Monday, February 27, 2006
CNN.com - Tolls could dot the Internet highway - Feb 27, 2006
CNN.com - Tolls could dot the Internet highway - Feb 27, 2006: "NEW YORK (AP) -- On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind -- they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.
That's something operators of the Internet highway, the major U.S. phone companies, want to change by effectively adding a toll lane: They want to be able to give priority treatment to those who pay to get through faster."
That's something operators of the Internet highway, the major U.S. phone companies, want to change by effectively adding a toll lane: They want to be able to give priority treatment to those who pay to get through faster."
Survey: Rural Broadband Users Closing Gap - Yahoo! News
Survey: Rural Broadband Users Closing Gap - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK - The use of high-speed Internet services is growing fast in rural America, partly closing the gap between country and city, a survey shows."
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Future of the Internet Highway Debated - Yahoo! News
Future of the Internet Highway Debated - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK - On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind — they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.
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That's something operators of the Internet highway, the major U.S. phone companies, want to change by effectively adding a toll lane: They want to be able to give priority treatment to those who pay to get through faster."
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That's something operators of the Internet highway, the major U.S. phone companies, want to change by effectively adding a toll lane: They want to be able to give priority treatment to those who pay to get through faster."
Networking Pipeline | Former FCC Chairman Powell: Net Neutrality 'Doing Great'
Networking Pipeline | Former FCC Chairman Powell: Net Neutrality 'Doing Great': "BOULDER, Colo. -- Even as the debate about Network Neutrality heats up and spawns headline-grabbing rhetorical fury, the man who started it all -- former FCC chairman Michael Powell -- can kick back, relax, and say that his so-called Internet Freedoms are 'doing great.'"
Tollbooths on the Internet Highway - New York Times
Tollbooths on the Internet Highway - New York Times: "When you use the Internet today, your browser glides from one Web site to another, accessing all destinations with equal ease. That could change dramatically, however, if Internet service providers are allowed to tilt the playing field, giving preference to sites that pay them extra and penalizing those that don't."
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Politicos divided on need for 'net neutrality' mandate | CNET News.com
Politicos divided on need for 'net neutrality' mandate | CNET News.com: "Net surfers should be able to enjoy unfettered access to content, politicians said Tuesday, but they remained divided over whether new laws forcing 'net neutrality' principles on broadband providers are the way to go."
Monday, February 13, 2006
Yahoo Grapples With Online Rights - New York Times
Yahoo Grapples With Online Rights - New York Times: "In advance of what could be harsh Congressional questioning this week, Yahoo plans to issue a statement today outlining its belief in openness and freedom of speech — even when it is forced to violate those beliefs by laws in China."
Sunday, February 12, 2006
DenverPost.com - BUSINESS
DenverPost.com - BUSINESS: "Small Internet phone-calling companies in Colorado are booming, part of a nationwide trend away from traditional phone service.
Golden-based New Global Telecom is one of the fastest-growing - exploding from about 3,000 customers to almost 60,000 in the past year."
Golden-based New Global Telecom is one of the fastest-growing - exploding from about 3,000 customers to almost 60,000 in the past year."
Saturday, February 11, 2006
TV When -- and Where -- You Want It
TV When -- and Where -- You Want It: "Michael K. Simmons Jr.'s two jobs occupy every day of the week, straining his otherwise loving relationship with TV.
But new technology is here to help. Simmons has learned how to download basketball games from Web sites like ESPN360 and snippets of the Grammy Awards show from Yahoo. He records shows such as 'Lost' and '24' to his laptop."
But new technology is here to help. Simmons has learned how to download basketball games from Web sites like ESPN360 and snippets of the Grammy Awards show from Yahoo. He records shows such as 'Lost' and '24' to his laptop."
Friday, February 10, 2006
Is Apple creating the FCC's worst fear?
Is Apple creating the FCC's worst fear?: "It's election time in Washington, and you can almost smell the campaign contributions - and the political causes that generate them. In this light, both the Senate and the House want to take up telecom regulation again, playing on the FCC's recent decision to free the RBOCs from sharing their high-speed DSL and fiber to the home. The RBOCs want to charge extra for the QoS needed for services such as premium video. The 'we want everything for free crowd' wants (no surprise) QoS for free. It may be that Apple has already cast the deciding vote."
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google's 'Free Lunch'
Verizon Executive Calls for End to Google's 'Free Lunch': "A Verizon Communications Inc. executive yesterday accused Google Inc. of freeloading for gaining access to people's homes using a network of lines and cables the phone company spent billions of dollars to build."
Monday, February 06, 2006
Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in China - New York Times
Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in China - New York Times: "What if the Chinese authorities didn't simply force Google to exclude sites like hrw.org (the Human Rights Watch Web site) and lesbian.com from the Chinese version of its search engine results, or insist that Yahoo hop to whenever the government fancied the identity of one of its e-mail users, as the authorities have done?"
Don't blow it, Congress | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Don't blow it, Congress | Perspectives | CNET News.com: "As Congress begins writing new telecom legislation, a big question is whether Internet users will have the same broad freedom to access applications and content as before, or whether their online experience will be controlled by companies supplying your Net access."
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail - New York Times
Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail - New York Times: "This Tuesday the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to consider legislation for what has been called Net neutrality — effectively banning Internet access companies from giving preferred status to certain providers of content. The concern is that companies that do not pay could find it hard to reach customers or attract new ones, threatening the openness of the Internet."
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Is Verizon a Network Hog?
Is Verizon a Network Hog?: "Documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission show that Verizon Communications (VZ) is setting aside a wide lane on its fiber-optic network for delivering its own television service. According to Marvin Sirbu, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University who examined the documents, more than 80% of Verizon's current capacity is earmarked for carrying its service, while all other traffic jostles in the remainder."
The Shackles Of The Net
CBS News | The Shackles Of The Net | February 2, 2006 16:04:41: "The nation’s largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online. "
Tech.gov: A Gated Internet - Yahoo! News
Tech.gov: A Gated Internet - Yahoo! News: "A number of telephone companies such as SBC/AT&T, Verizon and others have begun talking about offering a new prioritization service to Internet businesses. The general concept is simple: Pay the ISP some extra money, and the data packets to and from your Web site get priority. Your users will get the information they want faster, or perhaps they will enjoy a smoother online gaming experience, or they'll be able to make their purchases more quickly. Whichever the case, what business wouldn't want to deliver a better online experience to its customers?"
Web's Big 3 Jockey for First
Web's Big 3 Jockey for First: "If the business race for Internet supremacy were a horse race, here's how I'd handicap it today:
Google is way out in front, with hints of tiring. Yahoo is a distant second, but gaining. Microsoft is the only other runner still on the track -- several lengths behind, no less -- but the aging champion won't quit."
Google is way out in front, with hints of tiring. Yahoo is a distant second, but gaining. Microsoft is the only other runner still on the track -- several lengths behind, no less -- but the aging champion won't quit."
BetaNews | EarthLink Runs VoIP Over Phone Lines
BetaNews | EarthLink Runs VoIP Over Phone Lines: "he VoIP market is one of the fastest growing Internet industries. While it only had less than two percent penetration in 2004, research firm IDC predicts that number will rise to 22.1 percent by 2008. Furthermore, JupiterResearch projects that as many as 20 million US households will subscribe to a VoIP service."
MercuryNews.com | 02/01/2006 | Google tests VoIP calls to firms
MercuryNews.com | 02/01/2006 | Google tests VoIP calls to firms: "Google is adding another way to cash in on search advertising, confirming Tuesday that it is working with a Florida-based telephone network to allow people to make Internet phone calls directly to the companies highlighted in its search results.
A Google spokesman briefly explained the company's dealings with VoIP Inc. after a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the Ft. Lauderdale-based company Monday made vague reference to a Google telecommunications service."
A Google spokesman briefly explained the company's dealings with VoIP Inc. after a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the Ft. Lauderdale-based company Monday made vague reference to a Google telecommunications service."
Rocky Mountain News: Tech & telecom
Rocky Mountain News: Tech & telecom: "Colorado legislators shot down a bid to prevent state and local municipalities from taxing Internet- based phone services, the second year the measure has failed.
The House Finance Committee voted 7-6 to defeat the measure proposed by Rep. Matt Knoedler, R-Lakewood, and also voted to keep the matter from being heard again this term."
The House Finance Committee voted 7-6 to defeat the measure proposed by Rep. Matt Knoedler, R-Lakewood, and also voted to keep the matter from being heard again this term."
Light Reading - Broadband - Our Fiber-Fed Future - Telecom
Light Reading - Broadband - Our Fiber-Fed Future - Telecom: "After several decades of false starts, FTTx is finally on its way in Europe – with potentially momentous implications for Europe's incumbent telcos.
Fiber to the home, the office, or the building is the endgame for European wireline access networks, as it is throughout the developed world. If incumbents make the wrong decisions here, they face at best a radically reduced role in telecom, and at worst extinction. It may already be too late for them to survive in anything like their current form, at least on the wireline side of their business."
Fiber to the home, the office, or the building is the endgame for European wireline access networks, as it is throughout the developed world. If incumbents make the wrong decisions here, they face at best a radically reduced role in telecom, and at worst extinction. It may already be too late for them to survive in anything like their current form, at least on the wireline side of their business."
NE Asia Online 2006 Feb : PON, VDSL: Providers Evaluate Tradeoffs
