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Editorial: The Next Hard Date
The FCC continued to push toward last week's DTV finish line—make that starting line—but it will have no time to catch its breath before it shifts its focus to another digital transition and another Feb. 17 hard date. The agency will begin to tackle the Herculean task of figuring out how to get More -
Google Tries To Pave Its Own “Fast Lane” On The Web
Internet giant Google is attempting to strike deals with broadband providers that would ensure the fast delivery of Google content by placing Google servers in their technical facilities, according to a story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal. More -
McDowell: Fairness Doctrine, Net Neutrality Linked
FCC commissioner: Reimposition of Fairness Doctrine could affect Web policy. More -
Op-Ed: Through the Looking Glass
To a spinmeister, a name can be a most flexible tool. Case in point? The term 'net neutrality'. More -
The Net-Neutrality Spinners
To a spinmeister, a name can be a most flexible tool. Case in point? The term "net neutrality." "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to meanneither more nor less." That was Alice Through the Looking Glass 135 years ago. The rule still applies today. More -
Net Neutrality and Free Speech
The debate over Internet neutrality continues to rage. Proposed net-neutrality laws would commonly prohibit all broad - band service providers, such as Verizon and Comcast, from blocking or degrading access to any lawful content on the Internet or from “discriminating” against any unaffiliated entity by refusing to send or post any content. More -
Net Neutrality—Spring Sweeps or Last Season’s Rerun?
Last month, most major TV networks ended their programming season and began showing reruns. The same is true in the telecom world- although net neutrality appears to be in its first season, it is really just a rerun, from the “open access” debate of the 1990s. More -
Commisso Takes Aim at Net Neutrality
In a stark departure from the cable industry's public position, Mediacom CEO Rocco Commisso decried proposed "net neutrality" rules Monday by saying they keep cable operators from deciding how to "rent" their networks to Web content providers. More -
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Preparing for Battle
Leggy casino girls in hot-pink leotards strutted into TV trade-magazine offices last week, toting fuzzy dice and chocolates a showy stunt by CGTV, the casino and gaming television network, whose smirking executives trailed behind, shaking hands and handing out marketing brochures. The Vegas-based channel, looking to get publicity for its third-quarter launch, is one of more than a dozen... More -
Capital Watch
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A Source of Angst for the Cable Industry
The Internet was little more than a dream of military computer specialists when Amazon.com lobbyist Paul Misener decided to combine his electrical engineering and computer-science training with a career in public policy, but, for the self-described "nerd/techie" who grew up in a Washington suburb, parlaying his love of technology into a career in the local industry was a natural. More -
Broadband tug o'war
Industry is pushing the administration hard for a policy that encourages aggressive broadband deployment, while regulators say it's too early to write specific rules for a developing market.Many prominent technology companies want the government to set a goal of ensuring that 100 million homes have access to Internet connections of at least 100 Mb/s by the end of 2010. More -
Clinton: Digital dividegrowing
Telecommunications companies are rolling out broadband services much faster in urban markets than in rural, according to a report the Clinton administration released last week. More
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