Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 27th, 2008
I've decided to close this site.
I am going to focus my writing efforts on a more personal blog at Ryan-Mark.com. I will be writing about things that are more related to what I am doing with my time right now. I will still write about the social justice aspect of ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
After writing on this site for around three months, I would like to get some feedback from readers. I've blogged about quite a few topics, from broadband issues in america to micro-credit in the developing world.
I want to know what people are interested in. My plan for this website was ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a coalition of 160 Internet companies, met on capitol hill two weeks ago to discuss net neutrality.
The meeting hosted input from BitTorrent and other large network operators. Members of the coalition came down against any kind of regulation of their networks.
According to an article on FreePress.net, members are saying that BitTorrent and ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The Chicago Tribune published an article this weekend about the impact that the Internet can have on the lives of people who are trying to make ends meet. The article mentions the WiMax rollout in Chicago, and the Lt. Governor of Illinois' recently introduced ordinance to provide 15,000 low-cost laptops ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
The FCC's chairman Kevin Martin has decided that they should auction off part of the 25 megahertz spectrum with the provision that the winner should provide free Internet access.
Don't get too excited yet, the FCC's commissioners have to vote on it at their next meeting on June 13.
It appears companies are willing to ...
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