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My former colleague Cord Blomquist has a helpful post on the blundering efforts of San Francisco to set up city-run wi-fi:
Over the last two years, San Francisco has been in negotiations with Earthlink who, in partnership with Google, has had plans to build a Wi-Fi “cloud” over the 47 sq. mile geek-infested city. [...]
The head of the FCC Kevin Martin sits down with Jessica Holzer of the Hill newspaperto discuss the rules for the anticipated 700 megahertz wireless spectrum auction and why he is only guaranteeing one-third of the auction open access
Our friends at Red State have invited Sen. Dick Durbin to their blog, in an effort to solicit opinion about broadband legislation that Sen. Durbin will be drafting.
FreedomWorks’ message for Sen Durbin: Please oppose any effort to impose federal “net neutrality” regulations on broadband service. If you want to improve the market for broadband, draft [...]
There is quite a political dust-up in Washington over a spectrum proposal in front of the Federal Communications Commission. I’m sure the name was market-tested – Frontline – to generate political support. The gist of the idea is to reserve valuable waterfront property, in this case a band of the 700 [...]
Today, Ohio’s House passed SB 117, the cable choice bill. Now, Ohioans will be able to benefit from cable compeititon. Also, similar legislation has been successful in other states, such as Indiana and Michigan.
Here is a story from the Aaron Marshall Plain Dealer Bureau:
Columbus - Giants in the pay-TV business could sell their video services [...]
This past Tuesday, June 5, the Maine state Senate passed a resolution, not a bill, that calls for a report to be made regarding Net Neutrality.
In a press release from Senator Ethan Strimling, sponsor of the bill, he states
“This is an important step forward in protecting consumers from Net discrimination and preventing providers from regulating [...]
Earlier this week, 2008 presidential candidate Republican John McCain spoke out against net neutrality. According to The Daily Background, McCain stated
When you control the pipe you should be able to get profit from your investment.
McCain also continued to say
I’m all for the government encouraging competition, but I’ve found over time that less government involvement is [...]
FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey discusses the future of the internet tax moratorium with Charles Cooper and Declan McCullagh of CNET News.com.
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Peter Suderman is a writer and policy analyst at FreedomWorks. Email him at: psuderman@freedomworks.org.
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Brendan is the Director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks. He is the author of The Conservative Revolution: How to Win the Battle for College Campuses.
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