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- Comcast undecided on network management scheme
- Despite the fact that it's testing a system to cut back bandwidth for heavy (P2P) users during peak traffic time, Comcast says it hasn't decided on any network management techniques as yet, IDG reports. The FCC issued an order this week requiring Comcast to stop network management that discriminates against...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, FreePress, Networking, Network Administration, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttling
- Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttlingComment from FreePressHere's a statement from FreePress's Martin Ammori:"These talks are the direct result of public pressure -- and the threat of FCC action -- against Comcast. But with Comcast's history of broken promises and record of deception, we can't just take their word that the Internet...
- Tags: Federal government, Cable, Comcast Corp., FreePress
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
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- FCC slams Comcast but too little too late?
- The FCC formally voted to censure Comcast over torrent-blocking today. And the decision has stirred up plenty of controversry. The LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera called the decision a "warning shot to all Internet service providers that it would not tolerate discriminatory behavior." There will be no fine...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, LA Times, Internet, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Administration, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say
- NebuAd's "consumer-centric behavioral targeting network" is nothing less than malware, Public Knowledge and FreePress charge in a new report PDF. The ad insertion technology violates "several fundamental expectations of Internet privacy, security and standards-based interoperability," the report says. Stacey Higginbotham reports at GigaOm...
- Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, NebuAd, Ad Insertion Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- FCC to hold Comcast hearings at Stanford
- The FCC will hold a second hearing PDF looking at whether ISPs, especially Comcast, are improperly blocking, throttling or otherwise limiting consumer access to peer-to-peer applications like BitTorrent. This one will take place at Stanford University on April 17 -- no other details (like building, time, etc.) were released, just...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Stanford, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Harvard organizer: No Comcast employees showed up
- Harvard organizer: No Comcast employees showed upthis is one reason why I don't trust ComcastI recently was asked whether I trusted Comcast.This is one reason why I don't. Shame on youComcast for doing this.In the future, organizers of these meetings mayhave to allow equal space to both pro and...
- Tags: Federal government, Business ethics, Network technology, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- FCC might hold second Comcast hearing at Stanford
- FCC might hold second Comcast hearing at StanfordPlease, No more delays until Comcast interference is endedMy name is Robb Topolski, and I am the Comcast customer identified in the Free Press (et. al.) petition to the FCC and my own personal statement is attached to the filing. Comcast's hacker-style network...
- Tags: Federal government, Stanford, FCC, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Harvard organizer: No Comcast employees showed up
- Catherine Bracy, the administrative manager at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, the host of Monday's FCC hearing into Comcast's P2P throttling actions, said the people that Comcast hired to "save seats" for employees never gave up those seats, according to the AP. "I...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Fact, Seat, Internet, Federal Government, E-mail, Peer To Peer (P2P), Recruitment & Selection, Government, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Tuning into today's FCC hearing today might be tough
- Update: Guess I was wrong. Connecting just fine. Granted, there may not be that many FCC hearings people around the world are dying to listen to. But today's hearing in Cambridge, Mass., on Comcast's throttling of upstream BitTorrent traffic is sure to be an exception. ...
- Tags: FCC, Webcast, Internet, Federal Government, Digital Media, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Support for Markey bill as Comcast strikes at FCC power
- Google, Amazon.com -- as well as FreePress and Public Knowledge -- are lining up in favor of Rep. Ed Markey's new version of net neutrality legislation, PC World says. In the last go-round of the net neutrality debate -- in which legislation went down to failure -- the big...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Telecommunications, Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-18
- Comcast: BitTorrent blocking is a good thing
- Russell Shaw has some excerpts from Comcast's comments to the FCC over bandwidth "shaping." As you peruse them you can see there's little there but a full-throated defense of the practice. The carefully limited measures that Comcast takes to manage traffic on its broadband network —...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Russell Shaw, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- FCC starts inquiry into Comcast P2P blocking
- After months of newspaper reports, customer complaints and numerous petitions, the FCC has initiated an inquiry into Comcast's throttling of P2P traffic. Comcast has until Jan. 25 to respond in writing to some questions from the FCC. And on Monday the agency opened the public comment period on a petition...
- Tags: FCC, Petition, Comcast Corp., P2P, Vuze Petition, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Net Neutrality debate in the Big Apple
- The New York Software Industry Association NYSIA, the trade organization of the software industry in the New York City metropolitan area, hosted a debate on the hot button “net neutrality” issue at its monthly meeting in NYC last evening.Bruce Bernstein, NYSIA President, moderated the debate. Participants:James L. Gattuso, Senior Research...
- Tags: Internet, James Gattuso
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Is open source a threat to copyright?
- No. But in terms of our present copyright regime perhaps it should be.Copyrights, like patents, were put into the U.S. Constitution as incentives to create more. They were seen as limited rights granted for limited times for a limited purpose. Today’s corporate copyright regime, under which Disney’s Steamboat Willie is...
- Tags: open source
- Blog posts 2006-06-21
- Senate negotiations continue over Net neutrality
- Senate negotiations continue over Net neutralityUmm... Yeah... I think they should...Listen to George:http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=244http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=243http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=242Write to Congress and tell them you want NetNeutralityThe big telcoms and cable firms say today that they will not block or slow down access to sites, but what is to stop them from doing it 6 months...
- Tags: telecommunications, Net Neutrality, negotiation, U.S. Senate
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- Politicos propose new action on Net neutrality
- Politicos propose new action on Net neutralityIf only big truck companies used the highway......that would be an unfair advantage over little truck companies who could only afford the slow roads.Maybe less money would be spent upgrading the slow roads, giving even more of an advantage to the big truck companies.The...
- Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
- Dave Isenberg's rebel alliance fights for network neutrality
- A few hundred activists, technologists and Internet veterans are locked in a Silver Spring, Maryland movie theater today trying to create an alliance that will beat the Bells.The Freedom2Connect conference has a lot of Internet digirati star power. In addition to organizer David Isenberg, and sponsor Jeff Pulver, I spied...
- Tags: Internet
- Blog posts 2006-04-03
- If your content provider doesn't pay big telecom, you may see screens like these
- If your content provider doesn't pay big telecom, you may see screens like theseIncredibleLike he said, we're already paying for access. The internet is a public commons. Look to Korea and Denmark and other countries for innovation. They have real high-speed broadband access.Stand Up & be CountedTime...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, telecommunications company, telecommunications, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
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