By Josh Centers on October 29th, 2009
The site’s been stagnant for over a week now, an unfortunate side effect of a sole contributor who has a pesky thing like a day job.
Fortunately, the past week has been kinda slow. John McCain, of all people, introduced a bill to block net neutrality. If you haven’t seen it, here’s John Stewart’s take on it:
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By Josh Centers on October 21st, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that ISPs are looking at metered internet connections in response to calls for net neutrality.
"This could come down to carriers saying, ‘If you don’t allow us to manage our networks the way we see fit, then we will just have to cap everything,’ " says Phillip Dampier, a consumer advocate focusing on technology issues in Rochester, N.Y. "They’ll make it an either/or thing: give them more control over their network or expect metered broadband."
Dampier helped force the end of Time Warner
Continue reading With Neutrality Looming, ISPs Eye Metered Internet
By Josh Centers on October 8th, 2009
Federal Communications Commission chair Julius Genachowski unveiled his MBA (Mobile Broadband Agenda) today at the CTIA wireless conference in San Diego.
"I believe that the biggest threat to the future of mobile in America is the looming spectrum crisis," Genachowski said.
Plans for the MBA include loosening regulations to ensure faster cell tower construction, freeing up more of the radio spectrum for wireless data, fact-based decision making, and applying net neutrality regulations to wireless carriers.
And if Genachowski’s prediction of
Continue reading FCC to Wireless Carriers: You Must Produce Additional Towers
By Josh Centers on October 7th, 2009
Today AT&T, in a surprise announcement, said it will begin allowing VoIP applications to utilize its 3G network. Before now, VoIP apps such as Vonage and Skype were allowed on Apple’s iPhone, under the condition that they be restricted to Wi-Fi or traditional telephone airtime.
Back in August AT&T admitted, in a letter to the FCC (PDF), to having an agreement with Apple to not create applications that would use their 3G network for VoIP.
It seems odd that
Continue reading AT&T, Under FCC Pressure, Now Allowing VoIP Over 3G for iPhone
By Josh Centers on October 4th, 2009
By Josh Centers on October 4th, 2009
For the uninitiated: Net neutrality is gearing up to be a hot-button topic in the mainstream media, and you’ll definitely be hearing about it here on Teknocratix. But what it is?
From Wikipedia:
A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as one where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.
Let’s put that into real world terms. Chances are, the internet as you know it now is pretty universal. For a flat monthly rate, you get access to any site on the internet,
Continue reading Just What is Net Neutrality, Anyway?