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AT&T is the T1000 of Corporations

dana — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:05:59 +0000

According to Stephen Colbert:

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Bill Moyers on Net Neutrality

dana — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:58:30 +0000

At this weekend’s National Conference for Media Reform, Bill Moyers spoke about Network Neutrality. He paints a clear picture about why we are fighting to ensure that the our country guarantees the internet’s first amendment protection and ensures the “equal access provision of the internet”.

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Save the Internet.com: “Independence Day”

dana — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:27:29 +0000

SaveTheInternet.com has posted a great new movie about Network Neutrality:

There’s a lot of information at the SaveTheInternet.com site, where you can sign a petition and contact your legislators.

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America’s Internet Disconnect

dana — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:14:17 +0000

Michael J. Copps, a democratic member of the FCC, just published one of the most fierce wake up calls for American politicians and the general public about how the USA has completely fallen behind in the broadband race. Especially now that the House and likely the Senate will see a complete change in direction and authority, its possible that some positive action can come of the heretofore impotent FCC and FTC in the matter of broadband competition and availability.

Everyone should read the entirety of this article:

America’s record in expanding broadband communication is so poor that it should be viewed as an outrage by every consumer and businessperson in the country. Too few of us have broadband connections, and those who do pay too much for service that is too slow. It’s hurting our economy, and things are only going to get worse if we don’t do something about it.

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How have we fallen so far behind? Through lack of competition. As the Congressional Research Service puts it, U.S. consumers face a “cable and telephone broadband duopoly.” And that’s more like a best-case scenario: Many households are hostage to a single broadband provider, and nearly one-tenth have no broadband provider at all.

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To begin with, the Federal Communications Commission—of which I am a member—must face up to the problem. Today the agency’s reports seem designed mostly to obscure the fact that we are falling behind the rest of the world. The FCC still defines broadband as 200 kilobits per second, assumes that if one person in a Zip code area has access to broadband then everyone does and fails to gather any data on pricing.

The FCC needs to start working to lower prices and introduce competition. We must start meeting our legislative mandate to get advanced telecommunications out to all Americans at reasonable prices; make new licensed and unlicensed spectrum available; authorize “smart radios” that use spectrum more efficiently; and do a better job of encouraging “third pipe” technologies such as wireless and broadband over power lines. And we should recommend steps to Congress to ensure the FCC’s ability to implement long-term solutions.

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Wednesday, Oct 18 @ 9pm on PBS: Moyers on America “The Net at Risk”

dana — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:00:33 +0000

From NYCwireless board member Joe Plotkin:

Net Neutrality has been discussed vehemently and extensively on this list, so I urge everyone to watch Bill Moyer’s in-depth examination of this subject. It airs on Channel 13 tomorrow night Wed Oct 18th 9pm. It repeats 1:30am Saturday, October 21st (aka late Fri. night) and 2:00pm Sunday, October 22nd. Set your Tivo’s accordingly.

Additionally, some on this list have challenged the efficacy of the substantial work Bruce Kushnick and TeleTruth have done over the years. Bill Moyer’s team apparently disagrees, as they have made the editorial decision to feature Kushnick’s views and research.

Although I have not yet seen this episode, I believe this show will begin a long overdue, serious journalistic examination of the issues of network access and market power.

Moyers on America Presents “The Net at Risk”.
PBS, (check local listings) Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 9PM, EDT

Teletruth’s Bruce Kushnick and Tom Allibone are featured in “The New Digital Divide” segment.

Moyers on America presents a new, serious investigative analysis of the future of broadband, the Net and media—from municipalities trying to Wi-Fi or rewire their cities, to the large phone companies who claim that they ‘own the net’ or large media concerns who have the power to take control of the information and stories you see and hear.

The program has been divided into four segments.

THE NET AT RISK

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/neutrality.html

The debate is hot, the language heady, the metaphors many. Op-ed pages alternately bemoan “The End of the Internet” or curse “Net Neutrality Nonsense.”

THE NEW DIGITAL DIVIDE

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/usworld.html

Teletruth is featured. Check out the video—”In Korea and Japan customers are getting 100 Mbps services in both directions for about $40 bucks” – (That’s 100 times faster than America’s DSL services.)

“America’s screwed,” says Bruce Kushnick, a telecom analyst. “I mean, we basically are becoming technologically deficient. We’re close to the dinosaurs compared to what these other countries are going to be developing in the next couple years.”

Other sections include:

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/community.html

“The Net @ Risk” takes viewers to Lafayette, Louisiana, where residents and officials took on their phone company, BellSouth, and their cable company, Cox Communications, and built their own high-speed fiber network after the firms refused to bring true broadband connections to their community.”

BIG AND BIGGER MEDIA

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/bigger.html

“In 1984 the number of companies owning a controlling interest in America’s media was 50 – today that number is six. Critics of media consolidation say it has led to fewer and fewer perspectives being presented—and a marked decrease in local news coverage.”

Teletruth believes America’s digital future is at stake, not to mention the future of the U.S. economy. We are pleased to be part of this important investigative report.

More: Read Teletruth’s series for Harvard’s Nieman Watchdog project on telecommunications, the Internet, wireless and broadband.

For more about Teletruth, read http://www.teletruth.org

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Net Neutrality Senate Scorecard

dana — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:57:42 +0000

George Brzozowski sent me this great link that shows how each senator has aligned their voting on the issue of Network Neutrality. If you are interested in how well your elected representative is representing you, be sure to look them up.

If you don’t like how they are voting, go to Save the Internet and find out about how to contact your Senator and let them know how you feel. If you do like how they are voting, let your Senator know that too!

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