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Of Tolls and Rivers Chains –The New Robber Barons
For a number of centuries, roughly 800 AD to 1800 AD, feudal lords with land along the Rhine River in Germany, collected tolls from passing cargo ships. In an effective effort to back this control, large iron chains were laid across the river and raised high enough to block...
Telecoms oppose Net neutrality rules for stimulus money
" Representatives from Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon were in agreement at Thursday's conference, however, that more Net neutrality regulation would do more harm than good. "I still don't know that there's a problem out there that anyone is citing that compels... Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn
"Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn""In addition to the phone companies, so far it looks like cable operators are also in good shape to weather the current economic downturn. On Thursday Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., reported solid earnings for... The Battle for Net Neutrality: Comcast throws army of lawyers at the problem
This is a classic battle between giant corporate interests vs. the rest of us. If you value the Internet and don't want it to turn into the kind of trash you see on TV then please do what you can to support... Comcast sets bandwidth limit
Uh oh. We all knew that this was coming: Comcast has finally decided to limit their residential customers to 250 GB/month. Over the past year, there have been rumours about the ISP bandwidth caps and its effect on users and the Internet's development as a collaboration, media...
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Historic Victory for Net Neutrality
It's nice to report some good news once in a while. Congratulations to everyone who made this win possible. The little guys have to work hard to make gain like this."Comcast tried to stop it. Telecom-funded politicians tried to discourage it. Big Media tried to...At Comcast, the Left Hand does not always Speak to the Right Hand
As you might have read, I had some connection issues in the past 2 weeks with my internet service.It took 2 visits by Comcast technicians to fix the problem.The second one was a bit more thorough.The point I want to raise today is what seems like a lack of method in keeping... Comcast Faces FCC Sanctions for Blocking Web Traffic
Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, violated federal guidelines when it blocked and degraded Web traffic, the head of the Federal Communications Commission will announce Friday." The sanctions would be the first time the commission has come down on an internet... Comcast Ordered to Stop BitTorrent Traffic Interference
"ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years now, but only recently has this turned into a political issue. In a huge victory for BitTorrent users, the FCC has now announced that it will order Comcast to stop interfering with BitTorrent traffic. ...An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates
"An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by customers, a lot of people complained that the company...Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public
"Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public February 25th, 2008 by jstearns There was huge turnout at today’s public hearing in Boston on the future of the Internet. Hundreds of...'Internet Metering' Might Hit Major US Providers
Internet metering - that is, throttling of users based on what kind of data someone downloads or how much of it - might become a normal part of internet life, says a column in the New York Times. Comcast, AT&T...File under "Uses for Twitter"
"Arrington was complaining that his Comcast Internet service was inexplicably down. Eliason reached out to help, and Comcast soon dispatched a team to Arrington’s house to fix his Internet connection. It was, Eliason says, a turning point, but not in quite the way you’d...P2P Bill of Rights: Whose Rights?
The P2P Bill of Rights doesn't seem to have any actual input from users- I'm unsure how this is anything but a PR exercise."Comcast announced Tuesday that it would work with Pando Networks to develop a "P2P Bill...Their crews might not be tidy but Comcast headquarters listen to the conversa...
To give credit where it is due, if their installation crews are not that tidy, the staff at Comcast headquarters listens to the conversation.They even took the time to pick up the phone within hours of my Thursday piece on Adventures in Comcast land not once but twice to let...
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