Two days ago, the FCC approved by a narrow 3-2 vote to enact the controversial set of rules and guidelines called “net neutrality”. The aim is to make the internet a fairer place, free from anti-competitive actions and policies pushed by big companies. The road from concept to “law” has been long and hard, with some arguing the end result is a far cry from what was originally intended. To some degree, critics of the recently approved net neutrality...
John McCain: since you have no idea what the internet is nor how to work it, sit down and take note. The image below is how cable/quasi-internet packages will look if you and your we’re-in-the-pockets-of-big-business friends F’ up net neutrality and the internet as a whole, tiered pricing and all — you know, since tiered pricing is everyone’s favorite and “benefits” the economy. Is this a worst case, end of the world scenario? End of the...
Net Neutrality supporters and opponents are quickly engaging in a fight that regardless of the outcome will have far reaching effects for many years to come. While consumers and tech based companies generally favor some form of net neutrality ruling, most governmnet reps corporate lobbiests are pushing just as hard opposing any type of net neutrality. With all the technical details becoming increasingly complex, I was quite surprised to see failed president John McCain...
Is there any more needed? Jim Cicconi, one of AT&T’s top lobbyists and cronies of choice spent his fine Sunday afternoon carpet bombing AT&T’s 300,000+ employees with propaganda encouraging them all, their families, friends, and random homeless guy on the street to petition congress to not pass any net neutrality regulations. The key points highlighted in the email include (Per Washington Post): 1.Wireless consumers enjoy a many options for mobile...
According to Verizon’s CTO, “Metered Broadband is the way of the future”. Apparently someone forget to tell him how the future is supposed to work. Look at the title and give yourself a minute to think. Who does this benefit? Obviously the company doing the metering and billing. While on one side, metering is a legitimate answer to raise more revenue for businesses as heavier users pay more, the thought of metering usage and having tiers still...
