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Seal of the United States Federal Communications Commission. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Speed Matters - Internet Speed Test | Test Your Internet Connection :  Former FCC commissioners said in a court brief that Verizon 's net neutrality position would cause communications to be "unsettled and dramatically narrowed. Related articles FCC wants gigabit Ethernet in all 50 states by 2015 South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong topped list of highest internet speeds Top5 How to Test Internet Speed - Check Internet Speed Gigabits to kilobits Net neutrality bill looms if court voids FCC order Answer Line: An obscenely slow Internet connection when you're paying for a fast one How to Give the U.S. Ultrafast Internet - Bloomberg How CNET tests networking devices

English: Official FCC photograph (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) FCC chairman talks about looming spectrum crisis; allocating that pie in the sky - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com :  "A severe spectrum crunch looms over the next decade because of the popularity of all the devices that have become so common — smartphones, tablets and the rest — and the fact that the new stuff uses up a lot more bandwidth than the old stuff (at least for now). “So far we’ve been dipping our toes in the water on LTE ,” said Julius Genachowski , chairman of the Federal Communications Commission earlier this month. PC Magazine , by the way, defines LTE as “the latest high-speed cellular data transmission network, surpassing the speeds of the widely used 3G networks .”" .. .ero . Related articles FCC Chairman: 300MHz of spectrum coming to providers Mystery giant eyeball on Fla. beach may be squid's - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com The Bunny the Bear Announce “hump Into Hibernation” Tour AT...

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Communications Workers of America (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) CWA: FCC Decision on Big Cable Deal Will Kill Jobs, Harm Consumers | Communications Workers of America :  "The FCC's decision allowing Big Cable to virtually monopolize wireline and video connections to millions of homes will lead to job loss and hit consumers with higher prices. It will slam the door on our country's high speed future because it has destroyed any incentive for Verizon to continue the build out of its high speed FiOS network"

Verizon: Paying Politicians to Rule the Air (g1a2d0047c1) (Photo credit: watchingfrogsboil ) As Verizon sees it, “ broadband networks are the modern-day microphone by which their owners [e.g. Verizon] engage in First Amendment speech.” Furthermore, the company should be allowed to act like a newspaper does, selectively choosing what information should be allowed to stay and what should be selected out http://bit.ly/Nr9orV Related articles Verizon: net neutrality violates our free speech rights Verizon: it's our Constitutional right to make your Internet suck Jeff Jarvis: Verizon Thinks the Internet Is Its Newspaper Inside Verizon's attack on network neutrality Verizon Playing Dangerous Game in Net Neutrality Battle

Verizon Building in New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Lost Verizon (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Verizon's CEO has a plan for wireless pay-TV, if the government will allow it -- Engadget : "Verizon CEO Lowell C. McAdam doesn't quite have all of those SpectrumCo AWS licenses in his pocket just yet, but if he does get them he has a decidedly old school idea of what to flood the airwaves with: TV. "  { Lowell, Lowell, Lowell . . . triple your salary and what do we get for it?  more of the vast wasteland ? and of course Big G. will allow it . . . you pay taxes don't you? uh, er, uhm . . . never mind.}[ero] 

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Comcast-NBC merger approved by FCC - Jan. 18, 2011 : "'After a thorough review, we have adopted strong and fair merger conditions to ensure this transaction serves the public interest,' FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement." Nelson Chaney : All I know is that this violates every canon of respectable broadcasting.   Frank Hackett : We're not a respectable network. We're a whorehouse network, and we have to take whatever we can get.   Nelson Chaney : Well, I don't want any part of it. I don't fancy myself the president of a whorehouse.   Frank Hackett : That's very commendable of you, Nelson. Now sit down. Your indignation is duly noted; you can always resign tomorrow. ahhh. . . . still brings tears to mine eyes. :-0 .. .ero . Related articles "Comcast-NBC Deal: Whats Next?" and related posts (econolog.net) FCC approves Comcast's purchase of NBC, Justice Department...

Image via Wikipedia World Wide Web - Net-Neutrality Reaction Is Far from Neutral : "It seems few are happy with the Federal Communications Commission vote approving Net neutrality. Free Press said the Net-neutrality vote allows 'discrimination online,' while Republicans were simply opposed. The FCC's vote could make Comcast 's extra fee for competitors illegal. But 'reasonable network management ' could offer a loophole." .. .ero . Related articles What you need to know about the FCC's net neutrality ruling (dvice.com) FCC Net Neutrality Vote Sets Up Legal Challenges (informationweek.com) Wingnut Blogs Go Cuckoo Over Net Neutrality (littlegreenfootballs.com) Talking Net Neutrality on Fox 25 (cc-chapman.com)

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Divided FCC adopts Internet traffic rules | Reuters : "Under the rules, the blocking of legal content would be banned but providers like Comcast and Verizon Communications can 'reasonably' manage their networks and charge consumers based on levels of Internet usage ." .. .ero . Related articles New Internet Traffic Rules,Users may end up paying for down loads. (ramanan50.wordpress.com) Divided FCC adopts rules to protect Web traffic (physorg.com)

Image via Wikipedia Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time : "No chairman should be soliciting sign-off from the corporations that his agency is supposed to regulate -- and no true advocate of a free and open Internet should be seeking the permission of large media conglomerates before issuing new rules." .. .ero . Related articles Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue of Our Time (huffingtonpost.com) Free the Internet! Time for the Net Neutrality Vote (marketingpilgrim.com) FCC to vote Tuesday on 'net neutrality' rules (cnn.com) Why we fight for net neutrality (liberatemedia.com) Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality (yro.slashdot.org)