Staff / TruthdigMay 26, 2006
The panel recommended a version of the Net neutrality bill that would bar telecom companies from charging premium fees for Web companies that sell video and other content.
This is far from a full victory, but it's a step in that direction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2006
Companies like AT&T and BellSouth are backing an organization claiming to be saving the Internet by keeping it free of "burdensome and unnecessary regulation." But that's nonsense. They're the ones that want to put toll lanes on the Internet. (These are the same companies that reportedly handed over America's phone records to the NSA.)
Buzzflash sorts it out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 2, 2006
Rep. Ed Markey just introduced a net neutrality bill, which would prevent the creation of a two-tier Internet, with faster access for those Web companies that can pay for it. Check out the N.Y. Times' defense of neutrality, and a Washington Post Op-Ed argument against it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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