Net Neutrality In the News
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Nov 05, 2008
Obama To Address Net Neutrality David Hamilton, WHIR NewsNovember 5, 2008—(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW)—Due to new president-elect Barack Obama’s progressive position on net neutrality, many commentators expect telecommunications companies like AT&T (www.att.com) and Sprint-Nextel (www.sprint.com) will face tougher government scrutiny, according to a Bloomberg article Wednesday.
Sprint-Nextel chief executive officer Dan Hesse told Bloomberg, “Probably the thing that scares the industry the most about a Democratic administration is regulating the one real shining star that’s really working really well - and that’s the Internet.”
According to online search and content provider and net neutrality supporter Google (www.google.com), “Network neutrality is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet....Fundamentally, net neutrality is about equal access to the Internet. In our view, the broadband carriers should not be permitted to use their market power to discriminate against competing applications or content. Just as telephone companies are not permitted to tell consumers who they can call or what they can say, broadband carriers should not be allowed to use their market power to control activity online.”
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Oct 29, 2008
Internet Net Neutrality Analysis Report Examines This Vital Communications System in Developed Count MarketWatchDUBLIN, Ireland, Oct 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)—Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/115a1b/global_internet) has announced the addition of the “Global - Internet - Net Neutrality Analysis” report to their offering.
The Internet has joined the road and rail networks, the postal system and the global telephone network as a vital communications system; particularly in developed countries. The principle known as ‘Network Neutrality’ allows Internet users to access any web content or applications they choose, without restriction or limitation. This is taken for granted by the billions of people who access the Internet worldwide. However a concerning precedent is taking place in the US, where carriers would like to be able to charge for tiered network service - and it will have global implications if it succeeds. However despite the importance of the issue, it may be some time yet before the US government determines the country’s net neutrality path. This report provides an overview and analysis of the net neutrality debate, including a look at the global implications.
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Oct 28, 2008
Beyond the Fairness Doctrine Jesse Walker, Reason OnlineBarack Obama says he wouldn’t reintroduce the Federal Communications Commission’s most notorious speech-squashing regulation. But there are more mundane reasons to fear the next FCC.
First the good news: The fairness doctrine is still dead, and it probably will stay dead even if Barack Obama becomes president. The doctrine, a rule that gave the government the power to punish broadcasters for being insufficiently balanced, was killed off 21 years ago. It isn’t likely to return, despite persistent rumors that the regulation’s rotting corpse will crawl from its coffin and disembowel Rush Limbaugh.
But you can’t blame talk radio fans for worrying. When the Federal Communications Commission enforced the doctrine, from 1949 to 1987, it was a convenient club for politicians and interest groups itching to silence their critics. During the last couple of years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other prominent Democrats have publicly pined for its return, a change that would effectively require any outlet that transmits Sean Hannity’s show to either devote a chunk of its schedule to rebutting him or, more likely, dial back its political programs altogether and air a jock or a psychiatrist instead. Pelosi’s party hasn’t come close to restoring the rule, but they’ve handed a powerful political weapon to the opposition: Every time the Dems raise the subject, right-wing radio shows and blogs broadcast the news to an angry conservative base. In a year when rank-and-file Republicans are uncomfortable with their party’s presidential nominee, it’s a potent way to persuade them to hold their noses and vote for John McCain.
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Oct 28, 2008
Should All ISPs Provide Data on Network Activity? Chloe Albanesius, PC MagazineIs your Internet service provider interfering with your Web experience?
Washington-based interest group Free Press believes you have the right to know, and asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday to require all broadband service providers to be transparent about their network activities.
The commission needs to craft a rule “requiring all broadband service providers to disclose in detail any networking activities that monitor or interfere with any level of communications by end users to access or share unlawful content and applications on the Internet,” according a filing submitted to the FCC by Free Press’ Ben Scott, policy director, and Chris Riley, policy counsel.
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Oct 23, 2008
Metered Usage Test Rolls On Jeff Baumgartner, Cable Digital NewsAfter a brief delay caused by Hurricane Ike, Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC - message board)’s usage-based, metered Internet trial is back on track in the MSO’s Beaumont, Texas system.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc. analyst Craig Moffett noted in late September that the first usage-based bills started to arrive when the storm hit, causing the MSO to halt the test and consider restarting it in a different market.
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