Time Warner Cable, the geniuses who can’t help but rip off their customers, is at it again. Several small towns across the country are taking matters into their own hands and creating a utility broadband system for their residents. This, being a community-owned utility, offers high capacity for low price – who could have a [...]
Tags: FCC · Politics · Technology Policy · cable · networks
The fight for a voice at the table by anyone not already an IP rights-holder is heating up. Already, the Obama administration is filled with RIAA and BSA industry oriented officials, and few if any from consumer, education, or hardware oriented backgrounds. An April 2nd letter sent to the President requests a more diverse group [...]
Tags: Politics · Technology Policy · copyright · creative commons
Time Warner recently announced expanding their ridiculously low bandwidth caps to additional markets. Let me be clear, this has nothing to do with infrastructure costs, quality of service, or even additional revenue generation. It is solely about drawing a lime in the sand over what (HD video?) they do not want customers to view, because [...]
Tags: Technology Policy · networks
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