Blow to Net Neutrality
April 06, 2010
A federal appeals court has ruled against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in their effort to enforce standards amongst internet service providers (ISPs) potentially negating net neutrality and costing customers more money for fewer services. Full article...
Why Net Neutrality Matters
March 05, 2006
When the information super-highway was first being planned and created, the idea that one day people would be downloading music, making phone calls, and performing video conferencing on the same lines as they were receiving email and browsing the web would have been a foreign concept that few, if any, would ever have imagined. Full article...
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