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- FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management
- FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....
- Tags: Federal government, Big Government, identity management, FCC, government
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality
- Gov't fix, oh joyUh yeah, the internet is undecidely broken. This has a strong possibility of leading to usage limits. Comcast already has walked that line because they are behind the curve on their backbone upgrades. Why would a company who is being paid not provide better...
- Tags: INTERNET, FCC, Net Neutrality, socialist, Nazi, Godwin, leader, Microsoft Windows NT, government
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...
- Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Net Neutrality vs. "do no evil"
- 6 of onehalf dozen of another. Like all extremists you paint a nice picture from one perspective. All these internet companies are so innocent and all they want is a fair shake . . . yeah right. In order to maximize profits, they purposely underbuilt their networks. They advertize high...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, regulation, Videotron, network, Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, Bush
- Discussion threads 2009-10-03
- Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules
- How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, GOP, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters)
- FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps full text of lettersI hope the FCC nails them both to a crossThe notion that I can't use VoIP after paying for an "Unlimited Data" plan every month just pisses me off. Pricing tethering separately from unlimited data is another thing...
- Tags: Federal government, AT&T Corp., rejection, FCC, Google Inc., Apple Inc., cable
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal
- FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive dealConsider thisAt face value it would appear that the devices would be much more expensive if we did away with exclusive carrier / device relationships. 2 Things come to mind though. If a device maker is not in an exclusive deal with just one...
- Tags: Smart phones, Federal government, Cellular phones, phone system, carrier, phone, FCC, smart phone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-19
- As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the rise
- As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the riseThe Internet is the future of mediaWe dropped cable 6 months ago. We found a local ISP and got 12M down, 2M up for $50 a month and kicked $110 a month of Time Warner out the door. A decent...
- Tags: Network technology, Satellite TV, TVs, TV & Home Theater, cable, TV, satellite, satellite television
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- What Price Bandwidth? Time Warner Cable Should Not Back Off
- What Price Bandwidth? Time Warner Cable Should Not Back OffWhat Price Bandwidth? For a more balanced view of the TWC caps and overage charges story: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Time-Warners-Broadband-Cap-Plans-Draw-Lawmakers-Ire-202147/ It also seems that you are unaware of NetFlix movie downloads via the Internet, which I don't think...
- Tags: INTERNET, Business services, Corporate communications, Peer to peer (P2P), Telecom & Utilities, BACK OFF, TWC, Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
- What open source should tell the FCC
- What open source should tell the FCCyou are rightThe very wealthy in the US will not give up their power easily. Open and free internet is the enemy of the rich and powerful.The free flow if ideas is what they are trying to stop, here and in places like China.I...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, open source, DSL, broadband, FCC, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Will telcos ever embrace open source?
- Will telcos ever embrace open source?You're not really discussing open source here.You're talking about the business model for the delivery of information.So when you write:The Internet itself grew up in defiance of the telcos. Its business model is anathema to them. Thus telcos and cable operators do all they can...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, open source, telecommunications company, Internet, cable, business model
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Why ComCast hates - and fears - the Internet
- Why ComCast hates - and fears - the InternetCooling process"Gigabit Ethernet to every home should be a national goal. Let people, not companies, decide what they want to see. Let entrepreneurs build new services to use that bandwidth and see what happens."I agree with the UK government's answer to piracy...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-02-13
- "Net neutrality" is stupid
- "Net neutrality" is stupidThe problem, mixing social with business.The problem here is Robin is trying to treat a massive business investment billions in captial investment as if its a socialized publicly owned utility which it is not.Other countries subsidise connectivity/ISPs because they believe having broadband everywhere is critical to their...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Net Neutrality, Google Inc., service level, telecommunications company, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- "Net neutrality" is stupid
- Today's net neutrality tempest - Google: are they or aren't they? - is a marketing mistake with grave public policy implications. The mistake was law professor Tim Wu's: creating a new label when a perfectly good one is already there. "Net neutrality" is another term for "common...
- Tags: Professor, Network, Network Neutrality, Federal Express, Net Neutrality, Carrier, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Media used by cable to create Google scandal
- Media used by cable to create Google scandalclarification?"bandwidth is not limited"Can you explain that?And allowing media consolidation......would be good for what reason?They already charge customers to access internet, and now......they want to charge internet to get to customers. We need net neutrality to be a law.So why aren't you doing...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, bandwidth, Google Inc., media consolidation, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Big telecom acquiring a Google fixation
- Big telecom acquiring a Google fixationPlease clarify.I don't understand your conclusion.Quoting:What Google, and all of us, most need to do is work that problem, finding business models through which content owners can profit while the end-to-end integrity of the search-and-find Internet is preserved.That will break the link between the content...
- Tags: Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, Google Inc., content delivery
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookie
- Google is implementing a DoubleClick ad-serving cookie across its content network that will give advertisers new powers to target advertising. The cookie also gives users the ability to opt-out, the company told the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a letter released yesterday. in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, DoubleClick Inc., Cookie, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
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