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Google's Cerf Offers Alternate Strategy to Metered Broadband Billing
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GIFC Offers Software Tools to Overcome Internet Censorship in China
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EFF Releases New Tool for Internet Users to Test ISP Interference
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U.S. Lawmakers Demand Telcos and Internet Companies to Disclose Web Tracking Practices
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FCC Reprimands Comcast for Internet Traffic Throttling
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Apple Finally Patches DNS Flaw
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U.S. Intends to Remain in Full Control of Internet Root Zone, Says Letter from NTIA
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U.S. Senate Modernizes Cyber-Crime Laws
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Broadband Adoption Slowest in Years Among U.S. Providers
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GENI Awarded $12M for Project to Rebuild the Internet from Scratch
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International Olympic Committee Admits to Internet Censorship Deal with China
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DNS Attack Creator Becomes a Victim of His Own Creation
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China Installs Internet-Spying Equipment in Hotels, Suspected of Spying on Olympics Hotel Guests
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HP, Intel and Yahoo Team Up In Cloud Computing Research
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Featured Blogs Hunting Unicorns: Myths and Realities of the Net Neutrality Debate
In many ways, the emotionally charged debate on Network Neutrality (NN) has been a lot like hunting Unicorns. While hunting the mythical horse could be filled with adrenalin, emotion, and likely be quite entertaining, the prize would ultimately prove to be elusive. As a myth, entertaining; but when myths become reality, then all bets are off. The Network Neutrality public and private debate has been filled with more emotion than rational discussion, and in its wake a number of myths have become accepted as reality. Unfortunately, public policy, consumer broadband services, and service provider business survival hang in the balance. more »
Aug 04, 2008 - by Kurt Dobbins - Comments: 0
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Policy & Regulation, Privacy, VoIP June Court Decision Detrimental to Domaining Practices
In a June court ruling, domainer Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basic Fusion lost a cybersquatting lawsuit to Verizon... This is an extremely interesting and potentially precedent-setting case regarding domaining and domain name tasting. The court condemns both practices, leading to a preliminary injunction against the domainer and its registrar based on the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). As far as I can recall, this is the first time that a domainer has lost an ACPA lawsuit in court, and it provides an important data point confirming that domaining can be cybersquatting (a previously unresolved issue)... more »
Aug 02, 2008 - by Eric Goldman - Comments: 6
Related Topics: Cybersquatting, Domain Names, Law FCC's Comcast Ruling Inconsistent and Incoherent
After voting on the Comcast order today, Kevin Martin and his Democratic Party colleagues issued press releases telling us how they saved the Internet from Comcast's discriminatory practices, but they've failed to release the actual order they adopted and subsequently re-wrote. Commissioner McDowell wasn't allowed to see the revised order until 7:00 PM the night before the meeting. Rumor has it that high-level spin doctors are still trying to remove all the rough edges, inconsistencies, and factual errors. more »
Aug 01, 2008 - by Richard Bennett - Comments: 3
Related Topics: Broadband, Internet Governance, Law, Net Neutrality, P2P, Policy & Regulation, VoIP Comcast and the Internet
Today the FCC is condemning Comcast's practices with respect to P2P transmissions.I'm happy for FreePress and Public Knowledge today, and I know they have achieved a substantial change in the wind. The basic idea that it's not okay for network access providers to discriminate unreasonably against particular applications is now part of the mainstream communications discourse. That has to be good news. I'm concerned on a couple of fronts. The FCC has taken the view that it can adjudicate, on a case-by-case basis, issues that have to do with "Federal Internet Policy." They used that phrase several times... more »
Aug 01, 2008 - by Susan Crawford - Comments: 1
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Law, Net Neutrality, Policy & Regulation Another Wrong-Headed WSJ Editorial
Those wacky editorial writers at the Wall Street Journal just cannot seem to get the facts straight about network neutrality and what the FCC has done or can do on this matter. In the July 30, 2008 edition (Review and Outlook A14), the Journal vilifies FCC Chairman Kevin Martin for starting along the slippery slope of regulating Internet content. The Journal writers just seem to love hyperbole, and are not beyond ignoring the facts when they do not support a party line. Here are a few examples from the editorial... more »
Jul 31, 2008 - by Rob Frieden - Comments: 11
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Net Neutrality, P2P, Wireless Is Anti-Virus Dead?
Each SANSFIRE, the Handlers who can make it to DC get together for a panel discussion on the state of information security. Besides discussion of the hot DNS issue, between most of us there is a large consensus into some of the biggest problems that we face. Two come to mind, the fact that "users will click anything" and that "anti-virus is no longer sufficient". These are actually both related in my mind... more »
Jul 31, 2008 - by John Bambenek - Comments: 1
Related Topics: Security, Spam Customer Owned Fiber in Ottawa
Arstechnica had a nice article yesterday by Timothy Lee entitled 'The really long tail' following up on Derek Slater's article last week on the Google Public Policy Blog entitled 'What if you could own your Internet connection?' Both articles are about a pilot project in Ottawa.The "tail" in Timothy's article is the "last mile" (or as I prefer, "first mile") fiber connection from individual homes to a network peering point or other aggregation point where individuals can then choose from among multiple competing ISPs. The importance is, as Timothy Lee puts it... more »
Jul 31, 2008 - by Brough Turner - Comments: 2
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband Why We'll Never Replace SMTP
An acquaintance asked whether there's been any progress in the oft-rumored project to come up with a more secure replacement for SMTP. Answer: No. Truly, spam isn't a technical problem, it's a social one. If we could figure out some way to make mail recipient networks and hosts willing to shun known bad actors, even at the cost of losing some real mail for a while until the bad actors cave, it would make vastly more difference than any possible technical changes. more »
Jul 30, 2008 - by John Levine - Comments: 0
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Industry Updates dotMobi Lands Key Licensing Agreements for Its Leading Mobile Device Database
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