net neutrality

Militantly neutral

by Adam Banks on 1 April 2011 in Editorial

Net neutrality isn’t a principle, it’s a tautology. A neutrally carried internet is, well, the internet. Anything else is something else. Over the history of computing, short as it is, there’ve been many visions of how information would be distributed among the communities, offices or homes that might contain a computer. Who exactly would own [...]

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BBC, Skype push for open internet

by Simon Aughton on 3 December 2010 in News

BBC, Skype and eBay put their names to letter calling on UK Government to preserve the open internet.

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Go-ahead for two-speed internet

by Simon Aughton on 18 November 2010 in News

The UK Government looks likely to approve Ofcom plans to permit ISPs to abandon net neutrality and prioritise some kinds of internet traffic.

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Leading ISPs happy to drop net neutrality

by Simon Aughton on 29 September 2010 in News
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The UK’s two biggest ISPs have revealed that they are prepared to give priority to certain internet apps or services if companies were to pay them to do so. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on net neutrality, senior executives from BT and TalkTalk said they would be happy to put selected apps into the fast [...]

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Google denies net neutrality sellout

by Simon Aughton on 13 August 2010 in News
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Google has denied that it has “sold out” on net neutrality, following widespread criticism of its proposal that mobile network operators should be allowed to control the speeds at which content is delivered to mobile devices.

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Google abandons net neutrality

by Simon Aughton on 10 August 2010 in News
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Google has struck a blow against the principle of net neutrality by proposing that mobile network operators should be allowed to control the speeds at which content is delivered to mobile devices.

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