Net Neutrality Links 12-16-2007
I see my friend Mr. Cleland is up to his “normal” trick of attempting to diminish others to his benefit…
Wireless open access: happening or not?
Computerworld Australia - Australia
“Seems like carriers and content providers alike have been bitten by the open access bug. Big news recently was Verizon’s announcement that it plans to open up its wireless network to any device or application. And Google upped the ante by announcing its intention to bid on the available 700-MHz spectrum in upcoming auctions, a portion of which, thanks to Google’s lobbying efforts, is required to be open access as well.”
Engineers: P2P is not “fair” usage; Reverse Robin Hood: Bandwidth rich steal from bandwidth poor
By Scott Cleland
To my delight, one of the technical issues they recently discussed has great import to net neutrality and the FreePress petition on Comcast’s reasonable network management. Kudos to Iljitsch van Beijnum who wrote “Growth of P2P leads …
[Of course relative bandwidth gluttons like Google, eBay and Moveon.org support net neutrality, its all about forcing the many to subsidize their high relative bandwidth usage.] - (Oy Vey!)
RIAA, MPAA, on new ‘worst’ list
By Jon
And the issues which keep them in business, operating against the public interest, are “digital rights management and fair use, patent law, broadband speed and reach, wireless spectrum and network neutrality”. PC World’s Mark Sullivan, …
In Test, Canadian ISP Splices Itself Into Google Homepage
By Sarah Lai Stirland
A screen shot posted to the web over the weekend seems to show that Canada’s largest provider of high-speed internet access is exploring a controversial data substitution technique that lets it add its own content to the webpages customers visit. Expect this development to become Exhibit A in the case for net neutrality legislation.
Can ISPs Overwrite Your Web Content?
By Kristen Nicole
Part of net neutrality is the delivery of information as it’s meant to be; not imposed upon by the company that’s providing access to that information. It’s a big deal when an ISP provider feels the need to modify the content, …
Canadian ISP flouts net neutrality principles again
BetaNews - USA
By Tim Conneally, beta news Rogers Yahoo, which has repeatedly come under fire for traffic shaping, has now ventured even further away from neutral ground, …
[But previous controversy for the company came also in the name of bandwidth conservation. Rogers is now well-known for throttling all encrypted traffic to keep Usenet and BitTorrent downloaders from consuming more bandwidth than everyone else.]
Rogers website messages irk Google
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Rogers’ experiment is being touted by some as more evidence of the need for legislation that enshrines the so-called principle of “Net neutrality,” which …
Net Neutrality and the History of Bainbridge Island Community Network
Comcast tried to eliminate a small community online information resource in Bainbridge Island, Wash. The story cuts to the heart of the Net Neutrality issue.
Super ZDNet piece opposing net neutrality — “Save Internet Freedom - - From Regulation
By Scott Cleland
Larry Downes produced an outstanding analysis for ZDNet today which he entitled “Save Internet Freedom — From Regulation.” I strongly recommend it as it is one of the most cogent and persuasive pieces I have read in a long time on the …
Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos
ZDNet Blogs - USA
Larry Downes’ arguments against net neutrality are button-pushing propaganda designed to inflame, not illuminate. I expect better from a University of …
Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter
ZDNet - USA
I explained to the rep about Net Neutrality and, to be honest, she had been outraged from the start. She completely agreed with me that this was an example …
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