Tuesday, February 26, 2008Report: FCC May Take Action on Net Neutrality
Today’s Washington Post tell us that the recent Comcast controversy may have succeeded in finally prodding the FCC to take definitive action regarding the net neutrality issue:
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday sharply questioned Internet service providers who control consumers’ Web access over their networks, and suggested the agency could intervene against the [...]
Wednesday, February 13, 2008The Comcast Controversy
In response to petitions from consumer groups claiming unfair practices, Comcast admitted yesterday that it “purposely slows down some traffic on its network, including some music and movie downloads,” according to today’s Washington Post.
This admission is sure to heat up the ongoing controversies involving just how much control Internet network providers should be able to [...]
Friday, November 9, 2007Net Neutrality Update
The FCC faced its first real challenge in the realm of net neutrality this week, when several consumer groups called upon the federal regulation organization to “stop Comcast from interfering with Internet traffic on its network,†according to last Saturday’s Washington Post.
The groups, including Free Press, Public Knowledge and Media Access Project, filed a [...]
Friday, September 7, 2007Breaking News: U.S. Justice Dept Is Against Net Neutrality
Continuing the years-long saga of whether or not net neutrality laws will be passed in the U.S., the Bush Administration has finally taken an official stance:
They’re against it. (As reported by CNN here.)
Think what you will about the current leadership of this country; this move was not at all unexpected. The Bush Presidency has made [...]
Thursday, August 16, 2007The AT&T Controversy Continues
We’re not going to go into much detail on this one, since we’re not interested in piling on AT&T or singling them out for anything, but the following article serves as an interesting amendum to last week’s Pearl Jam / net neutrality controversy (Missed it? Check it out here).
According to the Bulldog Reporter:
… Wired.com reported [...]
Friday, August 10, 2007The Pearl Jam / AT&T Dust-Up: Any Connection to Net Neutrality?
If you haven’t heard, people are talking this week about Sunday night’s Lollapalooza concert in Chicago, in which Pearl Jam’s headlining performance was edited by an AT&T webcast that carried the concert. Lyrics critical of President Bush were apparently bleeped out of the webcast, which was carried by AT&T’s “blue room” web page.
Now, whether or [...]
Wednesday, April 11, 2007“Rock the Net” — What do you think?
As you may know, Aplus.Net has been following the net neutrality issue for some time now. (Click here for a brief rundown on what the issue means, and what position we’ve taken.)
Basically, whether you’re for it or against it, you have to acknowledge that if the net neutrality legislation fails, there are going to be [...]
Tuesday, February 20, 2007Seeing Past the Politics of Net Neutrality
As the Net Neutrality debate gets closer and closer to a legislative solution, the topic has inevitably become more and more partisan. As featured in today’s Washington Post (”Neutrality On the Net Gets High ‘08 Profile: Tech Issue Gains Traction in Election“), Democrats and Republicans are setting into their party stances, supporting or condemning the [...]
Thursday, October 5, 2006Discussing Net Neutrality
Nathan Denny, Aplus.Net
There’s an important debate going on in the Internet world today. It’s called “net neutralityâ€â€”a simple name for a complex issue.
There’s already been a lot of talk, and controversy, surrounding this topic, so there’s a good chance you may have already heard about it. But for the benefit of those who haven’t, it’s [...]