Why should consumers be hobbled by deals that allow carriers to tie down the hottest new devices and block our ability to use them as they're intended?
Art Brodsky | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media
If the government opposes Internet filtering in Iran and opposes it in China, then it would be nice if our legislators and our government opposed it here, too.
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media
We are at the dawn of the era of a true mobile Internet but cell carriers are still playing gatekeepers to the next generation of innovation. Imagine what the new iPhone would be if we only set it free.
Art Brodsky | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media
The truly open network is an anathema to not only the telephone and cable companies, but also to those who want the network used for their own purposes.
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media
AT&T can't decide whether it loves or hates the iPhone. But for many iPhone users there's little doubt: They hate AT&T.
Timothy Karr | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media
ISPs have stuck consumers with higher prices and slower speeds, while repeatedly threatening to throttle the free and open Internet. And our elected and appointed officials have let this happen.
Art Brodsky | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media
Is there anyone who thinks Congress could produce anything in the way of a meaningful broadband plan that will make a real difference and raise our broadband ranking in the world?
Josh Silver | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media
Should the companies that deliver Internet be allowed to block it, slow it down, or in the current case of Time Warner, overcharge for it?
Timothy Karr | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
As early as fall 2007, Obama made a strong commitment to a free-flowing, accessible and open Internet when he unveiled his new media agenda.
Art Brodsky | Posted 05.27.2009 | Media
Were there more Anna Eshoos to keep an eye on things, a lot of the silliness around Washington when the discussion turns to the Internet and related issues might just be eliminated.
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media
Today the power of the grassroots/netroots movement has prevailed.
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media
Your money cannot be used by powerful companies like AT&T and Comcast to implement plans to "manage," filter or re-route you whenever you traverse the Web.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media
Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer and other right-wing mouthpieces are trying to frame future debates while they reinvent the George W. Bush years...
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media
Every now and then comes something that is a perfect expression of what the Internet is about. ThruYOU has taken the Web by storm, garnering more than a million YouTube views in the seven days since its release.
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media
Obama's appointment is another indication that incoming leadership in Washington will move decisively to protect the free flowing Internet from those seeking to become gatekeepers to new media.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media
It is a sad irony that the medium which has generated so much political activism on both the right and the left, has been unable to mobilize to protect itself.
Timothy Karr | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business
Change has come to America. Well, sort of. On "K" Street - home to Washington's most powerful corporate lobbyists - it's business as usual.
Timothy Karr | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media
Building better broadband is not a bailout. It's a buildout for better democracy.
Craig Aaron | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media
Sock puppets, for those unfamiliar with the creatures commonly found inside the Beltway, are mouthpieces who rent out their academic or political credentials to argue pro-industry positions.
Art Brodsky | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media
I said to myself, "Self, I have all of the qualifications that I drew up for someone should have to be the FCC Chairman." And so I thought, "Why not me?" That is how I came to mention the possibility.
Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media
One of the most kneejerk Internet causes in recent years has been "net neutrality"--the absurd conviction that phone and cable companies who paid hund...
Timothy Karr | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media
When it comes to the current FCC's obsession with the occasional flash of indecency, it's time to turn the other cheek and get to more important work ahead.
Craig Newmark | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business
Net neutrality sounds abstract, but it's pretty simple: It's about the Internet being a level playing field for everyone who wants to use it as their own printing press.
Timothy Karr | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.
Art Brodsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media
From top to bottom, the Obama/Biden plan has just about everything the tech/Internet industry could ask for. But Hollywood is at a crossroads as it decides how to leverage its usual influence within a Democratic administration.
Timothy Karr | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media