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don’t break the internet

The Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) is a foundational block upon which the Internet has been built and upon which its continued functioning critically depends; it is among a handful of protocols upon which almost every other protocol, and countless Internet applications, rely to operate smoothly. Read more here: don’t break the internet – stanford […]

ignorance

This is a must read if you are concerned about free speech and the internet. Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How the Internet Works So it was as proponents of the Hollywood-funded bill curmudgeonly shot down all but two amendments proposed by its opponents, who fought to dramatically alter the document […]

Digital Divide

I’ve blogged about this before, but it bears repeating. America is suffering compared to other countries with regards to internet access. We pay more for slower connections with fewer options thanks to our “free markets”. Great op-ed in the New York Times about this new digital divide: It doesn’t have to be this way, as […]

stop SOPA and PROTECT-IP

Dear Readers of my blog… I copied this text after I emailed my representatives via the electronic frontier foundation. Easy and important for you to take action on this by doing the same. See https://eff.org/r.C8A for more info… I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act […]

And more…

The corporations are winning… Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free: “We have very few government agencies that the populace views as looking out for them, the people. The FCC is one of these agencies that is still wearing a white hat. Not only is current action on Net Neutrality one of the […]

More Net Neutrality Fail

FCC: We Didn’t Impose Stricter Net Neutrality Regulations on Wireless Because Android Is Open: “ FCC statement: Further, we recognize that there have been meaningful recent moves toward openness, including the introduction of open operating systems like Android. In addition, we anticipate soon seeing the effects on the market of the openness conditions we imposed […]

Mark this day

Mark it down as the day the internet (as we know it) died. Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality: “An anonymous reader writes ‘…the rule, which will be voted on during tomorrows FCC meeting, falls drastically short of earlier pledges by President Obama and the FCC Chairman to protect the free and open Internet. The […]