The only way we’re going to win back Net Neutrality is if FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler finds the courage to do the right thing. And a message from Google’s Larry Page, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg carries a lot of weight in Washington.
Google announced its highly anticipated Google Fiber service today, bringing 1Gbps Internet access to selected residents of Kansas City.
Google should follow through on its claim to provide a “different kind of Internet” by becoming a different kind of ISP.
Google admits it didn’t delete all Wi-Fi data collected by Street View cars
Google: “We continue to have payload data from the UK and other countries.”
Major internet providers, including AT&T, Time Warner and Verizon, are slowing data from popular websites to thousands of US businesses and residential customers in dozens of cities across the country, according to a study released on Monday.
The study, conducted by internet activists BattlefortheNet, looked at the results from 300,000 internet users and found significant degradations on the networks of the five largest internet service providers (ISPs), representing 75% of all wireline households across the US.
The findings come weeks after the Federal Communications Commission introduced new rules meant to protect “net neutrality” – the principle that all data is equal online – and keep ISPs from holding traffic speeds for ransom.
Tim Karr of Free Press, one of the groups that makes up BattlefortheNet, said the findings show ISPs are not providing content to users at the speeds they’re paying for.
“For too long, internet access providers and their lobbyists have characterized net neutrality protections as a solution in search of a problem,” said Karr. “Data compiled using the Internet Health Test show us otherwise – that there is widespread and systemic abuse across the network. The irony is that this trove of evidence is becoming public just as many in Congress are trying to strip away the open internet protections that would prevent such bad behavior.”
By taking the Internet Health Test, everyday Internet users helped build the data set that lead to these discoveries.
Happy Internet Slowdown Day!
Take action to save Net Neutrality: http://bit.ly/1qLsc6U
Comcast is giving free Internet-speed upgrades — but only for certain high-paying customers (i.e. the 1%) …
So what about the rest of us?!
Comcast needs to increase speeds and decrease prices for all of its customers — especially for low-income and working people, who are often stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Sign this petition if you’re sick and tired of being pushed around by Comcast!
Let’s get ready to rumble!
Net Neutral-i-Kitty and Cable Boss have arrived at the FCC.
The cat fight for the future of the Internet is about to begin! Stay-tuned for more.
Yesterday’s Internet Slowdown protest was epic!
Read all about here.
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