Tag Archives: network neutrality

Android – one step closer to freedom of communication

Posted on November 5, 2007 by ian

Like most heavy cellphone users I have a love hate relationship with both the device and the wireless service. Love because it gives me freedom from a physical location and thus is an essential business enabler for entrepreneurs. Hate because … Continue reading →

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Owning the rainbow: why spectrum can and should be freed

Posted on February 28, 2007 by ian

Lessig’s presentation on the control of US airwaves is brilliantly clear, as usual:

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Taking ownership of information highways

Posted on February 4, 2007 by ian

Bob Frankston continues his exploration of alternative information infrastructure ownership. He wonders, with the media (copper wires, fiber optics and radio waves) essentially commodity, what do we get from services providers that we cannot more efficiently provide for ourselves? With … Continue reading →

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We are the internet – so take back the internet!

Posted on December 22, 2006 by ian

Bob Frankston hits the “network neutrality” nail squarely on the head in his article “Our Internet!” We are the Internet…We don’t need be given “Internet” by a central authority because the defining principle is that we can and must connect … Continue reading →

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Canadian Network Neutrality

Posted on November 6, 2006 by ian

Canadian internet “watchdog” Michael Geist points out that there are forces at work threatening so-called “network neutrality” or as I prefer to frame the issue: internet freedom. Of particular concern is Videotron’s president Robert Depatie who proves he just doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Telus gets it?

Posted on October 26, 2006 by ian

Most of us remember Telus taking a huge misstep on the network neutrality issue by blocking access to its union website. In an amazing about face Telus seems to have done some homework, obviously doing a bit of soul searching … Continue reading →

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Test for network neutrality – will Google help?

Posted on August 29, 2006 by ian

Recently reported on Boing Boing: Dan Kaminsky, DNS hacker and rootkit infection sleuth, has devised a test for checking to see if your Internet connection is “neutral” — that is, whether your connection is being filtered, throttled, slowed down, or … Continue reading →

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Solutions to Net Neutrality

Posted on August 29, 2006 by ian

I recently discovered Farber’s “interesting people” discussion list: a bunch of fascinating folks debating (primarily) internet issues. A few months back Bob Cringely highlighted Bob Frankston, one of the list members, in one of the most lucid articles about network … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart on Net Neutrality

Posted on July 20, 2006 by ian

Jon has some fun with Net Neutrality: The Daily Show delves, somewhat, into the nitty gritty in this “interview”:

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Emerging from the Chaos…

Posted on July 2, 2006 by ian

Adam over at Emergent Chaos clarifies some Network Neutrality concepts for his readers in his post Innovation, Emerging From Chaos. He points out that “the regulatory apparatus has fairly clearly been captured by the regulated”. Basically the big telecom corporations … Continue reading →

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