Demand Progress (Demandprogress.org) is reporting that the Federal Communications Commission’s comment site has crashed from the influx of traffic. The deadline to submit comments, which the FCC encouraged, is midnight tonight. However, that doesn’t mean that you’ve lost your chance. Demand Progress and their allies at battleforthenet.com are storing comments so that they can be passed along…
PBS Idea Channel explores net neutrality & asks if the Internet should be a public utility
A look at the issues surrounding Net Neutrality from PBS Idea Channel. Personally I would go a step further than making the Internet a public utility. I’d make it an unalienable human right. It may not be as obvious as “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” and it may not be as essential as…
Save Our Net Now
I’ve mentioned this several times before but the deadline is fast approaching for you to make your voice heard on Net Neutrality. Today I got the note below from Antonia Zerbisias and decided to pass it along just in case there is anyone left out there who doesn’t know yet. Below you’ll find a note…
Net Neutrality Comment Deadlines Moved as New Information Emerges
The CRTC has moved the deadline for public comments on net neutrality until the 23rd as new information has come to light. The ISP’s argument in favour of traffic shaping relied heavily on the assumption that bandwidth use would continue to grow. They argued that this would clog their systems and force them to pick…
Traffic Shaping Will Not Preserve the Big Media
I know that the thought of net neutrality will have some big media types salivating. They may object out of principle (it is pretty objectionable) but there are parts of it that some might think sound pretty good from a self-preservation viewpoint. I’ve heard from and read some in old/big media lamenting the new age…
Net Neutrality: Last Chance to Weigh In
Most people reading this will already know all about Net Neutrality if you do and you already have an opinion on the matter then all I really have to tell you is that you have until February 16 to let the CRTC know what you think. If you don’t already know what net neutrality is…
The CRTC Refuses To Do It’s Job
The CRTC ruled today that Bell can continue to control how you use the internet. This is in keeping with the CRTC philosophy of the last several years which generally boils down to ‘screw consumers’. The CRTC has regularly failed Canadian consumers and allowed heavily publicly subsidized companies such as Bell, Rogers and Shaw to…
Tell the CRTC You Support Net Neutrality
Throttling is the practice of controlling internet traffic by an internet service provider. You are probably familiar with China’s restrictions on internet access, but Canadian ISPs are doing a more limited version of the same thing – they are trying to dictate what you can do online, and what sites you have access to. For…
The CRTC, New Media (and Michael Geist)
If you don’t read Michael Geist’s Blog. Dr. Geist will keep you up to date on the latest in the law as it pertains to technology and copyright. Today you would have found out a couple of important things. First the Competition Bureau has warned the CRTC against regulating new media. This is a good…
Toronto: Save Our Net Events
In addition to the Government trying to kill Canadian film and trying to force you to support major record labels (whether you listen to their music or not) – Canada’s monopoly Internet Service Providers have taken it upon themselves to govern what you can do online, what sites you can visit and when. There are…