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July 10, 2006

Douglas County Sheriffs To Spend Tax Dollars Lecturing Wi-Fi Owners

Police department gets Wi-Fi tags and instructions to hunt down and caution those running open access points.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 09:17 AM

July 07, 2006

Why You Don't Need Quality-of-Service

Dan Bricklin explains why the QoS argument against net neutrality does not apply.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 11:46 AM

May 16, 2006

Why Discriminate?

Public Knowledge points out that even if the telcos think they need QoS, Internet2 developers found more bandwidth cures all ills.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:59 PM

May 15, 2006

What's Wrong With ICANN's XXX Decision

Susan Crawford gives her insider's view on the latest ICANN process.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 04:28 PM

May 02, 2006

Net Neutrality Out, Broadcast Flags In

Senator Stevens drops his draft telecom bill.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 10:28 PM

April 27, 2006

Public Knowledge: Net Neutrality Video

Public Knowledge spells out net neutrality in 30 seconds.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 11:20 AM

April 04, 2006

Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth"

Peacefire's Bennett Hasselton writes on the problems of Goodmail.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:31 PM

March 27, 2006

Should the Internet Play Favorites?

The Washington Post discusses network neutrality and the AOL-Goodmail furor.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:02 PM

March 10, 2006

The Economics of Freeloading on Wireless Networks

Is it bad for the Wi-Fi owner? Is it bad for ISPs? What should be done?

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 09:53 AM

February 21, 2006

Tollbooths on the Internet Highway

The New York Times states its position on network neutrality.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 11:51 AM

February 16, 2006

If I Had a Root Server

Fascinating thought experiment on the threats to privacy and security posed by DNS root server ownership, by former ICANN board member Karl Auerbach.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 03:19 PM

February 08, 2006

Good Fences Make Bad Broadband

Public Knowledge has a look at the issue of network neutrality in this white paper.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 12:00 PM

November 18, 2005

World's Worst Internets

Reporters Without Borders lists the 15 countries as "enemies of the Internet"--including Tunisia, the EU, and the US.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:30 PM

October 05, 2005

Lessig to Speak on Free Wi-Fi

EFF Board Member Lawrence Lessig looks into the implications of muni wi-fi in San Francisco on October 10th.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:10 AM

September 30, 2005

Europe and US Spar Over Who Gets Root

The root domain nameserver, that is. More internecine high-jinks over Net governance.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 03:25 PM

The Clash of the High-Tech Titans

Nice summary of the issues and figures involved with telecom regulation reform.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 03:25 PM

September 13, 2005

Net Neutral is Net Positive for Business

Big tech companies, including eBay and Microsoft, push to include net neutrality language in telecomms reform.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 09:44 PM

September 06, 2005

Is Open Spectrum a Free Speech Issue?

Article 19, the international free speech group, argues that unlicensed spectrum is a human right.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 01:38 PM

August 19, 2005

Muni Electricity, Muni Broadband

National Journal compares the fight for muni broadband with the fight for muni utilities in the 1900s.

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 11:36 AM

August 10, 2005

From Freedom to Consumption

David Isenberg talks about how the new FCC chairman is already rewriting Powell's "Four Freedoms."

.:link:. | Posted by Danny O'Brien at 04:37 PM

Texas Consumers to Elected Leaders: "Please Listen to Us."

Jon Lebkowsky's fine letter to the Texas legislature, asking it to punt bad broadband bills.