Is FCC destroying the open Internet?
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| The fact of a shared monopoly is, in many places, just that — a fact. When
| carriers are given an exclusive right to provide service on lines they “own,”
| the public network-of-networks becomes merely a private network.
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| Such monopolies, whether public or private, provide enormous temptation for
| mischief. No matter how good the motives of those who create such temptation,
| it follows as night does day that others with less pure motives will follow
| them.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1737
Net neutrality may not resolve Comcast vs. BitTorrent
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| Comcast's recent efforts to throttle file transfers that use the BitTorrent
| protocol have led to a renewed call for Congress to enact stiff Net
| neutrality laws.
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http://www.news.com/Net-neutrality-may-not-resolve-Comcast-vs.-BitTorrent/2100-1028_3-6220802.html?tag=newsmap
Fight for a wireless Internet being lost
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| And Google is the only “white knight” with the financial wherewithal and
| motivation tQuoteo create a true wireless Internet.
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| The alternative strategy is political. We the people own the electromagnetic
| spectrum, not the government, not Verizon. We own it. We have the power to
| change our leaders and demand a wireless Internet.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1748
The Microsofts of networking.
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FCC ignores more than 100 years of wisdom
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| In 1883 French cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs published a set of six
| design principles for military encryption systems. The second of these
| principles is generally known today under the observation that security
| through obscurity is not security. The Federal Communications Commission
| (FCC) seems not to have read the history books or to be aware of how its
| sister federal agencies develop security standards....
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http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E1800257313005EC092
The FCC, FOSS, and software radios: a mixed bag
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| After studying the new rules -- published in the Federal Register last month
| and taking effect today -- the SFLC concluded that the laws are not
| FOSS-restrictive because they "apply to hardware manufacturers who distribute
| SDR devices, regardless if they use FOSS in them or not." And the Center says
| that since the rules specifically mention the GNU/Linux operating system, the
| FCC is actually acknowledging the importance of open source.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/116769
Is The FCC Blocking Wireless Competition?
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| With the nationwide expansion of fiber-optic wiring and digital delivery at
| the turn of the century, the federal government reclaimed and is still
| reclaiming large amounts of spectrum.
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http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/2007/09/07/is-the-fcc-blocking-wireless-competition
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