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Why Cable Will Survive the Meltdown
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 17, 2008 - 9:05pmLast updated: September 17, 2008 - 9:05pm
Cable looks like a decent place to park your money in the event of a catastrophic market meltdown. The logic is this: People like TV. They don't want to give it up even if the economy is going to hell in a handbasket.
File Sharing Lawsuits at a Crossroads, After 5 Years of RIAA Litigation
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 7, 2008 - 7:47pmLast updated: September 7, 2008 - 7:47pm
It was five years ago that the Recording Industry Association of America began its massive litigation campaign that now includes more than 30,000 lawsuits targeting alleged copyright scofflaws on peer-to-peer networks.
FCC Comcast Order is Open Invitation to Internet Filtering
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 21, 2008 - 7:34amLast updated: August 21, 2008 - 7:35am
The FCC's vision of Network Neutrality: throttling, blocking, filtering - call it what you will.
Comcast Beginning 'Net Neutrality' Testing
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 3, 2008 - 8:04pmLast updated: June 4, 2008 - 6:47am
Comcast will begin testing what the cable concern has described as a "protocol agnostic" approach to managing bandwidth traffic during high-peak periods, Comcast said Tuesday. Selected customers in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Warrenton, Virginia, are expected to receive e-mails on Wednesday highlighting the program.
Charter to Share Broadband Customers' Web Histories with Ad Networks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 13, 2008 - 7:05pmCharter Communications, one of the nation's largest ISPs, plans to track the web surfing habits of its customers in order to help third-party net advertising networks tailor ads to its subscribers in a pilot program set to begin in a month.
Is the XM/Sirius Merger Good for You?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on March 25, 2008 - 8:48pmLast updated: March 26, 2008 - 8:25pm
How will the possible merger of XM and Sirius Satellite Radio affect consumers?
