Posts from September 2010

Activists Deliver Breakfast to FCC with Message: Stop Waffling on Net Neutrality
Megan Tady
September 23, 2010

This morning, we surprised the Federal Communications Commission with breakfast: waffles to be exact.

Can the FCC Get It Right on White Spaces?
Chris Riley
September 22, 2010

This week, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on an item that could either open the door to a dream of vast economic growth, innovation and consumer benefits, or bury the dream out of excessive caution and concern for incumbent interests.

Net Neutrality: We're Still Waiting
Tim Karr
September 21, 2010

Exactly a year ago, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski made a major promise to deliver on Net Neutrality. "If we wait too long to preserve a free and open Internet, it will be too late," he told an influential audience in Washington.

We're still waiting.

Rewriting AT&T's 'Open Internet' Ad
Megan Tady
September 17, 2010

Oops. AT&T is publishing advertisements that in no way reflect the company’s true feelings and actions about Net Neutrality. The ads are published at the exact same moment the company’s lawyers and lobbyists are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to allow “paid prioritization" – the antithesis of the free-flowing Internet.

AT&T’s Latest Tactic: Rewrite History
Tim Karr
September 9, 2010

AT&T can’t seem to get its story straight on Net Neutrality. For years, company spokespeople had claimed that the issue was a "solution in search of a problem."

Over the last week, they’ve unwittingly defined the problem and it is … AT&T.

Net Neutrality Supports Independent Art
Lloyd Kaufman
September 3, 2010

Dear Fans of the First Amendment:

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