Net Neutrality Is a Civil Rights Issue
For communities of color, the Internet offers a critical opportunity to build a more equitable media system. It provides all Americans with the potential to speak for themselves without having to convince large media conglomerates that their voices are worthy of being heard.
The site 10Questions.com is gathering video questions for presidential candidates. Think of it as a truly democratic YouTube debate without CNN. There are two phases. Round one: 1. You ask a video question to the presidential candidates. 2. You vote on the best questions. 3. The top ten questions get selected. This part ends on [...]
Last night I opened an envelope from the IRS. In it was Orange Networking’s acceptance letter giving the organization official tax exempt status. Orange Networking is now a real 501(c)(3) organization! YEAH!
Orange Networking (ON) is a non-profit organization working to foster equal access to the Internet so that all people may benefit from the use [...]
The Daily Tar Heel has a new article about broadband in Orange County. Its called Initiative looks to expand high-speed internet access. Here is a small bit of it:
About 90 percent of Orange County can access high-speed Internet, according to a report released Friday by the e-NC Authority.
The report reviewed an annual study that began [...]
Last week AT&T got caught cutting part of a live Perl Jam concert when singer Eddy Vedder criticized President Bush.
During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” but were cut from the webcast:
- “George Bush, leave this world alone.” (the second [...]
MuniWreless.com points me to a good article at Computer World called New Wi-Fi network proves critical in Minneapolis bridge disaster.
“Thank goodness we had it in and that this piece of the network was already up and operational,” said Minneapolis City CIO Lynn Willenbring. “We could not have been as effective if it were not [...]
This well done video explains the basics of a WiFi mesh network. They interview Brian Moura who is co-chairman of Wireless Silicon Valley and Assistant City Manager, City of San Carlos. Thanks to MuniWireless for blogging about it.
Hey all you elected officials. Check this out!
Yeah FreePress! I just got this Action Alert email. I’ll repost it here in it entirety. This is a really good action item. We need to support the new federal bill BEFORE the new study of HB1587 is done. If this new Federal bill passes HB1587 may become obsolete and maybe illegal!
Dear Brian,
Community Internet is [...]
The wonderful website MuniWireless reports about a US Senate Bill called the Community Broadband Act of 2007.
The bill, the Community Broadband Act of 2007, protects consumers on two fronts: It prohibits states from adopting legislation, like the bill pending in North Carolina, which denies local governments the right to deploy municipal broadband projects; It also [...]
Not long after I learned about HB1587, the bad NC House bill, I started a Google Group called NC Public Broadband. Its a email list with the goal of keeping people in the loop about what’s going on in the fight to protect community broadband. Its mainly an announce list but you can respond to [...]
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