Tag: broadband
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Is Net Neutrality Changing Lanes? Or Stuck at a Traffic Light?
There are so many policy issues that are analyzed, politicized, lobbied and discussed these days. A fair number of discussions seem to revolve around technology. One of the issues that has been bantered about over the last two years is net neutrality. This topic probably affects more people than are knowledgeable about the topic. To…
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Update: Net Neutrality Legal Decision
I must have had some type of premonition on the subject of Net Neutrality. On Monday, I posted a blog article framing this public policy debate. Now, on June 14, a ruling from the legal system (no, I did not have any inside information). A 2-1 decision from a panel of the United States Courts…
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What does the color beige and the Internet have in common?
So … should the Internet be neutral? Metaphorically, beige in a manner of speaking. Neutrality. Consider the following scenario — Your wireless phone service provider is ABC while your brother Tom’s provider is XYZ. When Tom calls you from his cell phone, his call is placed in a queue waiting to connect to your phone. Then,…