Twitter is responding to mounting pressure after some high profile account compromises by allowing customers to opt-in to always-on secure HTTPS SSL mode.  Unfortunately, I doubt most people will go to the trouble of opting in by going to the security settings.  Since HTTPS is virtually cost-free to operate continuously for websites that already support HTTPS, Twitter [...]

James Goodmon, President & CEO of Capital Broadcasting Co. has introduced a new proposal for the National Broadband Plan to Chairman Julius Genachowski and the Federal Communications Commission.

Now that AT&T is following the footsteps of Comcast by instituting a 250 GB per month usage cap on their broadband service (150 GB for slower DSL customers), much of the outcry from the blogosphere aren’t justified by the facts.  These caps are large enough that they are irrelevant to 98% of the subscribers, and [...]

An old adage of marketing is that people do not buy drills – they buy holes. Cliché it may be, but the statement embodies real wisdom, in that businesses that focus on value as the customer sees it are more likely to prosper than those that do not. The cliché leads to other thoughts, such [...]

Clearwire Internet thought they could exaggerate their performance claims for their WiMAX wireless Internet services. The result is obvious customer anger and now a lawsuit.

During yesterdays House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on H.J. Resolution 37, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, Mr. Thomas DeReggi, owner of a small wireless ISP in Maryland, DC, and Virginia gave testimony providing 11 convincing reasons why the government should not be pursuing overreaching regulation for the Internet.

Glassman hosts Downes and Manne who discuss the Internet over the next decade. Both have contributed to the book The Next Digital Decade, published by Tech Freedom. A major point of conversation is whether or not the Internet needs government regulation and oversight, or should the Internet continue to evolve on its own.

Ookla, the company behind the popular speedtest.net broadband performance testing service, has released a new edition of the service this week with a few new features.  The already useful service is now even more useful with user accounts that allow users to save and share their test history data which is extremely useful for performance [...]

The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee is currently streaming live video of the hearing on H.J. Resolution 37, “Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission.”

Conversations With America: A Discussion on the State Department’s Internet Freedom Strategy DipNote Bloggers Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Domcracy, Human Rights, and Labor Leslie Harris, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology Moderated by P.J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley moderates a discussion between [...]