Jordan presents his latest article touching on a subject that is a growing concern amongst engineers. Generally speaking, when Network Neutrality is discussed, that discussion revolves around the wired network. But particularly in the last 5 years wireless networks have seen growth rates at levels in some cases over 1000%. As the Net Neutrality debate continues, Jordan ponders if the debate for Net Neutrality when applied to the wireless network would need to be altered.

Goldman authors his latest article on the free editability of Wikipedia. He believes this free editability is both what makes Wikipedia unique and its “achilles heel” as he puts it. Goldman puts forth the argument that Wikipedia has survived longer than many other user-generated content websites because it has a very loyal following of editors.

Authors Castro, Atkinson, and Ezell examine the rapid growth of the self-service that has occurred because of information technology. The area of self-service is any service that was previously provided by a service agent. The authors use the example of a telephone operator, for instance, to place a call for you that is now done via self-service.

Playstation 3 is the most connected device in America, according to a Diffusion Group report on connected entertainment systems. TDG also found that of houses connected to broadband Internet connections, a third own game consoles that also are connected to the Internet.

Colin Dixon and Steve Symonds of The Diffusion Group analyze security concerns in online television delivery. They argue that it differs from cable or satellite delivery because choosing the wrong method online could leave content open to piracy.

Ford and Spiwak analyze the proposed new Net Neutrality rule in the FCC’s Proposed Rulemaking for the “Open Internet”. The rule is commonly referred to as the “bright line non-discrimination rule”. The authors argue that this rule does not work with the concepts of discrimination found in “economic literature and established communications jurisprudence”.

ABI Research is has released a report today that indicates that Verizon and Sprint were the big traffic carriers in 2009. AT&T spent much of 2009 under fire for network congestion around the country and specifically in New York and San Francisco. The report claims that 63% of mobile data was transferred by Verizon and Sprint. Verizon carried the most data, followed by Sprint, and then AT&T.

Esbin establishes the argument in her article that the FCC’s Broadband Plan is “a plan for a plan”. Bringing about the notion that there is no real substance, unity in objectives, or singular goal in the plan. She indicates that the plan reads as if it was simply a bunch of smaller plans that the FCC hopes will work in conjunction.

In a paper that explores the evolution of the Internet economy over the last 25 years, ITIF scholars note that the majority of Internet users today most likely would identify the Internet with Web 2.0 sites like Twitter or Facebook, while in reality the Internet economy has traveled a long and winding road, leading from a desolate landscape to 80 million .com domains and 1.7 billion users.

CDT tackled the growing use of digital signage in public places and how it can affect privacy in a new report. It covers technologies such as facial recognition, mobile marketing, social networks and radio-frequency identification.