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Public Knowledge
Dragging Spectrum Policy Out of 1929
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 6, 2008 - 7:35pmLast updated: October 6, 2008 - 7:35pm
Public Knowledge founder Gigi Sohn has called on regulators to move out of a mindset that was born in the 1920s and 30s and to start looking at spectrum through the lens of modern technology.
The Wall Street Lesson For Network Neutrality
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 18, 2008 - 2:50pmLast updated: October 1, 2008 - 2:20pm
As the institutions of Wall Street continue to crumble one after another, there's a lesson to be learned for those of us who want to make sure the Internet remains as free and open in the future as it has been in the past.
Florida Agreement Sheds New Light On Comcast Cut Off Policies
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 7, 2008 - 7:48pmLast updated: September 7, 2008 - 7:48pm
Prior to setting a cap on the amount of bandwidth a high-volume customer could use before having service terminated, Comcast instead cut off a set number of users regardless of how much bandwidth they used, according to documents released by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.
The Limits of 'Unlimited'
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 2, 2008 - 8:07pmLast updated: September 2, 2008 - 8:08pm
Comcast announced that, starting Oct 1, it will impose a 250 GB cap on usage. At the moment, the announcement is relatively benign, although there are lots of dangers lurking in the weeds.
White Spaces Update: It's Amazing What You Learn From Field Testing
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 21, 2008 - 7:31amLast updated: August 21, 2008 - 7:32am
The primary opponents of opening the broadcast white spaces for use, the broadcasters and the wireless microphone manufacturers insisted that the FCC conduct field tests on the white spaces prototypes. Some results are in.
Why The PK Petition On Mobile Texting And Short Codes Matters
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 14, 2008 - 8:23amLast updated: September 19, 2008 - 10:50am
Recent news about Sen Obama's use of text messaging to announce his VP pick provides a nice reminder about the importance of the pending Petition by Public Knowledge and others on text messaging.
Connected Nation's Private Interests Hit In FCC Comments
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 24, 2008 - 8:23pmLast updated: July 24, 2008 - 8:24pm
The Federal Communications Commission's rulemaking on collecting broadband data has brought some of the critics of Connect Kentucky/Connected Nation to the fore, while challenging the semi-sacred status of the "public-private partnership."
NebuAd Wiretaps Consumers and Hijacks Web Sites
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 19, 2008 - 9:53amConsumers are having their Web browsing intercepted and Web sites are having their computer code altered by NebuAd, a company that provides targeted advertising for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), according to a technical investigation by Free Press and Public Knowledge.
Searching for the Possible in the Orphan Works Debate
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 27, 2008 - 9:57amIn a response to a recent New York Times op-ed by Larry Lessig, Sohn defends the "diligent effort" framework for searches which she says has been endorsed by all the major library and museum groups, as well as by smaller user groups like independent and documentary filmmakers.
Open Networks Would Benefit Rural Consumers
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 22, 2008 - 7:28amApple’s iPhone, being sold as it is through exclusive deals with wireless carriers, is currently only available in the US, UK, France, Germany and Austria. While plenty of folks outside of those countries would love to buy an iPhone, they can't -- at least, not without modifying the device’s firmware and violating Apple’s end user license agreement.
