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[George Ou | 22 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
New harsher Net Neutrality rules endanger investments

The newly proposed Net Neutrality rules are far more heavy handed than the 2006 Net Neutrality rules that AT&T lived under and it will have a dramatic negative impact on investments and the economy.

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[Nick R Brown | 21 Oct 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Research: Reg Policy Could Decline Investment

ITIF and former FCC Commissioner, Harold Furchtgott-Roth have produced separate studies which indicate a decline in broadband investment due to regulation that would exceed investment from software and online content providers.

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[George Ou | 21 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Canada adopts light touch regulations on Net Neutrality

he Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which is the Canadian equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States has announced that they are adopting a light touch approach to Net Neutrality. CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein explained that their regulatory framework will foster the freedom to innovate for consumers, application provide, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

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[George Ou | 20 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
New FCC Net Neutrality rules based on flawed report

The FCC appears to be justifying its new Net Neutrality rules on moot and flawed data on BitTorrent TCP resets.

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[George Ou | 19 Oct 2009 | 20 Comments | ]
Flawed data in Berkman broadband study

Much of the underlying data in the Berkman broadband study appear to be so flawed that it raises serious doubts about the conclusions in the study.

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[Jon Henke | 19 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
Questions for the FCC on Net Neutrality

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a Web Memo today with questions the FCC and Congress should “get a much better handle on before taking action” on net neutrality.

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[Nick R Brown | 16 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
“Blue Bell” Dubbed Dems Address FCC

A growing number of Democrats have asked the FCC to back off on its Net Neutrality push.

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[George Ou | 16 Oct 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Don’t outlaw successful business models on the Internet

Newly proposed regulation on Net Neutrality regulation threatens to cripple existing business models on the Internet.

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[George Ou | 15 Oct 2009 | 6 Comments | ]

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just passed a new regulation that requires glazed glass in automobiles that is supposed to reduce the need to use air conditioning.  The catch is that the same properties that block electromagnetic sunlight radiation also blocks lower frequency electromagnetic radio waves.  That means radios, satellite radios, GPS, garage door [...]

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[George Ou | 13 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
The problem with cost per Mbps comparisons

The problem with using cost per Mbps is that it doesn’t factor in actual performance and usage caps. Broadband prices are a small factor in Internet innovation and server colocation prices are more relevant to businesses.