Net Neutrality – What you need to know NOW!
Save the Internet! Or PAY the Price!
What is this about? When we log onto the Internet, we take a lot for granted. We assume we’ll be able to access any Web site we want, whenever we want, at the fastest speed, whether it’s a corporate or mom-and-pop site. We assume that we can use any service we like — watching online […]
An unhappy birthday for net neutrality
A year ago yesterday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski made what was regarded as a seminal speech about net neutrality, the tenet where all web traffic is treated equally. At the time, he said that without this fundamental protection “we could see the Internet’s doors shut to entrepreneurs, the spirit of […]
Global ‘internet treaty’ proposed
The proposal was presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania last week, and outlined 12 “principles of internet governance”, including a commitment from countries to sustain the technological foundations that underpin the web’s infrastructure. The draft law has been likened to the Space Treaty, signed in 1967, which stated that space exploration should be […]
Internet creator warns: Never stop fighting for net neutrality
Internet creator warns that world will lose out if net neutrality is not maintained; speaks out on privacy. Companies, service providers and governments might be keen to circumvent net neutrality, but the world has a lot to lose if it does not fight against manipulating access to the Internet, according the inventor of the World […]