What is Net Neutrality?

Net neutrality is a debate over the future direction of the Internet. NetCompetition advocates continuing a free market Internet and opposes a government-run Internet. Net neutrality advocates activist regulation of broadband prices, terms, and conditions.

NetCompetition.org’s Press Release on FCC Further Open Internet Proceeding

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:19:27 +0000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2010 Contact: Scott Cleland 703-217-2407 FCC Chairman Appropriately Endorses Case-by-Case Open Internet Approach WASHINGTON – Scott Cleland, Chairman of Netcompetition.org, released the following statement regarding the FCC’s Further Inquiry into the Open Internet proceeding. “It is very encouraging that the FCC Chairman’s further inquiry got the big picture right in [...]

Had a good hour Net Neutrality debate on NPR station WFAE

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:21:22 +0000 NPR/WFAE host Tim Collins of Charlotte Talks hosted a very good hour-long radio show on net neutrality this morning featuring CDT’s very able Andrew McDiarmid, promoting net neutrality/Title II regulation, and me opposing formal net neutrality/Title II regulation. It was a fresh and informative overview for the average listener. The podcast link is here. Please [...]

At Google — no one can hear you cry for Yelp!

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:11:07 +0000 Google has purged Google Places of all Yelp local business reviews in Google Places — per TechCrunch: “It is confirmed, Google has changed the classification of Yelp’s reviews, according to a Google spokesperson. Until further notice, don’t expect to find Yelp in the “reviews” section...” Apparently, Google is confident that the walls of Googleopoly’s Black [...]

Google’s now a little pregnant on Do Not Track

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:50:22 +0000 In a big positive and under-reported Google privacy precedent, Google now has agreed to a new important privacy protection principle that people should be able to opt out of having their homes included in Google’s StreetView. Just yesterday in Germany, Google went live with a new StreetView op-out offering for Germans. First, if it is [...]

Google: Looking Out for #1 on Net Neutrality — Analyzing its Competitive Implications

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:31:31 +0000 Google’s self-interested proposal with Verizon on net neutrality legislation publicly spotlighted to many for the first time, Google’s Machiavellian manipulation of Washington for competitive advantage, i.e. proactively seeking regulation of Google’s competitors while ensuring Google remains unfettered by any regulation. Net neutrality activists are now shocked, shocked, that after five years of brilliantly portraying the [...]

Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Proposal Takeaways

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:19:31 +0000 Verizon and Google’s announced net neutrality legislative proposal is a significant new development with at least a couple of significant implications. Takeaways: First, it is even more clear that the FCC should give the legislative process time to play out on net neutrality. While this is a legislative proposal of only two of the many [...]

Does FCC want broadband competition to succeed?

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:35:30 +0000   Is the market, or the FCC, the problem in “timely and reasonable” broadband deployment? The FCC’s just released 706 broadband report, like the wireless competition report that preceded it in May, again indicts the broadband industry for not meeting the FCC’s new arbitrary, subjective, and after-the-fact expectations of where the nation should be at [...]

37 States now investigating Google StreetView snooping

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:22:28 +0000 37 States are now involved in a “powerful multi-state investigation” of “Google’s Streetview snooping” per a press release from investigation leader, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who released a new follow-up letter to Google asking for more information and clarification of its representations to date. The letter shows the investigation is very serious. Its prosecutorial [...]

FCC 706 Report: U.S. Broadband Cup is 5% Empty — NetCompetition.org Press Release

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:21:31 +0000   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July, 20 2010 Contact: Scott Cleland 703-217-2407     FCC 706 Report: U.S. Broadband Cup is 5% Empty FCC’s criticism misplaced; broadband industry has over not under achieved     WASHINGTON – Scott Cleland, Chairman of Netcompetition.org, released the following statement regarding the FCC’s unprecedented 706 Report conclusion that broadband deployment [...]

Google Fiber Lottery Preying on Distressed Communities

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:20:20 +0000 The Google Fiber for Communities pledge to offer one or more U.S. communities ultra-fast Internet access at one gigabit speeds, is Google’s latest stealth manipulation of the public. In essence, Google’s fiber effort is a cynical national lottery that will result in just one or a few big winners and leave everyone else losers, with [...]