Posts tagged Reclassification

Defend Free Speech on the Internet
Christopher Calabrese
October 21, 2010

In 2006, America Online censored e-mails that referenced a blog entry questioning the company’s e-mail fee system.

About the Verizon/Google 'Deal' on Net Neutrality
Marvin Ammori
August 6, 2010

This week, Bloomberg reported that Verizon and Google have made a deal on network neutrality policy they'd like to see in America. That deal (surprise!) is Google can get special privileges on Verizon's network.

The Big Industry Lie: Regulation = Job Loss
Tim Karr
July 20, 2010

My old friend Jay Stuckey has a saying that has stuck with me for decades: “Don’t let them piss on your leg and tell you that it’s raining.”

When Jay used it he was referring to politicians who lied to scare up votes. Today, this adage refers to powerful corporations that lie to scare politicians.

Rep. Doyle Shows Washington How To Stand Up To Corporate Front Groups
Harold Feld
May 27, 2010

The faux populist group Americans For Prosperity has been running ads against network neutrality in Mike Doyle’s (D-PA) district in Pittsburgh. Doyle’s response? A

Will Dirty Politics Kill the Internet?
Tim Karr
May 26, 2010

Congress just sold you out to Comcast, Verizon and AT&T.

Big phone and cable companies are so determined to dismantle consumer protections on the open Internet that they've spent millions to flip Congress against you. Earlier this week, many in Congress delivered.

Top ISPs Tell Investors FCC Oversight Won’t Harm Broadband Investment
Moira Vahey
May 26, 2010

It appears that many of the nation’s leading Internet service providers aren’t actually worried about the Federal Communications Commission’s “Third Way” approach to broadband oversight and its impact on broadband build-out and investment – despite what they’re telling lawmakers in Washington.

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