Net Neutrality Links 06-09-2008
Canada is certainly in the fray…
The Angus Net Neutrality Bill
By Michael Geist
NDP MP Charlie Angus introduced his private member’s net neutrality bill in the House of Commons this afternoon. The short bill seeks to add transparency, neutral network management, and open devices to the Canadian telecom law …
Jon comments at Michael Geist’s : “I’m not opposed to paying by the MB since that would force transparency upon the ISPs with regard to their pricing practices. I am opposed to data caps and steep penalties for exceeding them because these will probably interfere with and possibly even stymie creative use of the internet.”
Canadian punk rocker-turned-MP submits net neutrality bill
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
Much as the US debate over the net neutrality issue spawned SavetheInternet.com, Canada’s fight this week produced SaveOurNet.ca, a group designed to channel …
T-Mobile spent $700000 lobbying in first quarter
Forbes – NY,USA
The company, the nation’s fourth largest cellular carrier, also lobbied lawmakers on the issue of “Net neutrality,” or the principle that all Web traffic be …
Class Action Suit Against Bell For Throttling
Slashdot – USA
doppiodave writes “Hard on the heels of the Net Neutrality bill introduced in Canada’s Parliament, a class action suit was filed yesterday against Bell by …
Marshall McLuhan On Net Neutrality
By Robbo
In his 1964 book Understanding Media: The Extensions Of Man, famed media scholar Marshall McLuhan wrote these words: Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don’t really have any rights left. …
Post’s ‘Web Cops’ Are Off The Beat on Net Neutrality
By Art Brodsky
The Washington Post has again taken the low road on keeping a free and open Internet. In its latest editorial, the newspaper of record in the Nation’s Capital again declined to view the reality of a duopoly broadband market and a lack …
Comcast Beginning ‘Net Neutrality’ Testing
Wired News – USA
Comcast will begin testing what the cable concern has described as a “protocol agnostic” approach to managing bandwidth traffic during high-peak periods, Comcast said Tuesday. …
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] and behold, Mark, over at WorkBoxers, had put together a rather amazing set of links about net neutrality, including some from our northern neighbor, Canada. It will take some time to work through them, [...]