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Left and Right Despise FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsIn a contentious vote, the Federal Communications Commission passed new rules on Internet service providers Tuesday. The regulations will prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Web traffic and discourage them from giving some Web destinations preferential treatment over others. Noticeably, wireless Internet providers such as Verizon and AT&T will not be required to adhere to those rules. From the Atlantic Wire The 3-2 vote passed along party lines, with the two Democrats voting with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and two Republican commissioners dissenting. In ...
Opinion: Google and Verizon Put the Squeeze on the FCC
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- Earlier this week, longtime net neutrality supporter Google teamed up with longtime net neutrality opponent Verizon to offer a proposed framework for the regulation of the Internet. The proposal would prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating on wireline networks -- like cable or DSL -- but would also let ISPs charge some Web content providers more for speedier service. In addition, it would let wireless networks -- such as those that serve iPhones and BlackBerrys -- operate outside of neutrality rules. Both Google and Verizon have business interests that are ...
Finland Makes Broadband Internet Access Legal Right for Every Citizen
By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsThe Nordic nation of Finland, population 5.25 million, is making history today by enacting a new law granting every citizen the right to a stable broadband Internet connection. "We considered the role of the Internet in Finns' everyday life. Internet services are no longer just for entertainment. Finland has worked hard to develop an information society and a couple of years ago we realized not everyone had access." said Finnish Communication Minister Suvi Linden, according to various sources. Although the overwhelming majority of the population is already connected (between 96 and 99 ...
Starbucks Looks to Boost Business With Free Wi-Fi
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(June 15) -- Come July 1, coffee drinkers ordering their venti nonfat iced lattes from Starbucks will get free Wi-Fi on the side, Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz announced at a conference in New York today. Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Images Starbucks plans to offer customers free Wi-Fi starting July 1. Here, a customer surfs the Internet outside a Washington, D.C., Starbucks. Following in the footsteps of other large retailers offering free Wi-Fi -- like McDonald's, which added the amenity this year -- the ubiquitous coffee chain next month will replace its paid hourly service with no-charge, ...
Are Computers Really Bad for Kids?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyMany parents have become hard-wired into thinking that computers are bad for children. But are they? New research suggests that it's actually a mixed bag. My son came home from school the other day and showed me a short story he'd written. It was a lovely tale -- full of violence and warfare and even a metaphysical postscript in which you, as reader, realize that you're actually in "hell." In short, it had all the appropriate stuff you'd expect from the imagination of a 9-year-old boy. I told him that I really liked his story, but that he needed to work on making his handwriting more legible. ...
$2.6 Trillion Worth of Disasters
By Zubin Jelveh - AOL News(Dec. 31) – If you've sipped at all from the certifiable torrent of retrospectives that have appeared in the past few weeks, you've been reminded why the 2000s were a period we'd all surely like to forget. This was a decade the started with a recession, terrorist attacks and two wars, then ended with a more severe recession, a thwarted terrorist attack – and the same two wars. In between, we endured disasters that killed thousands and cost billions, watched the Internet wreak its transformative havoc and witnessed the coarsening of both our popular culture and our politics. ...
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