Net Neutrality Links 12-23-2007
Good grief! A new ridiculous demeaning term is coined, Telecom Trotskyite…
Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups
By The Home Office
That’s why we’re so strongly in favor of Net Neutrality — because without NN, these efforts will run into the same Big Media distribution roadblocks as television. The Writers strike has hastened that evolution, as this LA Times story …
T-Mobile Attacks Net Neutrality Unnecessarily: Twitter Problem Not Its Fault
Wired Blogs – USA
The argument T-Mobile’s serviceperson offers is useful because it outlines the straightforward, no-messing-around strategy that bandwidth providers have for killing net neutrality: block the customer, then treat the backlash as a standard-issue legal grindhouse: terms of service, binding arbitration, and other legal minutiae will win the day. Its reps are already promulgating these canned arguments, even when they’re irrelevant to the problem at hand. …
Ten Worst Telco Moments of 2007
By lerskine
In the last year, phone and cable companies have been throttling the free flow of information on the Internet and cell phones — giving us a glimpse of a world without Net Neutrality. A review of the ten worst telco moments of 2007 in …
Why the Coming Data Flood Won’t Drown the Internet
Slashdot – USA
A closer look reveals that many of those raising the alarm about an exaflood are generally doing so to make the case against ‘Net neutrality regulation. …
Congress slow on tech issues in ‘07
ITworld.com – Framingham,MA,USA
Net neutrality: Many consumer groups and Internet-based companies continued to call on Congress to pass a net neutrality law, which would prohibit broadband …
TechCrunch Gets ‘08 Contenders to Come Clean on Net Neutrality, ID Theft
ABC News – USA
TechCrunch, which is read by more than 400,000 people monthly according to Nielsen/NetRatings, will allow readers to vote on its site for a Republican and a Democratic presidential candidate based on the candidate’s stance on issues such as net neutrality and ID theft.
Latest Pathetic Mud-Slinging Attempt Smears Ron Paul As “Zionist Shill”
The “everything’s a conspiracy crowd” just cannot temper their paranoia for long enough to accept the fact that, while we may not agree with the Congressman on every issue – such as net neutrality or what happened on 9/11, …
New Net neutrality proposal planned for January
By Anne Broache
The pro-Net neutrality lobby hasn’t seen much action on legislation billed as necessary to “save the Internet” this year. But a key congressional Democrat says to expect a new push in 2008. Rep. Edward Markey …
The Telecom Trotskyites
Financial Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Another fave topic for these laptop revolutionaries is “net neutrality.” The basic objective here is to turn the Internet and broadband into a wide-open …
Network neutrality | Freedom of expression at risk
Seattle Times – United States
Consumer groups are pushing for a net-neutrality law that bans ISPs from degrading content and charging extra for Web sites to load as fast as possible. …
The “…and Technology” Debate
By David Robinson
On net neutrality, to take another case, those who favor intervention tend to think that a bad outcome (with network balkanization and a drag on innovators) will occur under a laissez-faire regime. Those who oppose intervention see a …
