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Network Measurement Agent tool released by NNSquad

05/30/08, 11:25 AM

The stuff coming through on the FreePress daily update about media matters is full of how little info we have about the Comcast Brouhaha, and how to that their “network management” is more like “competitor blocking”. Bennett keeps spewing about it on WetMachine as well, saying that Topolsky & Co really haven’t proven anything. That’s […]

Mainstream Media’s Trashing of the Presidential Primary

04/25/08, 2:01 PM

I knew there was a reason I threw out my TV ten years ago. Yesterday I was over a friend’s house and he had the news on, I’m not sure which network, but some talking heads were discussing how Obama is “off his game” and how Hillary still has a shot. The conversation went on […]

Earthlink, my ISP, violates Net Neutrality

04/21/08, 10:27 AM

Yeah, this burns my buns in a big way, especially since I chose Earthlink for my ISP BECAUSE they supported Net Neutrality. If I had another choice for an ISP right now other than Verizon, who is much worse, or RCN, who is a joke of major proportions, I’d be looking at switching ISPs for […]

WiMax, Rural Broadband, the Spectrum Auction and the USDA

03/30/08, 9:28 AM

Om Malik is reporting a MAJOR investment by the USDA in a mystery company called Open Range Communications. The company secured USDA financing to the tune of $267 million for the purpose of rolling out BroadBand to Rural Areas. This announcement comes fast on the heels of two other news events– the wrapup of the […]

Spend $16 Billion and Learn how to Share. Mr. Rogers would be proud.

03/28/08, 9:27 PM

How much you wanna bet there are a bunch of former AT&T and Verizon Legal Weenies out there looking for work, since they missed the Devil in the Details that allows Wireless Microphones to operate in that UHF Spectrum Range they just spent Megabucks by the tractor trailer full to purchase? Wet Machine has the […]

The Boston FCC hearing and Comcast’s Sleeping Audience

02/27/08, 10:14 PM

Apparently Comcast PAID a bunch of people to show up 90 minutes early and fill the seats at the FCC hearing at Harvard on Comcast’s blocking of Legitimate BitTorrent traffic by Spoofing packets. And after the folks at SaveTheInternet.com caught a bunch of the seat fillers on Video admitting they were paid to be there, […]

Comcast, BitTorrent and Net Neutrality

02/18/08, 3:02 PM

Right now the FCC is looking into Comcast’s packet spoofing to shut off BitTorrent traffic, which Comcast says is for the purpose of “managing the network”. Never mind that there are other ways to accomplish the same thing. Oh, and might I mention that LEGAL uses of BitTorrent are in direct competition with one of […]

NC Dems Investigating FCC Chairman Martin’s use of FCC funds

02/16/08, 12:38 PM

Hmm, wonder if we’ll get someone EVEN WORSE than Martin if he’s found to be crooked . . .
North Carolina Democratic Party Investigates FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

Technorati Tags: FCC Chairman Martin, Misuse of Government Funds, North Carolina Democratic Party

The Telecomms, Lobbyists, State Government, and Big Media

01/14/08, 6:31 PM

The small local independent papers are full of news that is NOT being picked up by Big Media, and when you put these pieces together it shows how broken things are. First are the stories about the big telecomms steamrolling into statehouses and buying state congressmen right and left, not to mention Governors, to get […]

Net Neutrality, Round Three

12/12/07, 11:28 PM

So lately the ISPs, most recently Rogers in Canada, have been shooting themselves in the foot by proving they cannot be trusted to act as a dumb pipe and deliver the content that internet users request. Rogers was recently caught inserting their own content into webpages, with the excuse that they needed to let their […]

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