BitTorrent continues to claim that their application is “network friendly” despite all the evidence to the contrary, yet their assertions are cited as fact by the blogosphere and public policy groups with nothing to back their claims. It turns out that BitTorrent made the conscious decision to be more selfish rather than friendly yet they oppose common sense solutions at the network level.

Inimai Chettiar and Scott Holladay from the Institute for Policy Integrity New York University School of Law want to ban advanced Internet architectures like Paid Peering, and they believe that no content provider should be permitted to purchase better connectivity. This is the type of economic and engineering nonsense that we hope to avoid.

Inimai Chettiar and Scott Holladay from the Institute for Policy Integrity New York University School of Law have responded to my critique of their report with the following rebuttal posted in its entirety. Note that Digital Society does not hold the following views, but we’re going to publish it as is and respond to it with our own rebuttal.

I’ve been saying for years that 3G is not suitable or scalable for VoIP communications, but it’s great to see Gigaom being level headed about the lack of VoIP services over 3G and going beyond the usual conspiracy theories.  There were some things in Om’s article that needs to be clarified.  Skype’s VoIP payload is [...]

Amazon, a big Net Neutrality advocate has come around to acknowledge the fact that it is reasonable for broadband service providers to sell premium service to broadband subscribers or content providers. But its requirement of “no harm” needs a lot of clarification to be practical.

The market place for Internet server bandwidth is a competitive and open market, but the FCC’s proposed NPRM “Net Neutrality” rules threatens to eliminate many of the innovative connectivity services from the Internet. But it is crucial that we understand the full ramifications of outlawing existing and future connectivity models.

A new paper from the Institute for Policy Integrity of the New York University School of Law claims that without Net Neutrality, ISPs can double charge and extort content providers. But their use of flawed models caused them to reverse the costs and reverse the conclusion.

It would seem that I was way off mark when I said that Google’s Early Termination Fee (ETF) for the new Nexus One phone was effectively $350, it’s actually $550 which is more than the price of buying the unsubsidized full price of the phone!

Phil Baker wrote an editorial in which he repeated the myth that opponents to Internet regulation are fighting for the ability of ISPs to block websites and operate discriminatory (in the bad sense) services. But Baker has it backwards because it is the new regulations that block free speech.

One of the technologies that everyone has been raving about is Pixel Qi‘s transflexive hybrid display that gives you the benefits of a traditional fast responding and vivid LCD screen and a low power low eye strain reflective e-paper display.  The technology can be manufactured on existing LCD fabrication plants which means it can easily [...]