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Net neutrality gets a boost from the US gov't
News Net-neutrality advocates received a boost of support on Wednesday from the Obama administration when it released grant guidelines for spending the US government's $7.2bn broadband stimulus package. Proponents of that concept, net neutrality, have...
[July 6, 2009, 9:03]
Net-neutrality clause likely to delay telecoms reform
News The last-minute addition of a net-neutrality clause to a package of telecommunications reforms will probably delay the package's approval by telecoms ministers, the European Parliament has said. Given the Council's known opposition to the net...
[May 7, 2009, 12:16]
Net neutrality fight returns to Senate
News The political tussle over net neutrality shifted back to the Senate's turf on Tuesday, taking centre stage at the last public hearing before a mammoth communications bill goes up for a preliminary vote.
[June 14, 2006, 10:40]
US: Net-neutrality regulations unnecessary
News The Bush administration believes that government regulators should be "highly sceptical" of net-neutrality regulations and instead rely on competition to protect consumers. The comments came in a public filing that the US Department of Justice sent...
[September 7, 2007, 11:36]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The European Parliament has voted through a massive tranche of reforms for the European telecommunications sector, including a significant net-neutrality amendment. On the net-neutrality issue, the Commission said in its statement that national...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
Net neutrality: Meet the winner
News What do you think of the not-entirely-serious proposal from Representative Charles Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat, that would extend the concept of net neutrality to Web sites like those operated by Amazon.com, eBay, Google and Microsoft?
[June 13, 2006, 10:45]
Cisco, Qualcomm come out against net neutrality
News Some of the largest hardware makers in the world, including 3M, Cisco, Corning and Qualcomm, sent an open letter to Congress on Wednesday firmly opposing new laws mandating net neutrality - the concept that broadband providers must never favour...
[May 18, 2006, 10:05]
Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality
News Speaking at the World Wide Web conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning, Berners-Lee gave his views on the growing battle over Net neutrality. Net neutrality is the concept that all Internet content should be treated equally by broadband...
[May 23, 2006, 12:10]
EU consumer groups, ISPs plead for net neutrality
News It is designed to ensure net neutrality in Europe, as it would guarantee equal access to the internet for all users. European consumer groups and ISPs are pressing EU politicians to pass legislation to guarantee users cannot be thrown off the...
[October 20, 2009, 14:16]
eBay tries email in net neutrality fight
News eBay this week unleashed a political machine that should make politicians envious: a national email blast over net neutrality. This is the first time that eBay has used email to urge its members to weigh in on a national issue, and also the first...
[June 2, 2006, 9:30]
Proof that net neutrality is worth worrying about
Blog For those who've taken the line that the net neutrality debate is a storm in a teacup and nothing to worry about, comes the news that top Canadian telco Rogers has actually started to degrade the user experience for those sending and receiving...
[April 10, 2007, 12:03]
UK regulators 'relaxed' on net neutrality
News There is currently no need to introduce net neutrality legislation in the UK, according to both Ofcom and the DTI. The net neutrality debate has been particularly heated in the United States — where there is much less competition between ISPs than...
[March 20, 2007, 16:42]
ISPs and govt to talk net neutrality
Blog One of the most interesting aspects of this week's massive shakeup of EU telecoms rules was to do with net neutrality. To rather lazily lift a paragraph from the story we did on this on Wednesday: The reform will guarantee that your internet...
[November 16, 2007, 8:50]
This is what happens without net neutrality
Blog The point is, this is what happens when you don't have net neutrality legislation. Players of the online game EVE who also happen to be Tiscali subscribers have just received a rather nasty surprise. According to the game's forums (and someone here...
[October 5, 2007, 12:35]
AT&T accuses Google of hypocrisy on net neutrality
News AT&T has accused Google of being a hypocrite when it comes to net neutrality because it blocks certain phone calls on its Google Voice service. The carrier has written a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claiming Google has...
[September 28, 2009, 9:38]
US regulator proposes new net neutrality rules
News But the fight to create new laws or regulation to protect net neutrality languished after the FCC publicly admonished Comcast for violating its open-internet principles. The debate over so-called net neutrality began heating up about three years...
[September 22, 2009, 9:05]
Verizon scorns net neutrality fight
News Verizon Communications on Thursday dismissed concerns about Net neutrality as "hypothetical problems" and suggested new laws mandating the concept were premature. Net neutrality, the concept that all internet sites should be treated equally by...
[May 5, 2006, 11:40]
House rejects net neutrality rules
Talkback Alarm about efforts to assure net neutrality are indeed appropriate, if one is in favour of the "neuter" in a neutrality that would effectively disembowel content providers who, having already paid for access did not pay additionally for a...
[June 12, 2006, 11:34]
European IT chief backs net neutrality
News The European Commission appears to have thrown its weight behind the principle of net neutrality, after the telecommunications commissioner told a global internet forum that the issue was "a political question to be answered by the people".
[June 18, 2008, 17:23]
FTC head sceptical about Net neutrality laws
News On Monday, the head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressed sharp scepticism towards proposed laws that would levy extensive Net neutrality regulations on broadband providers. Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC's Republican chairman, said...
[August 22, 2006, 9:40]
