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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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Because broadband isn't expensive enough already I suppose.
Last month I wrote about a West Coast ISP that began offering high-speed Internet plans with download limits. According to a piece at Broadband Reports, Comcast is considering putting a 250GB download limit on customers and charging fees for exceeding the limit.
Comcast has ...
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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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