August 2008
35 posts
Policies & Manifesto →
British National Party Policies. Download our 2007 Mini Manifesto here. IMMIGRATION - time to say ENOUGH! On current demographic trends, we, the native British people, will be an ethnic minority in…
Death, Taxes and Bandwidth Caps →
Comcast’s disclosure of usage caps yesterday points to what may become inevitable across the industry — restricted, metered broadband services. “Demand [for broadband] is rising at a time when…
p2pnet news " Blog Archive " Bell Canada response... →
This is a great article, if only for the map that it includes. Halfway down the page, you can see a google-map version of the congested links throughout Ontario. Of course, it would be useful to be…
How to prevent Rogers from hijacking your web... →
How to prevent Rogers from hijacking your web browser Monday, 25 August 2008 Last month, Digital Home Canada informed our readers about how the Rogers High Speed Internet service had begun…
Internet monitoring a necessity: Sandvine →
An article with the CEO of Sandvine, a prominent (and Canadian) DPI manufacturer.
Rogers says its internet interference is... →
P4P — the darker side of P2P? →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same,” say Hannah Hickey and Suzanne Muzzin at the University of Washington. “Whether…
Videotron (Quebecor) Throttling Bittorrent P2P →
Yup, Videotron has long been a public supporter of filtering internet or a tiered internet … and now they are taking action on it. According to my own tests, they are now limiting bittorrent…
E-books, Obama-Biden and Prohibition: Any hope of... →
Draconian U.S. copyright law is like Prohibition, turning the honest e-book-lovers into criminals. But could E life could improve in those respects under Barack Obama and Joseph Biden? I’m gloomy…
Prentice (c/o Correspondence Minister) responds to... →
Not exactly what I was hoping for, but it was to be expected. Now to work on a letter regarding the budget cuts and the copyright bill. So much for keeping away from the politics of it all. Dear Ms….
Obama VP Watch: Joe Biden Good on Civil Liberties,... →
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. widely speculated to be a leading contender for the position of Barack Obama’s vice president, voted against telecom immunity in July. Photo: Associated Press/Charles…
Julianna Yau's blog " Prentice (c/o Correspondence... →
DrumBeat: August 18, 2008 →
Schools scramble as tougher times hit WASHINGTON (AP) — Harder times and higher fuel prices are following kids back to school this fall. Children will walk farther to the bus stop, pay more for…
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DPI firm Phorm had secret US op: report →
p2pnet news view | Advertising:- Phorm, once described by The Register as a company with “roots in the murky world of spyware,” uses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to track people online so…
Oct. 31st Is D-Day For A Decision On Bell’s... →
Why the CRTC chose Halloween as the day they are going to announce their decision on Bell throttling of Independant ISP’s. Of course this could go on if Bell employs some sort of stalling tatic, but…
Making Room for Bell’s Video Store on Congested... →
Making Room for Bell’s Video Store on Congested Web 10 08 2008 A few days ago I read in Bell’s Sympatico e-mail newsletter about its new online video store, so I checked it out then began…
Google is backing ISP guaranteed minimum data... →
Link to ArsTechnica article One side effect of the FCC’s recent move against Comcast’s P2P “delaying” technology has been to make discussions about the dark art of network management even more…
Bell Canada puts squeeze on ISPs with usage-based... →
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill... →
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill Internet Video Tech Comments Off NBC’s scheduled coverage of the 2008 Olympics is absolutely breathtaking in its scope: It’s broadcasting over 3,600…
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill... →
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill Internet Video [Giz Explains] Posted by: admin in General Gadgets News NBC’s scheduled coverage of the 2008 Olympics is absolutely astonishing in its…
Traffic throttler Sandvine strikes it rich →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Just before the FCC brought the hammer down on Comcast for using Sandvine to block users’ freedom of choice, the company announced two deals with countries in a…
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill... →
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…
Wanted: Political Candidates, Must Hate Software... →
If you live in the U.S., it’s hard to escape news about the upcoming presidential elections, but that isn’t the only thing happening on the political front. There’s a movement afoot to locate…
Internet protocols could be facing a siege from... →
ISP’s confirm ‘2012: The Year The Internet Ends’ →
ISP’s confirm ‘2012: The Year The Internet Ends’ Filed under: Playahata General — FYI @ 9:18 am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89WwcsOj9U Net Neutrality Battle not over Bell Canada and TELUS…
Happy Holiday(s) →
Today marks a special holiday for those of us living in beautiful British Columbia. The first weekend in August is set aside as a civic holiday celebrating the founding of Canada’s westernmost…
Bell moves to limit internet downloads of... →
Bell business practices of monopoly threatening net neutrality in Canada
Bell moves to limit internet downloads of... →
Bell is moving to impose download limits on customers of independent internet providers, an act the smaller firms say is designed to eliminate broadband competition and prevent new TV services.
Check Up on Your ISP with Switzerland →
The FCC voted this morning to tell Comcast that they’d been bad boys for blocking some traffic on their network. Unfortunately, as our parent blog GigaOM covered, they chose not to make any sweeping…
Stop throttling traffic, Comcast ordered →
p2pnet news view P2P | Freedom:- Comcast must halt its practice of stopping its customers from sharing videos and other files online, says the US Federal Communications Commission. It must also…
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I’m delighted to be writing this post as a OneWebDay ambassador. OneWebDay, which takes place on September 22, is a global day to celebrate the Internet, and the values that make the Internet such…
Prentice Suggests Federal Regulations Coming If... →
The normally useless and ineffective Industry Minister Jim Prentice is trying to show himself as being perhaps a bit useful for once. He is now talking tough about the intention of Telus and Bell…
Bell Canada Plans To Throttle Back On Useage →
Bell Canada Plans To Throttle Back On Useage 0 Add a Comment Thursday, July 31st, 2008 by Ron Schenone Net Neutrality For The Rest Of Us Firefox Memory Useage - A Quest For Answers - RAMback? FCC To…
Alexandra Samuel →
Our 34th ambassador is Alexandra Samuel, a consultant, researcher and writer specializing in online dialogue and electronic democracy. You can also read her OneWebDay post in its original context….
