Senate blocks GOP bid to repeal net neutrality

In a 52 to 46 vote held on Thursday, the Senate blocked a GOP bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's controversial net neutrality regulations. Earlier this week, the White House threatened to veto the measure should the ... continue

Oh those crazy Canucks, trust it to be them to show why Net Neutrality is important

Imagine just for a second my American readers if Comcast sent you an email one day to let you know that while they still have caps in place you can still watch all the NBC online content ... continue

Senator Franken: Comcast deal bad for consumers and the Internet

Throughout his tenure as a senator Al Franken has made media consolidation and network neutrality his signature platforms and he definitely isn't happy with the Comcast and NBC deal, which passed through the FCC and DoJ yesterday. During ... continue

Comcast-NBC Merger Could Force 7 Year Net Neutrality Agreement

If the merger of Comcast and NBC is approved by the FCC it may put in place a 7 year agreement which will ensure that the newly formed company can not throttle the internet speeds of competitors ... continue

2011, Net Neutrality, A Couple of Misconceptions and Realities

If you want to start a passionate discussion in tech circles just mention Net Neutrality and FCC in the same sentence. If you want to get a lot of blank stares and shuffling of feet just mention ... continue

FCC Possibly Ready To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21

The FCC has pushed their next scheduled meeting back from December 2 to December 21, leading some analysts to speculate that they will take that time to vote on the issue of net neutrality. InformationWeek reports that three ... continue

Getting net-jacked by Google and Verizon

I've been watching this whole Google and Verizon lovefest that is going on but decided to hold off having my say until the inevitable disclaimer post from Google showed up and good to form it showed up ... continue

Is The FCC Ready To Secretly Screw Web Users? Rumors Point To Yes!

The FCC may be in the process of brokering a backroom deal that could send ripples through the net. The deal? Net Neutrality rules governing how they control information which they are rumored to be forming with ... continue

European telecoms told by EU to think twice

[caption id="attachment_69928" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda"][/caption] Over here in the US and Canada we constantly hear the telecoms and cable companies beating their chests about how all these big sites like Google and ... continue

That sound of a cash register going cha-ching – it’s just Comcast celebrating FCC loss

Amazingly there is other news that just the constant and increasingly boring iPad stories. That is if the fact that the FCC lost in the courts to Comcast is of interest as you tear yourself away from the ... continue

Net Neutrality is a good thing as long as it screws with copyrights

When it comes to the Web and the Internet as a whole nothing polarizes people, companies and organization quicker that the subject of Net Neutrality. As the FTC progresses through developing its proposals for regulations meant to guarantee ... continue

Well I’ll be damned – FCC to propose ‘Net Neutrality’ rules

Surprise, surprise but it seems that against all odds the FCC is going to be proposing new rules regarding network neutrality this coming Monday. Amy Schatz in a post at the Wall Street ... continue

Lessig starting to kiss some powerful butts

The Internet is screwed. Net Neutrality could very well be another idealized concept that is about to be thrown out with the bathwater. At least that is what is being reported in the Wall Street ... continue

So this is what corporate Net Neutrality looks like

One of the big arguments around the government stepping in to enforce a real net neutrality is because the telecoms and cable co's seem to have a different idea of what this concept means. This has been ... continue