By Martin Bosworth Yesterday the Justice Department filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission opposing the principle of “net neutrality” and urging the FCC not to sanction regulations to protect it. In […]
Comcast and the amazing invisible bandwith barrier
By Martin Bosworth If you’re a Comcast subscriber who likes to use your connection for downloading videos, playing games, or anything more intensive than surfing the Web and checking e-mail, watch out–your […]
When giants walked the earth…the end of “the age of rock stars…” a personal view…
I think maybe this starts at a Who concert in 1976: I went to the concert with two musician friends of mine and some women who, for reasons obvious to me at […]
FCC wireless auction: Google wins, AT&T wins, Americans lose
By Martin Bosworth Today the FCC set its guidelines for how the newly available wireless spectrum frequencies are to be auctioned. In a nutshell, the FCC agreed that networks built on the […]
Basic principles for building America’s Internet future
By Martin Bosworth Crossposted at Open Left. Senator Dick Durbin has begun a several-night series of conversations with the blogosphere on how to build a set of principles for improving American broadband […]
When titans clash: Google vs. AT&T for America’s Internet future
By Martin Bosworth The Federal Communications Commission recently announced plans to auction off portions of the wireless spectrum in order to raise money for the government. Although supporters of net neutrality and […]
The iPhone and AT&T: it’s a devil’s bargain
By Martin Bosworth For everyone who is slavering with anticipation at the debut of the shiny new Apple iPhone, keep this in mind: If you buy one of those admittedly slick new […]
Bridging the digital divide: Edwards gets it
By Martin Bosworth Those of you that read my personal blog or have followed my work at ConsumerAffairs.Com know that the concept of net neutrality is a hugely important issue to me. […]
Journalists: Cover my town. I'll pay you $191 a year.
For the past several years, I’ve spent $47.75 every three months for a subscription to the local newspaper that claims it covers my community of about 2,300 people. Other than my town’s […]
Outsourcing Journalism
By Martin Bosworth The L.A. Times had an interesting article today about the creators of online newsmagazine Pasadena Now, and their move to outsource city council coverage to reporters based in Bangalore, […]
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