NBC's scheduled coverage of the 2008 Olympics is absolutely breathtaking in its scope: It's broadcasting over 3,600 hours of the world's greatest athletes performing feats that reveal how shapeless and amoebic the rest of...
From the Cinderella story MARRS building to the urban bustle of Capitol and 18th streets, the refrain is the same: Midtown is changing. John Baba, homeowner representative for the L Street Lofts, looks out on midtown from a...
August 05, 2008 | Comments: (0) Net access in the wake of FCC vs. Comcast The FCC ruling [PDF] announced over the weekend opens up an interesting debate over the evolution of Web access going forward. Following complaints from...
The FCC announced a ruling over the weekend that sparks an interesting debate over the future of Web access. The government agency determined that Comcast was discriminating against BitTorrent, though the counterargument is...
Cell phone customers who bring forth forked over more than $200 in early termination fees (ETFs) might be wishing they were a Verizon or Sprint customer right about now. Verizon recently settled a class-action ETF case, and a...
It’s rare that I read anything by Vint Cerf these days that doesn’t make me laugh. He’s taken to making outlandish statements that foment PR crises for Google such that they’re softened and re-framed in a few days. Writing on...
It will be interesting to see how the FCC handles its "newly created power," said dissenting commissioner Robert McDowell, because, as an institution, it is "incapable of deciding any issue in the nanoseconds of Internet time."
In a landmark decision, the Federal Communications Commission has ruled that cable giant Comcast violated federal policy when it blocked internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the company to change the way it...
Maybe you thought that the Federal Commission Friday ordered Comcast to end “discriminatory network practices.” After all, that’s what the Commission said in its release following the agency’s 3-2 ruling. But in his own...
In a landmark decision, the Federal Communications Commission has ruled that cable giant Comcast violated federal policy when it when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the company to change the...