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Obamaâs FCC to enforce ânet neutralityâ
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| The Obama administrationâs Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to
| keep the Internet free of increased user fees based on heavy Web traffic and
| slow downloads.
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http://thehill.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85184&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=70
Dutch ISP Cripples Non-HTTP Traffic 12 Hours A Day
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| If you recall, last year a Belgian activist got everybody riled up with an
| incorrect rumor that Canadian phone companies Telus and Bell Canada were
| planning to start charging customers extra to access certain websites.
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http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Dutch-ISP-Blocks-NonHTTP-Traffic-8-Hours-A-Day-104092
Recent:
Lawmaker Unveils Anti-Metered Billing Law
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| Prompted by Time Warner Cable's botched attempt to force low caps and metered
| billing on its customers, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) today unveiled
| the "Broadband Internet Fairness Act" (HR 2902), legislation aimed at
| protecting consumers from unreasonable broadband overage charges. Massa,
| prompted by consumer complaints, stepped up during the Time Warner Cable
| kerfuffle to call the effort an "outrageous, job killing initiative."
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http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/102996
BT Throttling Online Video For Competitive, Not Congestion, Reasons
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| Case in point? BT. The British telco is starting to heavily throttle all
| video -- especially the BBC's online video player. This is the same BT, by
| the way, that just two years ago was saying there was no need to traffic
| shape or break net neutrality, and that it could handle all traffic issues
| with basic upgrades. So what happened? Well, it appears BT didn't like the
| competition from online video providers, so it decided to pretend it needed
| to do this for congestion purposes.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090612/1805215218.shtml
Bell Canada Shuts Down Crappy Video Store That No One Used... But It's Still
Throttling
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| Apparently, it took all of a year for Bell Canada to realize that it wasn't
| getting any use whatsoever, and Joe McEnaney points out that Bell Canada has
| quietly shut down the site... though, it's still throttling traffic from
| resellers. Maybe, next time, instead of trying to limit competitors and offer
| something crappy, Bell could spend its resources investing in bandwidth. That
| would have made everyone a lot happier.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0314585235.shtml
Cable group turns net neutrality around over ISP access fees
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| Small cable operators say they worried about content providers charging
| ISPs "discriminatory" access fees, which they say Disney does with
| ESPN360.com. They want the FCC to stop the practice before it spreads,
| turning the arguments about net neutrality in the other direction.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/cable-group-turns-net-neutrality-around-over-isp-access-fees.ars
CDT Confident Next FCC Chair Recognizes Importance of Open Internet Policy
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| WASHINGTON -- According to news reports, President-elect Barack Obama will
| soon name Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission.
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http://www.cdt.org/press/20090112press.php
Kevin Martin Opposes Regulating Internet Content?
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| A significant part of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's legacy will be the moves he
| made -- and tried to make -- to crack down on indecency while he was in
| power. The FCC went after TV broadcasters with much more vigor than under
| previous leaders, trying to impose big fines for "indecent" content, many of
| which got smacked down later by courts. Martin himself was a major advocate
| of a la carte cable plans, in which consumers could simply pay for individual
| channels, rather than bundles.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090112/0811433374.shtml
WSJ Accuses Google of Abandoning Net Neutrality: Reality Check
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| The Wall Street Journal specifically attacks Google's OpenEdge project as a
| means by which Google can have its own content given bandwidth priority over
| other web sites. Before we go into a terrified panic that Google is
| abandoning Net neutrality for its own nefarious purposes, how about we look
| at what OpenEdge actually does.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/155498/Neutrality.html?tk=rss_news
Indian Court Wants To Ban Google Earth In The Wake Of Mumbai Attacks
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| However, an Indian Court is now calling for the software to be banned saying
| that it "aids terrorists." Of course, so do maps or photographs of hotels,
| such as those placed online by the hotels themselves, but people aren't
| overreacting and calling for a ban of those things as well. Yes, we can
| understand the kneejerk reaction here, and the anger over these horrific
| attacks. But, banning Google Earth isn't the answer.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081210/0318383073.shtml
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