Posts from August 2009

NYT: Time to Make Net Neutrality the Law
Tim Karr
August 29, 2009

The New York Times gets Net Neutrality right again, and again, and again. In their fourth editorial in support of Net Neutrality the newspaper’s editors write:

FCC Probe Puts Carriers in the Crosshairs
Tim Karr
August 28, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission has turned up the heat on the wireless industry expanding its probe of mobile phone practices following widespread complaints about a lack of competition, openness and innovation.

FCC Chief Stands with Public Interest in Support of Net Neutrality
Tim Karr
August 26, 2009

The Federal Communications Commission will stand with the public interest to prevent Internet providers from blocking, slowing or in any way degrading lawful content on the Web.

Keep Off the Astroturf
Tim Karr
August 19, 2009

If you haven't been paying attention to the rise of Astroturf in Washington, in the media and at your local town hall meeting, now's the time to tune in.

Astroturf front groups have been everywhere this summer -- spreading misinformation about health care reform, carbon emission caps and financial regulation.

FCC’s Web Site Needs to Evolve Past Netscape
Adam Lynn
August 10, 2009

Remember Netscape Navigator? If you used dial-up in the mid-90s and hated AOL’s walled garden, chances are that you do.

American Library Association Wants Network Neutrality
Carrie Lowe
August 10, 2009

At last month’s American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, I served on a Sunday morning panel presentation on the topic of Network Neutrality. On that day, there was no Network Neutrality legislation in Congress (like there is today, thanks to Reps. Markey and Eshoo).

The Internet: A Recession Lifeline
Megan Tady
August 6, 2009

What are people turning to during these hard economic times, besides a pint of ice cream? The Internet.

Astroturf Groups Try to Enlist Conservatives to Oppose Net Neutrality
Phillip Dampier
August 5, 2009

Earlier this year, some Stop the Cap! readers in North Carolina who attended the hearings on a pro-telecom (actually it was written by them) piece of legislation designed to stall statewide municipal broadband competition encountered strange protests from conservative groups arriving on buses.

Seven Reasons: Why We Need Net Neutrality Now
Tim Karr
August 3, 2009

On Friday, Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) marched across Independence Avenue and up the steps of the Capitol Building to introduce a bill that could stand as the First Amendment of the Internet age.