a federal court rejected the bulk of the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet order. The rules that the court threw out, however, were deeply flawed. Protecting net neutrality is a hard problem, with no easy solutions. … [W]e are asking…

  jedreynolds

  July 15, 2014

  computing, economy, history, justice

  EFF, fcc, net neutrality

• Losing Net Neutrality Is The Symptom, Not The Problem: Now Is The Time To Focus On Real Competition | Techdirt

  This is a really great point because national broadband providers act not only as utility monopolies (Internet service) but also as content providers. This should be considered conflict of interest. A logical role for municipalities to adopt would be to become local broadband providers by buying out the POTS copper lines that the telcos are…

  jedreynolds

  January 17, 2014

  computing, economy

  broadband, municipality, net neutrality

• Verizon’s Plan To Turn the Web Into Pay-Per-View – Slashdot

  Verizon is Evil, and is trying to take away the Internet. Verizon’s Plan To Turn the Web Into Pay-Per-View – Slashdot.

  jedreynolds

  September 13, 2013

  business, civil liberty, computing, economy

  net neutrality, verison