net neutrality

Throw a rock in the air and you’ll hit someone who uses the Internet. Throw the same rock again and you’ll hit someone who has no idea what Internet neutrality is. That’s the thing with people. No one cares how it works as long as it works. But with some issues, caring only when the machine breaks down cannot and will not fix anything. Imagine that you’re living on a space station looking down at the Earth below, and your every breath is provided by machines pumping air into the little tin can you call home. You have instruments that tell you when there’s a problem, but you ignore them because you figure someone else can deal with it. You only start to notice something’s wrong when suddenly you can’t breathe deeply. You can only hold your breath so long. Without the Internet as a neutral playing field people plugging into the matrix will find a much different experience than they have known before.

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Comcast is not alone on the list of wannabe gatekeepers. Cox Communications has joined the ranks with news today that it is degrading and blocking customer file-sharing in the same deceptive manner.

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As many of you already know, Headzup's satirical cartoons have been known to traverse the globe within minutes of publication by being passed from cell phone to cell phone as forwarded picture messages. By carefully crafting our daily cartoons to "fly under the radar" of monopolistic mobile network operators, we are working to establish an early beachhead from which other progressive voices can be heard.

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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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Pobreza, Raza, Discapacidad y intellectuales Migratorios de la Prensa Pobre y Voces De Inmigrantes en Resistancia testifican la verdad a la FCC sobre el asunto de la Neutralidad del Internet.

Poverty, Race, Disability and Migrant scholars from PoorNewsNetwork(PNN) in collaboration with Media organizers from all ova da bay speak truth to the FCC on Net Neutrality

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And they’re coming out of the woodwork. Another peer-to-peer software application is warning that many major phone and cable companies – not just Comcast – may be targeting and blocking legal Web traffic.

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This may be the only place I don’t feel the need to play up the importance of tomorrow’s Commerce Committee hearing on Net Neutrality.

When I’ve talked to other people – and when I post on other blogs – about this hearing, I always try to grab people’s attention and tell them that, even with the primary tomorrow, we need to keep our eyes on the ball when it comes to Net Neutrality and the future of the Internet.

I know I don’t have to tell all of you at SavetheInternet.com about that.

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ColorOfChange.org has done incredible work around issues like the Jena 6 and aftermath of Katrina (and many others). To do that, they rely heavily on the Internet to mobilize, and spread their message. In a brief statement, James Rucker of ColorOfChange.org explains the importance of net neutrality, and how it affects their organization.

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Today people will have their first chance to speak directly to all five FCC commissioners about the irresponsible and discriminatory behavior of Comcast and other companies who want to block and filter the Internet. At Stanford University, hundreds of people are gathered to speak out about the importance of an open Internet for education, innovation, competition, and free speech.

But you don’t have to be at Stanford to make your voice heard too. Join the conversation right here as Free Press staffers blog live while the hearing unfolds.

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