Category Archives: internet

FCC Expected to Pass Net Neutrality Rules Today, Drawing Line Between Wired and Wireless Web

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Clay Dillow

We’re Sorry, Your ISP Doesn’t Offer Our Service Sufficient Bandwidth Net Neutrality advocates worry that Internet service providers could require some bandwidth-heavy services to pay more to deliver their data, or that some services or applications mig… Continue reading →

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Canada: We might be America’s hat, but we don’t like caps

Posted on December 17, 2010 by nate@arstechnica.com (Nate Anderson)

The City of Vancouver doesn’t like usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet access; this kind of traffic metering “will act as a tax on innovation, free expression, and empowerment,” according to the city council. In addition, mete… Continue reading →

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What You Need To Know About Data Portability

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Elias Bizannes

Elias Bizannes is the chairperson and executive director of the DataPortability Project. He is also the founder of the StartupBus, the Silicon Beach community, and works at search engine startup Vast.com, Inc.Data Portability can be loosely described a… Continue reading →

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