FCC Chairman Proposes 100 mbps Speeds By 2020

 

Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski  is proposing a National Broadband Plan that will expand high speed Internet service to most American homes.  On Tuesday, while speaking in Washington D.C. at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners conference, Genachowski offered his “100 Squared” initiative which would bring 100 mega-bite-per-second broadband to 100 million U.S. [...]

Net Neutrality Gaining Support, AT&T Resists

 

Support for Net Neutrality rules gained support on Monday when 24 executives of Internet content and Telecom service companies including Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon sent a letter to the FCC saying, “America’s leadership in technology space has been due, in large part, to the open Internet”. These companies are urging the FCC to move [...]

Net Neutrality Hindered by Myths

 

The Net neutrality debate began in earnest in 2005 when then AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre proclaimed  that Google was getting a “free ride” on his network.  His answer to this perceived problem was lacking in imagination and forethought. His answer was to rectify the issue of a “free ride” by charging companies who were already [...]