Posts tagged national broadband plan

Largent Drops Ball on Broadband
Tim Karr
April 29, 2010

Today, Steve Largent replied to my recent op-ed in the Seattle Times. As best I can tell from his letter to the editor, Largent––former Seattle Seahawk superstar turned top D.C.

Qwest Flip Flops on Net Neutrality
Patrick Lucey
April 28, 2010

Many of the companies that oppose Net Neutrality have ridiculed the government’s mandate for open Internet protections as part of the broadband stimulus program, even saying that the program would fail as a result of these protections. But despite the gripes and predictions, the program has become immensely popular.

One Weekend to Tell the FCC to Protect the Internet
Megan Tady
April 23, 2010

Ready for the weekend? Me, too. I’m going to get outside, do a little reading, hang out with some friends – oh, and pour my heart out to the FCC.

If Only Our Broadband Markets Could be Like Europe's
Chris Riley
April 22, 2010

The New York Times published an interesting Op-Ed this week in which a few U.S. economists looked at telecommunications regulation in Europe, and held up EU policy as a model for what they believe American telecommunications policy should be.

Net Neutrality Needs Your Help TODAY
Sen. John Kerry
April 14, 2010

It would be at best sophomoric and at worst patronizing to stop by here and “tell you” how important the Internet is to our economy and political culture now.

ColorOfChange.org Calls on Its Members to Support Net Neutrality
Joseph Torres
April 8, 2010

ColorOfChange.org has urged its members to call on the Federal Communications Commission to protect an open Internet by passing Network Neutrality rules and re-establishing its authority to regulate the broadband industry following Tuesday’s federal court ruling.

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