Representative Charles Dent will not be receiving my vote. He has hurt every independent businessperson in the US who does business on the web. He has hurt every consumer who buys goods and services on the web, INCLUDING my services. He has ignored the needs of his constituency. He will be voted OUT if I [...]

Congress can be bought. The Telecommunications Corporations spent OUR money to buy enough politicians to take the first step toward KILLING network neutrality. That’s the message we’ve gotten with the passage of the COPE act and the defeat of the Markey amendment to it in the House of Representatives.
I, for one, will be looking at [...]

According to the Guerilla News Network the AT&T folks are now waging a campaign of phone trickery to ensure that the internet will be nothing but an alternative to cable TV. This is one example of what is being done:
Here’s what “k0© had to report about this latest telco effort to deceive customers:
I just got [...]

The story has finally made it onto big media, both National and International– CNN (by way of Popular Science), Google News, The Wall Street Journal, PortalIT, Wired, Washington Monthly, and many more sources are now questioning the advisability of messing with the current status quo which is Net Neutrality.
Other Celebs and large Corporations have [...]

Though I’m glad that the committee passed the Bill for Strict Network Neutrality, which will now be put up for a vote in both the house and the senate, it worries me that this whole issue has become nothing but another Congressional Turf War. The stakes? Whether the FCC or the Judiciary Committee oversees Network [...]

The waters on this whole issue are getting VERY muddy. Network Neutrality, which, according to Wikipedia, is synonymous with common carrier status for providers of the pipe to the network and, having received valuable public right of way should not be allowed to be privately owned without open access so that owners could provide services [...]

Corporate Greed and Politicians– Perfect Together. Now they’re trying to sell our internet to the highest bidder, ensuring that only those with the bucks can access the “higher tier” content. I’m embarassed to note that both NJ and PA representatives voted against the Markey amendment to ensure Network Neutrality.
Congressmen Barton and Rush are the culprits [...]