FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
Ignoring the threats by Congress to kill off white spaces , the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday green-lighted commercial operations of the first networks and devices to tap into the airwave gaps between TV broadcasts , potentially setting off a whole new wave of innovation in unlicensed wireless broadband access akin to that produced by Wi-Fi.
The FCC is starting out small with operations limited to Wilmington, N.C., beginning Jan. 26. The...Read Full Story
February 02, 2012, 9:36 AM — Net neutrality is holding service providers back from investing in their fibre networks, according to Chris Dedicoat, Cisco’s president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Speaking in a press QA session at Cisco Live Europe yesterday, Dedicoat called for a balanced set of regulations that will allow service providers to invest in broadband – particularly fibre optic networks – and provide differentiated services over that fibre.
Net neutrality is the...Read Full Story
Net neutrality is holding service providers back from investing in their fibre networks, according to Chris Dedicoat, Cisco’s
president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
End of life for Cisco hardware – what are your options?
Speaking in a press QA session at Cisco Live Europe yesterday, Dedicoat called for a balanced set of regulations that will allow service providers to invest in broadband – particularly
fibre optic networks – and provide differentiated services over that...Read Full Story
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Network Neutrality is a thriving idea in the industry of Internet and modern technology. The definition of net neutrality holds different definitions for different communities, companies and individuals. This is one of the reasons why FCC internet regulation debate has turned out to be more complex than expected. The supporters of net neutrality offer the idea that it...Read Full Story
President Obama threatened to halt a check this week that overturns new FCC manners saying that Internet providers can't extent official network traffic. On Thursday, a Senate voted a same check down . Under a new FCC manners put into force final December, mobile broadband providers can’t retard applications that contest with their services. The administration’s position on a manners and a check introduced to overturn them is clearly settled here...Read Full Story
Korea Telecom in South Korea has taken an interesting twist on network neutrality, and is blocking Samsung’s Smart TVs from access the Internet, according to a large S. Korean daily. That’s right, net neutrality isn’t just for applications like Netflix anymore.
Net neutrality is the principle that all web traffic should be treated equally ... Most telecoms operators say they should be free to develop new business models, free from any "restrictions" other than commercial agreements. However, content providers ...
The Federal Communications Commission has sought the authority to prevent Internet service providers from blocking and controlling Internet traffic to favor some content ... It was also a huge setback for free speech online and for the prospects of ...
The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission recently ruled that Rogers Communications, one of the largest internet service providers in Canada, has violated federal net neutrality rules. Last year, I wrote a few Lawbringers about ...
beaverdownunder writes "A Canadian CRTC investigation in partnership with Cisco has found that Rogers Communications has violated federal net-neutrality rules by throttling connections related to P2P applications. Rogers has until noon on February 3rd to reply to the accusations or face a hearing."
Quoting the letter sent to Rogers: "On the basis of our evidence to date, any traffic from an unidentified time-sensitive application making use...
Net Neutrality portal. Tim Wu described Network Neutrality as "The basic principle behind a network anti-discrimination regime is to give users the right to use non-harmful network attachments or applications, and give innovators the corresponding freedom to supply them."