By Martin Bosworth Last week AT&T exec Jim Cicconi did his part to spread FUD by claiming that the Internet will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010, bolstering this doomsday […]
OK Go says Net Neutrality good for music
Tim Karr has an important read for music lovers up at HuffPo. In it, he covers OK Go’s descent into Washington to promote the importance of Net Neutrality to independent musicians. The […]
Comcast blocks public from FCC hearing
By Martin Bosworth If you haven’t already heard about it, Comcast doesn’t just block subscribers from using BitTorrent, it also blocks the public from even complaining about it in public: Comcast’s spokespersons […]
Comcast to customers: We control the horizontal, the vertical, and your Internets…but we can't admit it
By Martin Bosworth The Save The Internet coalition alerted me to Comcast’s quietly rolling out new terms of service that codify what has been common knowledge for some time–that the company does, […]
Shadow war: AT&T versus Verizon for control of American communications
By Martin Bosworth Right now the Senate is embroiled in debate over whether or not to grant the major telecom companies (chiefly AT&T and Verizon) retroactive immunity for their participation in the […]
Why I am for Obama: It's more than just the man, it's the movement
By Martin Bosworth What’s the difference between a skeptic and a cynic? A skeptic is someone who, when told something, doesn’t immediately believe it to be true and looks deeper into the […]
Internet freedom means net neutrality, not "pay-as-you-go" broadband
By Martin Bosworth Last week the news broke (via a leaked memo found by Broadband Reports) that Time Warner Cable was instituting a “tiered pricing” structure for broadband, where heavy bandwith users […]
All your Internets are belong to ATT & the NSA
By Martin Bosworth Two seemingly coincidental bits of news crossed my desk yesterday morning. First, the Wall Street Journal contains excerpts of an interview with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell in […]
FCC investigates Comcast…and Congress investigates the FCC
By Martin Bosworth It’s one of those moments of fearful symmetry only a tiger could love. Barely a day after FCC chair Kevin Martin announced that his agency would be investigating Comcast […]
CNet quizzes presidential candidates on technology
By Martin Bosworth With the war in Iraq, the faltering economy, and health care dominating the issues front for the candidates, it’s no wonder technology issues have largely been back-burnered in the […]
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