Much thanks goes out to the supporters of the Canadian Rally at Parliament Hill in Ottawa May, 26th!

Guarantee net neutrality
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark, NJ, USA
Internet neutrality is one of those rare issues that has united unusually diverse groups, from the Gun Owners of America to the Christian Coalition. And for good reason. Congress should adopt a comprehensive net neutrality law this year.

NDP to introduce ‘net neutrality’ private member’s bill
CBC.ca – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
By Pete Nowak CBC News The federal New Democrats will introduce a private member’s bill on Wednesday that would entrench the principle of “net neutrality” …

Candidates Compete For Tech Sector’s Backing
By Amy Schatz May 27, 2008; Page A6
Few presidential candidates have had as much experience dealing with technology and telecommunications issues as Sen. McCain, who for years chaired a Senate committee that deals with them. But he rarely brings tech issues up on the campaign trail and hasn’t released many significant policy proposals about them yet.

By contrast, his likely rival, Sen. Obama of Illinois, presented a detailed technology agenda in November that addressed many of the industries’ hot-button issues — including support for building faster broadband networks and keeping Internet traffic unfettered. He has subsequently raised significantly more Silicon Valley cash than Sen. McCain.

National Conference Spotlights Open Internet Debate
Common Dreams (press release) – Portland, ME, USA
“We’re at an important point in the history of the media — a point where the decentralized Internet and the centralized media are finally meeting head on,” said Tim Wu, Columbia Law professor and chair of the Free Press board of directors. “This conference is part of a movement to make sure that this time around the public interest is preserved.”

Net Neutrality: It is time political parties took a position
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CCI opposes the practice of ‘throttling” by telecom giants such as Rogers and Bell who examine Internet traffic in order to deliberately slow down certain applications. The CCI hopes that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will quickly intervene to stop this illegal practice. CCI asks also that the government take the necessary legislative actions in order to guarantee the principle of net neutrality as recommended by the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel in 2006.

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Net Neutrality Links 06-01-2008

Save The Internet lets us know;

The Web’s Wannabe Gatekeepers: Comcast, Now Cox

“Comcast is not alone on the list of wannabe gatekeepers. Cox Communications has joined the ranks with news today that it is degrading and blocking customer file-sharing in the same deceptive manner.”

Just out of curiosity, how many Cox subscribers knew about this? But, what do you expect when the country has a lawless administration?

Harold Feld debunks the “reset packet faerie” theory and tells us;

“The Max Planck Institute for Software Development (MPI) has just released major study showing that Comcast and Cox Cable engage in major blocking of BitTorrent traffic regardless of network congestion levels.”

While simultaneously offering us;

“I eagerly await the whacky weasel words that will inevitably follow. Will it be hand-waving technobabble? Ad Hominem attacks, cheap rhetorical tricks, and endless hair-splitting about definitions or ‘what I actually said was blah blah blah’? An effort to brush past this by proclaiming ‘this was never really about whether there were WMBs (weapons of mass BitTorrent blockage), this was about freeing the good customers of Comcast from the oppression of Al Qaeda bandwidth hogs that use 90% of the capacity?’”

Harold tosses in a jab at “there’s plenty of competition Scott Cleland” and another at a certain “Decider-in-Chief.”

The WSJ produces an FCC quote (to be filed under “Oh… Yeah… Sure… I… Believe… This…);

“The FCC is always concerned about allegations that broadband consumers aren’t able to reach any legal content on the Internet they choose,” said Rob Kenny, an FCC spokesman. “If we receive any complaints of this nature, we will review them expeditiously.”

Like I said… trust your telco lately???

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Sure – Trust A Telco – Part “How Many?”