Digital Inclusion |
 | Verizon vs FCC In Court On 9-9. by The Open Internet Goes To Court, New American Foundation September 6th, 2013 On September 9th, Verizon vs FCC, a crucial case that will determine the authority of the government to regulate the development of the Internet, opens arguments in the DC Circuit Court. This panel at the New America Foundation discusses the importance of the case and the future of the Internet. |
 | Rural Broadband Lag Persists by NTIA, National Telecommunications and Information Agency A new report by NTIA details ongoing disparities between rural and urban residents in access to high-speed broadband. |
 | Open Internet Proposal Gets 24% Support From Verizon Shareholders This represents a three-fold increase in support from a similar action filed last year, which garnered 7.9% of shareholder votes in favor of a net neutrality proposal. |
_1.jpg) | Susan Crawford in SF on May 14th Former White House Advisor and law professor Susan Crawford speaks on her new book Captive Audience: Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age. 2:00pm on May 14th at the CPUC Auditorium 505 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. |
| Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond by Committee on Foreign Affairs, http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/joint-subcommittee-hearing-fighting-internet-freedom-dubai-and-beyond In DC, an important hearing on the international administration of the Internet. Check out the video. |
_8.jpg) | International Internet Regs: Nothing to Write Home About by Policy Team, WCIT Watch at Access Now The rework of international Internet treaties at the WCIT came up with an end result almost no one likes: and a treaty many countries aren't likely to sign |
 | Wireless Lifeline: Real or Phony Update: 11/29 It looks like a compromise proposal is in the works. Comments at the meeting looked very encouraging for consumer protections and a meaningful definition of basic service. |
.jpg) | Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Tracking To Roll Out November 28th Torrent Freak Torrent Freak acquired AT&T planning documents for an ISP-enforced antipiracy initiative that would target users for violations by their IP address. |
 | New Pew Cell/Phone Internet Survey Documents Impact of Data Caps Pew Internet Center 17% of cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone, rather than a computer or other device |
| AT&T and Verizon - What Digital Divide? by Gerry Smith, Huffington Post Gerry Smith writes in the Huffington Post about AT&T and Verizon's decision to reject FCC funds to expend high-speed Internet services to rural Americans. |
| There's a Public Internet and You May Not Be On It by Brendan Greeley and Jeff Bliss, Bloomberg BusinessWeek Responding to a Department of Justice probe into anti-competitive behavior, telecom giant Comcast made the interesting claim that while competitor Netfix operates in the public internet, their on-demand movie service (Xfinity) operates in the private Internet. |
 | Fahrenheit 451 by Andrew Couts, Digital Trends In the spirit of the Bradbury novel and the Right-to-Know Monsanto initiative, a Google programmer has suggested a new error code indicating when a link you click on has been censored by the government. |
.jpg) | CISPA - SOPA, But Worse by EFF, Deeplinks Blog In the parade of dismal cybersecurity bills coming out of Congress, CISPA (passed by the house on April 26th) is setting a new low. |
| 5.9% of AT&T Shareholders Vote for Wireless Neutrality by Granty Goss, IDG News Service About 5.9 percent of AT&T shareholders have voted for a proposal calling on the company to commit to net neutrality principles on its wireless networks, but supporters of the measure called the vote a success. |
 | SXSW Misfire - The Human Hotspot by Emily Price, Mashable.com The company turned homeless people on the streets of Austin into wireless hotspots. |
| The Capacity Crisis Myth by Karl Bode, DSL Reports Karl Bode of DSL Reports addresses the dramatic spectrum crunch rumors that justify the new trend of data caps and premium user fees. |
 | Stop Online Piracy Act Overreaches by Rebecca McKinnon, New York Times Update 1/7 The Senate version (PIPA) is scheduled for a vote as soon as January 24th. |
| 1st Week of Net Neutrality: (Kinda) After the Senate turned away a resolution of disapproval 52-46, a new reality of wireless discrimination and wired neutrality began on 11/20/2011. |
 | Net Neutrality: A Global Struggle Net neutrality is often characterized as a developed world issue, but it may be as or more crucial for emerging economies. |
| "Can A Community Use Its Own Network?", Asks Longmont. Answer - YES Muni Networks Sometimes the 2nd time is the charm. On November 1st, voters in Longmont, Colorado overturned a 2010 referendum against letting their city use a municipal fiber ring to offer services to city residents. |