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While Comcast’s blocking is the most talked about violation of Net Neutrality, new information calls into question AT&T’s offering of unfettered access to the Internet.

Before their reincarnation as AT&T the phone company — following their merger with SBC — they were AT&T, the long distance company. (You may remember their never-ending ad campaign, 1-800-CALL-ATT.) The difference between the new AT&T and the old one is the latter didn’t control any wires — they just used them. This Read more »

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A peer to peer company is testing out a streaming video service for all the NCAA tournament games, utilizing the wonders of p2p. Of course, if Comcast ruled the world, you would be forced to forego this new innovative service and stick with your always satisfying Comcast TV service, where they make the choices for you. Read more »

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The FCC investigation of Comcast's violations of Net Neutrality is in full swing. Thousands of Free Press activists have weighed in, and yesterday Free Press and its allies in the SavetheInternet.com Coalition filed extensive research and legal analysis of what Comcast is doing (if you have been following the issue closely, you should enjoy all 100 pages).

Comcast is now playing defense.
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Chairman Martin and the newspaper association's chief spokesman John Sturm have spent the past six months doing all they can to convince Congress and the public that newspapers are in financial straights. The most common line you will hear from them is that the Internet has turned the media world on its head.

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AT&T and Verizon told the public they have changed their terms of service (ToS) so they no longer reserve the right to cancel customers service if they “damage the reputation” of the company. But the fine print shows that they really haven't changed a thing.

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In the latest example of why control over the Internet should not be left to the telephone and cable companies, the Associated Press (via here but with some original research) reports that Comcast has blocked its customers from using BitTorrent technology (If this upsets you don’t look here). Read more »

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In the current debate over whether national rules limiting how many outlets a media company can swallow up should be preserved, a central claim made by Big Media is that the Internet has turned the media world on its head -- and that they have no more power than a blogger in their basement.

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A few years ago the FCC adopted a new strategy to promote broadband deployment in the U.S. What had been in place up until this time was called open access. We trumpeted this policy to the world after our passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act (and we were able to convince many countries to adopt it). We then proceeded to do away with it all together.

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Many of the industry hacks, whose viewpoint depends solely on the highest bidder, work their hardest to misinform any member of the general public (and Congress) they can. One of their favored talking points is to say that Net Neutrality is a solution in search of problem. Beyond the obvious fact that Net Neutrality has been a solution everyday the Internet existed until the FCC decided to do away with the rule for first cable companies and then phone companies, look no further than that electronic device in your pocket or purse to find the elusive problem. Read more »

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