DC Circuit Court Set to Rule on FCC Internet Regs

If the prognosticators are correct, the DC Circuit is going to issue its ruling on the FCC’s Open Internet regulations this week, either Tuesday or Friday. What a wonderful way…

April 14, 2016 0

Protecting Mossack Fonseca’s Panama Papers

How not to do security

The Panama Papers – the 2.6 TB trove of legal files from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca detailing dodgy tax avoidance schemes – is a great lesson in security. While it’s not…

April 7, 2016 0

FCC’s Broadband Label is a Loser

The FCC announced a broadband labeling program today that operationalizes the transparency provision of its Open Internet Order. In keeping with the agency’s preference for style over substance, the labeling…

April 5, 2016 0

Cutting Through the Blog-fog on Throttlegate

FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly criticized Netflix’s Throttlegate in a speech to the American Action Forum Tuesday but pushed back on the idea floated by some ISPs that edge services providers…

March 31, 2016 0

Throttle-gate: What are the Facts?

A lively discussion broke out on the Internet last Friday over the Wall Street Journal’s revelation that Netflix has been secretly throttling video streams sent to customers of mobile broadband…

March 29, 2016 0

Chester Report: Is Big Data Watching You?

According to a new report, Big Data is Watching: Growing Digital Data Surveillance of Consumers by ISPs and Other Leading Video Providers by Jeff (Center for Digital Democracy) Chester, the Internet is out…

March 24, 2016 0

Three Surprises in Akamai’s State of the Internet Report

Today Akamai releases the latest edition of its State of the Internet Report, the go-to overview of developments in global Internet infrastructure. This edition covers the 4th quarter of 2015;…

March 22, 2016 0

Pole Attachments and Backhaul

Yesterday’s podcast is a lively and engaging discussion of 5G with Peter Rysavy, a spectrum expert whose posts have graced these pages in the past. While some hyped-up technologies seem…

March 17, 2016 0

Fact-Checking the New York Times on Privacy

No sooner had the electrons settled around our last post than the New York Times published an editorial praising FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to protect America’s Internet users from…

March 15, 2016 0

FCC Confused About Privacy

As we’ve explained in previous posts, the FCC is often very confused about the way the Internet works. The agency has claimed that the Domain Name Service routes information across…

March 11, 2016 0