Tagged: Net Neutrality & News
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The new net neutrality rules – the industry reacts News
22.12.2010 While the new rules prevent ISPs acting as gatekeepers as many had feared, there is still a question mark over whether they go far enough to protect the rights of consumers and... -
An interview with TIF chairman John McKeon News
21.07.2010 TIF chairman John McKeon, at the recent TIF annual ball in May, called on network operators, content providers, the Government and the regulator to work together to overcome the... -
Net neutrality a clash of old, new business models, ComReg chair says News
09.09.2010 Alex Chisholm talks about net neutrality, Ireland’s digital dividend and next-generation networks. -
Draft net neutrality bill to go before US Congress News
01.10.2010 A leaked draft net neutrality bill compiled by California Congressman Henry Waxman is expected to be put before the US Houses of Congress next week. -
Berners-Lee defends net neutrality, promotes global net access News
15.09.2010 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who wrote the first web client and server in 1990, has called for everyone to be given access to the web for free. He also attacked companies for... -
Google responds to charges of selling out on net neutrality News
13.08.2010 We have not "sold out", says Google, amidst accusations that its proposed partnership with US carrier Verizon to exempt wireless internet traffic from a ban on prioritisation of... -
Facebook disagrees with Google on net neutrality News
12.08.2010 Social networking giant Facebook – the second most visited site in the world after Google – has slammed the search giant’s tack on net neutrality and has called for an open...Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Communications -
Google and Verizon reveal pact to protect open internet News
10.08.2010 Google and Verizon last night issued a joint statement and framework on the thorny subject of net neutrality – avowing their belief the internet should remain open. -
FCC drops net neutrality talks - alarm at Verizon/Google pact News
06.08.2010 The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is understood to have abandoned negotiations with phone, cable TV and internet providers. The news comes after it was claimed...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business, Digital 21, Communications -
TIF chairman raises spectre of net neutrality for NGN rollout News
10.05.2010 Online publishing giants Google, Microsoft and Facebook among others may be asked to support the rollout of next-generation broadband networks in Ireland if a suggestion by the... -
EU citizens to get better broadband and privacy rights News
25.11.2009 Some 500 million EU citizens will soon benefit from more consumer choice, better coverage with faster internet broadband and from greater rights to privacy, thanks to a telecoms... -
Internet heavyweights push net neutrality News
19.10.2009 Ahead of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proceedings this Thursday that will determine new rules for how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) control internet access,...Categories: Comms