If you were were the CEO of Verizon, I could understand why you would want to rid everyone of net neutrality. A simple motive: make more money at the expense of the consumers. Seeing as how the majority of us are consumers of the services ISPs provide, I feel as though an overwhelming majority of more »

A leaked presentation from two media giants, Allot Communications and Openet, could mean some serious issues for the future of the internet. Were this devious plan to come to fruition, this could potentially be the end of net neutrality as we know it. Just a week ago, the idea of regulating the internet was in more »

Google and Verizon have announced a deal regarding net neutrality. As part of it, Verizon has agreed not to throttle or prioritize Google traffic coming through its pipes, but the agreement doesn’t cover mobile phone data. The companies have been working on the deal for months, ever since Verizon Wireless began carrying Android phones. When more »

AT&T really isn’t letting up on the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules. The company has expressed its displeasure with the proposed rules and have even gone after Google Voice in what seemed like a blatant distraction. Now, some advocacy groups are saying the telecom is going too far, as it has started asking “normal” people more »

Earlier this week, Julius Genachowski, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced his plans for Net Neutrality rules. The new rule would make it such that all ISPs, including wireless providers will have to permit any device, service or application on their network as long as it is legal and non-harmful. Needless to say, more »

Those who have been around the geekier parts of the Internet over the last few years probably know at least a decent amount about Net Neutrality. For those who don’t or need a refresher, Net Neutrality is an idea that’s meant to keep the Internet free, to prevent ISPs from throttling your service, blocking access more »

AT&T just can’t seem to get enough bad press as of late. First it comes out that AT&T Wireless won’t be bringing MMS to the iPhone until August. Then there’s the lack of tethering for the iPhone, followed closely by a push-back of iPhone MMS to September. Now it looks like AT&T’s DSL service wants more »

Is your broadband service slow? Or do you notice that certain traffic is slow while other traffic is not? There is a growing concern that ISPs are throttling different types of data, especially P2P BitTorrent traffic and traffic from competitors. On that news, Google and a group of partners announced the release of tools through the M-Lab project. The tools will allow users to test broadband connections, and allow security experts to learn better ways to secure the Net.

There has been a lot of talk in legal circles since the creation of the Internet about how the Internet should be regulated, and if it should be regulated at all. The most vocal section of the echo-chamber that is the Internet is dead set against any sort of regulation. I imagine that British Minister of Culture Andy Burnham isn’t one of those people.

Burnham is hoping to negotiate with President-Elect Barack Obama’s administration to try and bring about some sort of “international rules” regarding English language websites. One idea given is to give websites movie-esque ratings which would presumably have porn sites or sites with an immense amount of violence as the highest possible ratings. Another possible idea is forcing ISPs to offer connections where only child-friendly websites would be available. That could open up a lot of new and old issues regarding net neutrality in a way, as well as what’s deemed suitable for children.