Google NO LONGER a proponent of `Net Neutrality’!!!!!!

August 23, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service providers · Comments Off
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Net neutrality - the concept that all traffic on the Internet should be treated equally by service providers, regardless of its content - must apply to all of the Web.

FCC gives up on Net Neutrality compromise

August 22, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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Federal regulators are giving up efforts to negotiate a compromise between Web companies and Internet service providers over so-called net neutrality rules intended to prevent discrimination in the way online traffic is treated.

Big companies choosing sides on net neutrality

August 6, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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The principle of net neutrality - the idea that Internet service providers must treat all traffic equally, and not privilege certain content by giving it more, or less, bandwidth - is one the FCC has been more aggressive about implementing under the Obama administration.

Can Google ever live up to their Do No Evil policy?

August 5, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for dsl · Comments Off
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The internet was abuzz when Nytimes came out with a rumor of Google and Verizon inking a deal that would defeat the purpose of net neutrality, the deal would prevent Verizon from gimping traffic it doesn’t like on its DSL and FiOS networks.

Stealthy Government Contractor Monitors U.S. ISP’s

August 3, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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Forbes | A semi-secret government contractor that calls itself Project Vigilant surfaced at the Defcon security conference Sunday with a series of revelations: that it monitors the traffic of 12 regional Internet service providers (that they refused to name) and hands much of that information to federal agencies.

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