Do Not Track – Doesn’t Need To Be Regulated, Probably Will Be
Do Not Track, the application of using a http field that would require applications on the Internet to turn off their tracking features has been a hotly debated issue in tech circles and amongst...
View ArticleGoogle the long distance phone company
In a newly announced partnership with Sprint, Google potentially stands to gain 50 million US customers for its web integrated voice service, voice mail, and long distance calling. In the context of...
View ArticleResearch: National Broadband Map
Challenges in Using the National Broadband Map’s Data George S. Ford, PhD Phoenix Center March 2011 Ford takes a look at the information gathered by the National Telecommunications and Information...
View ArticleComodo compromise demonstrates need for DNSSec migration
Comodo, a company you probably never heard of which holds one of the many master keys to the Internet’s SSL X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system, admitted that their root certificate...
View ArticleSpectrum hoarding cannot justify TV spectrum waste
Dennis Wharton of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is irked by the wireless industry comments to eliminate spectrum waste and he wants to draw attention to the wireless industry’s own...
View ArticleFacing the Truth, We All Love Walled Gardens
There was a recent article by Sam Biddle called “Facebook is AOLifying the Internet – and That Sucks“. It’s a pretty accurate take on what Facebook has become over the last few years as it considers...
View ArticleBad journalism on alleged AT&T metering problems
After some people in a discussion forum raised the possibility that AT&T’s new broadband usage meters may be inaccurate, Karl Bode of DSL Reports reported the complaints and then checked with...
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New Netflix settings manage bandwidth caps
Netflix has added some manual control features to the quality of Netflix video streams for Canadian customers who want to stay within their usage caps. To see how this might apply to some US broadband...
View ArticleBerners-Lee & Wu’s Internet is Free of Choice & Innovation
Tim Berners-Lee has declared that content should be free and open to all Internet users and that any variation is a violation of the principle of network neutrality. The sentiment is quite different...
View ArticleUnderstanding Verizon v. FCC
The DC Circuit yesterday dismissed the appeals of the FCC Net Neutrality order filed by Verizon and MetroPCS on the grounds that they were filed prematurely – no appeal can be taken until the order is...
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