Archive for August, 2008

Lessons learned from the FCC decision

August 1, 2008 by Kurt Dobbins

In the FCC ruling today, the commission criticized both the technology and the transparency of Comcast’s network management practices.  Network management in and of itself is not a problem, as the Commission has said in their FCC principles protecting consumer access to the Internet. The particular method used by Comcast is at the heart of [...]

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Hunting Unicorns: Myths and Realities of the Net Neutrality Debate

August 1, 2008 by Kurt Dobbins

In many ways, the emotionally charged debate on Network Neutrality (NN) has been a lot like hunting Unicorns. While hunting the mythical horse could be filled with adrenalin, emotion, and likely be quite entertaining, the prize would ultimately prove to be elusive. As a myth, entertaining; but when myths become reality, then all bets are [...]

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