FCC/Net Neutrality Blog Posts
  Spring 2014

This is a collection of "Features & Announcements" posts from The 2014 NewsKing Blog. The posts are related to Net Neutrality. Please take the time to contact the FCC and tell them to regulate Internet Service Providers (ISP's) as common carriers!

CLICK HERE to tell the FCC to protect Net Neutrality!

These posts aren't perfect (what on this site is?) and they lack "polish." But I didn't know what else to do with them. I intended to pull them down, but they sat in "Features & Announcements" so long, people got used to them. They are what they are...

The videos are "ogg files" in an "ogv" format that seem to play on Chrome and Firefox, and may play on other browsers if the browsers are properly configured. I just didn't feel like doing all the converting necessary to make them "perfect." I never intended for them to become "permanent." I'm kind of glad I've stuffed them back here behind a number of "clicks" in an "ogg" format because they're less likely to get watched...

Below are the "Features & Announcements" FCC/Net Neutrality Posts from Spring 2014 as they originally appeared, along with the original videos. They are in "reverse order," meaning that the first one listed doesn't make sense without the last one listed. Again, I encourage you to simply contact the FCC and tell them to protect Net Neutrality - CLICK HERE!


FCC Commission Action...


- http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-broad-rulemaking...


FCC Proposes New Net Neutrality Rules

The public comment period is open now. Please tell the FCC what you think. Feel free to comment even if you're not an American! All you have to do is send an email to openinternet@fcc.gov. More information is available HERE.

The vid below is my way of explaining what I understand so far...

- new_fcc_rules.ogv


Net Neutrality: The Truth About Telecoms

[This is a developing post. Prolly I'll develop it a little more quickly...]

The EU just voted in favor of Net Neutrality. This is very good news, and I'm very happy about it!

But Europe's "telecom lobby" issued an angry statement that sounds familiar. They essentially made Microsoft's "freedom to innovate" argument. The words struck me as odd, because in the U.S., the telecom industry is singing a different tune. They're talking about bandwith and upgrades and stuff like that. Comcast is telling us everything will be fine. What's really going on?

I unconver the truth by looking at computer interfaces from a user perspective, and argue that the telecoms' new interfaces are a ripoff of Netflix. The Net Neutrality lawsuit against the U.S. FCC by Verizon seems like it is about Net Neutrality, but it's really about Netflix. This is way worse than what Microsoft did with Internet Explorer when they made their "freedom to innovate" argument. And way worse than what they did when they essentially copied the Mac interface. It's all of that, but with a Net Neutrality lawsuit!

The EU made the right choice yesterday. You won't believe what the telecoms are up to! Stay tuned!

- netflix.ogv

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