I'm officially flabbergasted by the debate around net neutrality. This article details a recent speech given by Sen. Ron Wyden from Oregon as he spoke at a Computer & Communications Industry Association conference in DC. In it he delivered a...

Posted by Geoff Daily on May 8, 2008 8:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Not sure even I can sit through all this, but I've found a site with video from today's FCC hearing at Stanford about network management here. It is fascinating stuff, just somewhat dry, it takes a while to get through,...

Posted by Geoff Daily on April 18, 2008 2:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Yesterday at Stanford the FCC held it's second outside-the-beltway hearing on net neutrality generally and Comcast's treatment of P2P traffic specifically. I'm torn on whether or not I'd call it a successful step in the right direction. On the one...

Posted by Geoff Daily on April 18, 2008 9:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Comcast has recently come out with an aggressive push back against accusations of any misconduct in its treatment of P2P traffic on its network. First, the good news. They've announced a new relationship with BitTorrent through which they claim to...

Posted by Geoff Daily on March 31, 2008 9:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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My future brother-in-law made an intriguing remark the other day: Doesn’t ESPN 360 violate net neutrality? As background, ESPN 360 is a package of live and on-demand video that ESPN sells to broadband providers who can then offer it as...

Posted by Geoff Daily on March 11, 2008 1:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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The maelstrom surrounding Comcast's decision to interfere with P2P traffic on its network gained a new front today as law firm Gilbert Randolph LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Sanford Sidner and all the citizens of...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 28, 2008 12:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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Last week Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, co-sponsored by Rep. Chad Pickering (R-MS). What better way to finish up our Net Neutrality week than a running commentary of my first read through this...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 22, 2008 3:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Throughout this week I've been exploring the dynamics of the debate around net neutrality in an attempt to help frame these issues in a new and hopefully more productive light. Now I want to dive into some initial thoughts on...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 21, 2008 12:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Here’s what everyone’s been missing about the whole net neutrality thing: the reason the big, evil telcos and cable companies don’t like it isn’t because they’re greedy, it’s because they’re scared. We’ve already covered how Comcast’s FCC comments reveal the...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 20, 2008 10:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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A core tenant of what most people think of as Net Neutrality is that broadband providers should not be allowed to discriminate between different types of Internet traffic on their networks. Underpinning this thought is the idea that all bits...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 19, 2008 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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What is Net Neutrality? To some it means preventing network operators from selectively slowing down some traffic to favor others, especially their own. To others it means preserving freedom of speech on the Internet, insuring no one is able to...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 18, 2008 9:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Earlier this week Comcast submitted comments to the FCC defending their right to slow down traffic on its network. The analogy they used to describe how they manage P2P traffic was that of an on-ramp to a busy highway that...

Posted by Geoff Daily on February 15, 2008 8:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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It's time for another Article Roundup, where I pull together a handful of articles and webpages I've found recently related to the wild world of broadband for your reading pleasure! Racine Sophomores Discover Asteroid Some Wisconsin teenagers in Racine through...

Posted by Geoff Daily on January 17, 2008 9:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Comcast's policies towards its heaviest users have been covered in AppRising on more than one occasion, but they're like the gift that keeps on giving as more news continues to come out as the storm around their decision to interfere...

Posted by Geoff Daily on November 15, 2007 11:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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The fallout from the news that Comcast is officially interfering with P2P traffic continues to grow. It's officially hit Congress now. Here's an article in large part about a conversation the author had with Representative Rick Boucher, D-VA. And there's...

Posted by Geoff Daily on October 29, 2007 12:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Just when I sensed the net neutrality debate was cooling off and the opportunity for a rationale dialogue finally seemed possible, Comcast had to go and stick its finger into the eye of the net neutrality camp. Here's what's happened:...

Posted by Geoff Daily on October 24, 2007 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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I've been tuning in to the fascinating, though somewhat disappointing, experiment in social legislation going on over at OpenLeft.com.

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