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Rupert Murdoch's plans to impose fees for newspaper websites received a morale... more

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Google says Murdoch stories can be taken off

GO GOOGLE!! Net Neutrality is the war over the dissimination of information.

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Rupert Murdoch could block Google searches entirely

Rupert Murdoch says he will remove stories from Google's search index as a way to... more

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Losing Net Neutrality: What The Worse Case Scenario Looks Like

As we've previously discussed, Senator John McCain hates him some "net... more

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Jon Stewart Slams Politicians Against Net Neutrality

Jon Stewart lampooned politicians who have come out against an open Internet,... more

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Jon Stewart Speaks On Net Neutrality

This whole issue is driving me insane. I have never seen so much doublespeak in my... more

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Net Neutrality Foes: What If The 'Bad Guys' Are Right?

An interesting read. Perhaps net neutrality proponents should be careful what they... more

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McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality

Raw Story-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that... more

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McCain Battles Google, Twitter, eBay Coalition Over Net Neutrality

Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband... more

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Private Investment: FCC Should Tread Carefully On Broadband Rules

The Federal Communications Commission recently led discussions on proposed Net... more

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Senator Al Franken Speech On Net Neutrality

I taped Sen Franken at the recent Fututre of Music Conference in Washington DC which I... more

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AT&T Posts New Press Release: Calling for Constructive, Fact-Based Dialog with FCC

According to a post on the AT&T News Room site, "The FCC is conducting inquiries into the wireless industry regarding competition and innovation. Additionally, the FCC has announced an upcoming rule making on net neutrality that would apply to wired and wireless networks." said Ralph De la Vega during an address at CTIA’s semi-annual convention. If not the FCC than who? AT&T should be left to their own devices?

Getting calls on your mobile is one thing, but when you start allowing TelCo's to sanction access to internet based content, we are treading into the global, public pools of information. It comes down to cost, only those who can afford top-level services will have access to what should be publicly accessible information if AT&T et al have their way.

AT&T CEO, Richard Del La Vega is quoted as saying “The facts are clear: the U.S. wireless industry’s virtuous cycle of innovation and investment is working to deliver real value to American consumers,” said de la Vega. “We want that to continue.”

The post goes on to site the top ten reasons AT&T should be allowed to do whatever they want... (*ahem*) I mean, what de la vega says: “As part of our dialog with the FCC, we hope to present some important facts to show how — and why — less regulation is the best path to the future for America’s wireless industry,” or, "Why AT&T should be allowed to be the entity making those regulatory decisions because they know best! And to prove they know best, AT&T "created a site dedicated to the first completed decade of AT&T innovation in the 21st century. Supporting Mr. de la Vega’s remarks at CTIA, the new site reflects on AT&T’s effort to set a leader’s pace in bringing more innovation and customer choice to areas such as devices, networks and application development."

Ah, Mr. de la Vega started his career in 1974 with BellSouth (then Southern Bell) as a management assistant. He _would_ know how innovative AT&T is after all this time. See, they made a chart and everything! http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2949

What do you think?According to a post on the AT&T News Room site, "The FCC is conducting... more

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Meet the Bandwidth Bastards: The FCC, Sprint Nextel and TiVo??

Nico McLane (User of much Bandwidth and Streaming Media All-Star) muses along side A.M. Arno (abuser of much bandwidth and marketing professional) on the question of... "How should Net Neutrality affect the mobile Internet?"

It really is quite simple: the same way NetNeutrality effects the real internet. Why should there be a difference between the "mobile" internet and the "real" internet? There is only one internet, and it should not matter how you access content on it of whether it's via a smartphone, netbook, or your tv's set-top box. These are all IP-based communications over the same internet we all know and love today.

Watching live shows in real time requires real streaming over the real internet, mobile or otherwise. Cable companies have made some provisions toward handing over access to subscribers, and more options are available as to how subscribers are able to watch what they watch, but the industries are taking baby steps. Nico loves her new Palm Pre on Sprint Nextel; the live streaming experience may not be 100% at all times, but the seeds have been sown, and because we have access to the network and the devices are not locked down, we as an industry can work together to make the experience better.

Nico notes: "After spending a lot of time thinking about how I want to experience mobile to set top box to notebook programming, I think that Sprint, with their live Sprint TV already off the ground should partner with TiVo to develop the ultimate semantic, take-me -with-you programming experience—they share a similar corporate culture and the more I think about it, the more I realize what a wonderful partnership that would be!"

Verizon's FiOS TV offers limited access to a some user-generated web sites, and Comcast and Time Warner Cable are rolling out services that let subscribers stream cable channels to their PCs, but we are still in the proverbial "lab" of life trying to figure this all out! What do you think?

Time Warner Cable asked the FCC to lay off the Net Neutrality conversation, stating "Now is not the time to engage in a debate about the need for net neutrality obligations." But if we don't start out with equal and open access, how would we go backwards?Nico McLane (User of much Bandwidth and Streaming Media All-Star) muses along side... more

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Markey Pushing New Net Neutrality Bill

HR 3458 is Markey's 3rd attempt to pass Net Neutrality regulations that will give... more

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Future of Music: FCC faces challenge to reconcile Internet access, artists rights

Chicago Tribune rock critic Greg Kot reports from the Future of Music Coalition... more

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Keeping the Internet Open (Even for Those Who Would Prefer it Closed) | Future of Music Coalition

The anti-Net Neutrality brigade is at it again. Some may have seen the recent opinion... more

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Please Help Save European Net Neutrality

A few days ago I was ruminating on the recent on-the-spot conversion of the US... more

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AT&T says Google Voice breaks the law

AT&T on Friday accused Google of violating the US Federal Communications... more

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AT&T and Google in Net neutrality spat

AT&T is accusing Google of being a hypocrite when it comes to Net neutrality... more

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Senate Republicans suspend opposition to FCC net neutrality regulation

As first reported in the Washington Post this afternoon, and as has been independently... more

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