56% of American Internet Connections Capped by Corporate America

"The practice of capping Internet bandwidth and selling it as a metered commodity has fully taken hold, to the point where 56 percent of U.S. internet connections are now on plans that restrict how much information users can access before triggering additional fees. For an...

GOP Votes to End Net Neutrality, Give Corporations Control of Web

"The House of Representatives voted to reject Internet “neutrality” rules that keep big Internet service providers from blocking certain traffic. Without net neutrality, corporations could block people from going to certain sites on the web and/or charge people extra...

GOP House Leader John Boehner Vows to End ‘Net Neutrality’

"Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) vowed to eliminate net neutrality rules recently enacted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Boehner falsely referred to the regulations as a “government takeover of the Internet.”Boehner often uses the term ...

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...