network-neutrality – Pilant's Business Ethics Blog

At the moment, a great deal of weeping over the defeat of net neutrality is justified. Unfortunately the war for the internet can be lost on more than one front at a time. So, “Chasing Fat Tails” explains.

James Pilant

h/t ars technica Net neutrality has long been the goal of people who care about keeping the Internet free from corporate influence. The Internet has tremendous potential, but it can only be realized if all users have access to fast speeds that deliver all content at the same rate. Otherwise Internet Service Providers will be able to privilege some content and users over others, the Internet will balkanize, and the tremendous benefits of a wired … Read More

via Chasing Fat Tails

European Parliament Gets It Right on Net Neutrality Say Digital Liberties Groups (pcworld.com)
Comcast rolls out $10 internet for low-income families (slashgear.com)
FCC publishes net neutrality rules (macworld.com)
FCC’s net neutrality to take effect November 2 (slashgear.com)
The Fate of the FCC’s Open Internet Order – Lessons from Bank Fees (truthonthemarket.com)

Click on the link below to see the cartoon. It’s a good one. The battle over net neutrality illustrated. This is delicious. And it is accurate.

Fighting the net neutrality battle for a small blog seems almost hopeless but there a lot of us. We’re disorganized and highly independent. It doesn’t make for good group cohesion. But we have our anger and each of us has our own niche on the web. Maybe we can make some difference in this battle.

James Pilant

From Christopher Wright, a comic illustrating a theme that we’ve visited before (e.g., here and here) While he focuses on Net Neutrality, one should feel free to substitute the Corporatist concern of one’s choice– energy policy, agricultural policy, financial industry policy, pharmaceuticals, intellectual property, etc., etc.– the mechanism works in just the same way… Corporations are people, the Supreme Court averred as it proscribed any im … Read More