Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
In several of our previous podcasts (see episodes 34, 35,and 37), we’ve discussed what we’ve called the “Comcast Kerfuffle,” which was the controversy surrounding the steps Comcast took to manage BitTorrent traffic on its networks. Critics called it a violation of Net neutrality principles while Comcast and others called it sensible network management. This week [...]
SAN JOSE, Nov. 7 – This morning I’ve posted two articles on BroadbandCensus.com about the Wireless Communications Association’s conference here. Net Neutrality Advocates: Wireless Carriers’ Network Management Must be ‘Reasonable’ SAN JOSE, November 7 – Emboldened by their summertime victory against Comcast, advocates of network neutrality said Thursday that the next front in battle for [...]
Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Net, has a very thoughtful post up on the Google Public Policy Blog today asking “What’s a Reasonable Approach for Managing Broadband Networks?” He runs through a variety of theoretical approaches to network load management. There’s much there to ponder, but I just [...]
Here’s a good article by Declan McCullagh on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous vendetta against Usenet. The article is good not only because yours truly is quoted. I’ve been looking, and haven’t found a single advocate from the left or critic of Comcast’s network management practices that has said a word of support [...]
Stuck with limited ISP choices, broadband users are increasingly angry with the growing number of providers that poke around in their customers’ traffic. From resetting Bittorrent sessions to sniffing packets for URLs, more and more providers are wielding their power as the “man in the middle” to monitor and manipulate traffic in unpopular and possibly [...]
February 14, 2012
The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.
