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Another Web is Possible

Most mobile and wireline users rely on a commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP) to access the web. Such ISPs include big dogs like AT&T and Verizon, Time Warner and Comcast, as well as small fries like Earthlink and Juno. However, there is a second class of ISP that is little discussed: nonprofit ISP. Nonprofit ISPs involve two different types of providers – municipal or community networks and nonprofit corporations. In 2001, there were only 16 government-run networks in nine states. Today, there are an estimated 150 communities around the country with their own publicly-owned broadband networks. In the face of […]
by David Rosen on Sep 28, 2012
WHAT’S IN MY INSTAPAPER: SUNDAY MORNING LINKS

Here’s what piled up in my Instapaper this week: Director Armando Iannaccui on the proposed shutdown of the UK Film Council: An excerpt: Here’s what happens when you try to make a film. You have no money, but you have an idea. You need people, helpful, experienced people, to guide you to where the money is, fit you up with the best sort of financial backing, who understand the film you want to make, can nudge it in a direction that will see it gets the audience it merits. That’s what the UK Film Council built up 10 years of […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 15, 2010
GOOGLE/VERIZON: “YOU CAN HAVE YOUR INTERNET!”

As a general net neutrality supporter, I find the “read between the lines” nature of this latest news from Google/Verizon fairly ominous. The story, in which the two companies discuss setting up extra-internet wireless services, just broke, though, so I’ll be looking forward to reading the ensuing commentary and details. From the New York Times about their proposal: The proposal also excludes other online services [from net neutrality regulations] that broadband providers might create in the future. These new online services could include services for entertainment or healthcare monitoring, the companies said. Google and Verizon said that such new online […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 9, 2010

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