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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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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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
A report was released this week by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania about the state broadband access in Pennsylvania's less populated areas. With data collected in 2005 and 2006, the project looks at how healthcare, local government, education and business in rural Pennsylvania are using high-speed Internet.
Some quotes from the ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
The Universal Service Fund is that extra tax you see at the end of your phone bill. It was originally established to fund the expansion of infrastructure into poor and rural areas. The FCC is in charge of the fund, but because of some weird rules in how the money ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
A report released May 1 by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation shows the U.S. is trailing most other advanced nations in providing high-speed Internet to its people. We've known for a while that the U.S. is falling behind, but the report makes the claim that bad policy is only ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting op-ed up on their website about a Digital New Deal. With a recession and a lot of young people coming of age having used the Internet for most of their lives, the author, Helen De Michiel, argues that the government should start an ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, introduced in the House by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) in the beginning of February might be in trouble. The goal of the legislation is to address Net Neutrality issues and broadband issues.
The law, if passed, would require the ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
A recent paper and survey from researchers at Cornell and the University of Toronto puts some interesting data on the digital divide issue. Through a survey of more than 18,000 Americans, the researchers found that people on the lower end of the income spectrum spend more time on the Internet. ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
A few years ago, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair proclaimed that there would be "universal internet access for all who want it." This goal was set for 2005. According to this recent article on Silicon.com, around 35 percent of homes in the UK do not have access to Internet, ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Cnet has an post up about the city of Miami's efforts to provide technology education to residents and small business owners. Elevate Miami is a city-wide program that provides classes and computer access centers for residents. The city works with technology partners like Microsoft Corp. to recycle old PCs, and ...
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