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Karl Bode
There Is No Broadband 'Price War'
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 3, 2008 - 8:29pmLast updated: September 3, 2008 - 8:30pm
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal insisted there was now an erupting broadband "price war," simply because AT&T and Verizon were offering some relatively minor promotions to battle last quarter's dismal quarterly additions.
Was The FCC Comcast Investigation A Farce?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 4, 2008 - 7:24pmLast updated: August 4, 2008 - 7:25pm
When did Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin turn into a consumer advocate? Bode note's Martin's political ambitions and wonders if he's trying to hold onto his past the time his political rabbi -- George Bush -- leaves office.
Nation's Largest ISPs Crafting Fake National Broadband Policy
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 20, 2008 - 8:02pmLast updated: July 20, 2008 - 8:03pm
Last week AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and a handful of other companies sent a letter to Congress asking it to embrace a "national broadband policy." In it, the traditionally regulation-petrified ISPs suddenly embrace two broadband mapping laws.

