One of the more parroted talking points against Net Neutrality has been verbalized this way: It’s a solution in search of a problem. Rather snide, really, if you think about it, and is a remark that usually accompanies a brush off to concerns of gatekeeper abuses.
Google Takes On NC Telecoms
Once again, it appears that Google’s looking out for the little guy. Only in this instance, the “little guy” is both the average consumer and local governments. According to Google – and Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, and Tropos Networks – a bill in the North Carolina General Assembly has the potential to be a monopoly-maker.
Telecoms To Unite Against Google, Yahoo?
In what could be viewed as an “enemy of my enemy”-style situation, a number of telecommunications companies are reportedly banding together to challenge Google and Yahoo in the field of mobile search.
Telecoms Better Keep An Eye On The Big Easy
New Orleans has inadvertently become a test case for the efficacy of WiFi and VoIP. Still trying to rebuild itself in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans businesses are left with little else than the wireless mesh network for communication. Landlines and cellular networks were destroyed by the hurricane.
Telecoms Circle the Wagons
John Thorne, a Verizon exec, has joined the chorus of telecom voices decrying content providers who get a “free ride” using the pipes the telecoms and cable companies have built, according to a Washington Post report.
How Telecoms Will Kill The Internet
Net neutrality is coming to an end, as an array of deep-pocketed telecom firms throw money and lobbyists at Congress in an unyielding effort to put a barely-figurative chokehold on Internet users.
Telecoms, Media Can’t Make VOD Work
The potential for video on demand isn’t an issue; instead, money will remain a sticking point despite efforts at finding common ground at a recent conference.