Citizens Thwart Sneak Attack on Internet in N.C.
Time Warner Cable and AT&T tried to pull a fast one on North Carolina residents before most of us even had our morning coffee today. Turns out stifling Internet access happens at all hours of the day.
But even the companies’ powerful team of lobbyists couldn’t stand up to the overwhelming netroots and grassroots pressure to [...]
Net Neutrality Defended in the EU
On Wednesday, May 6, the European Parliament voted on the “Telecoms Package,” a new set of amendments that represent a serious attack on Europeans’ civil liberties when it comes to freedom of access to the Internet. The vote could have legalized something that some broadband providers have already been doing in the past: selectively blocking [...]
Don’t Take New Hampshire for Granite!
This Portsmouth, New Hampshire native is gleeful about the news that the New Hampshire Senate passed a state marriage equality bill Wednesday afternoon by 13 to 11. Since a similar marriage bill passed the House last month, the bill can move forward to the desk of Governor Lynch as soon as the House approves [...]
AT&T Quietly Updates its Wireless Plans (Again)
Quietly, last night, AT&T revised its wireless plans. In the latest changes to the company’s service terms, it looks like AT&T is trying to exempt its own video services while prohibiting competing services like the Slingbox.
Sound familiar? I wrote about it on April 3rd. iPhone and PDA users literally felt their significant investment get [...]
Grading the Internet President
Those of us who focus on media and Internet policy were caught off guard in 2008 when a handful of presidential candidates started to talk about the media and not just through it.
The problem of the media was mentioned in stump speeches in Silicon Valley and Palm Beach, Florida, and on whistle stops in [...]
Time Warner Cable Wants to Take Internet Away From N.C. Residents
Farmer Jay Foushee has pleaded with his phone company for years to bring high-speed Internet to his rural area of Roxboro, N.C. And across the state, where nearly five million people are offline, desperate residents have petitioned phone and cable companies to finally deliver this necessary lifeline.
“I have called our local phone companies numerous times [...]
Fake Consumer Group Says Price-Gouging Is Good for You
I was so confused. All this time I thought Time Warner Cable was out to swindle everyone with massive Internet rate hikes. Turns out they were just making the Internet unaffordable for large numbers of people. I’ve been shown the light of day by a … shill group?
People, the “customer education process” to dupe us [...]
Score the First Round for the Public
Today, I want to thank everyone involved in the grassroots movement that helped secure this first-round victory in the battle over broadband tiered pricing. Through the power of the people, together we were able to persuade Time Warner Cable to abandon its download-based tiered-billing plan in four markets: Rochester, N.Y., San Antonio, Texas, Austin, [...]
Internet Users Roar. Cable Giant Blinks.
Time Warner Cable on Thursday afternoon shelved its plan to impose excessive Internet fees against those who use the Web for more than email and basic surfing.
The cable giant backed down under intense public pressure that bubbled up from the grassroots and culminated in calls by leading politicians to end the price gouging.
Time [...]
Free Press Debates the Cable Lobby on Internet Penalties
We wanted to take this opportunity presented by our friends at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association to give more details about our position on Time Warner Cable’s new Internet pricing model.
It is true that the metered pricing schemes are in a trial phase — and have been for some months (something about which we’ve [...]
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