Posts under ‘Open Networks’

Reuters: Google says bill could spark antitrust fight. Google warned on Tuesday it will not hesitate to file antitrust complaints in the United States if high-speed Internet providers abuse the market power they could receive from U.S. legislators. Good for Google. As Congress prepares to give the big telecom players — the phone and cable […]

The phone companies are behind a slew of anti-network neutrality TV ads I saw in Washington the other evening. It was unfortunate that their commercials, aimed at Congress and staffs on Capitol Hill, are designed not to enlighten but rather to obfuscate. An honest debate is not what we’re getting, sorry to say. And with […]

David Isenberg (a colleague at the Berkman Center) deconstructs a dramatically flawed Washington Post editorial on network neutrality, observing, that the Post, “like the blind man and the elephant, gets a few things right, a few things wrong and draws the wrong conclusion.”

The U.S. House of Representatives is voting today on amendments to a new telecom law. One in particular, supported by Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Anna Eshoo of California among others, is vital in keeping the Net open to innovation from the edges. If you want to prevent the big telecom companies from turning the […]

The Wall Street Journal is running an online discussion — Should the Net Be Neutral? — between Craig Newmark of craigslist fame and Mike McCurry, former Bill Clinton press secretary and now lobbyist and PR consultant. Craig (an advisor and contributor to this center) takes the side of neutrality. McCurry takes the side of his […]

Mark Glaser asks if this is the case. This calls for some serious sleuthing. Anyone want to help?

Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America: We urge Congress to move aggressively to save the Internet — and allow ideas rather than money to control what Americans can access on the World Wide Web. We urge all Americans to contact their Congressmen and Senators and tell them to save the Internet and […]

The Save the Internet coalition is trying to prevent a hijacking of our future. The robber barons of the Information Age — the phone and cable giants — are trying to wrest control of this absolutely essential infrastructure away from the edges of the networks, and put that control back in the center where they […]

Washington Post: Internet Firms Want FCC to Enforce Net Neutrality. Internet companies yesterday criticized legislation that would give the Federal Communications Commission only limited ability to stop phone and cable companies from blocking access to Web sites, saying the proposal would endanger the open nature of the Web. The bill, championed by House Commerce Committee […]

CNN: Report: Phone companies want Web providers to pay. Large phone companies are seeking payments from Internet companies for high-quality delivery of music, movies and other content that will move over their telecommunications networks, according to a published report. This is a power grab, nothing less, by companies that much preferred the days when they […]