http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/commission.to.bring.net.neutrality.to.wireless/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/fccsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, speaking to attendees of the CTIA's fall event in San Diego, asserted the Commission's position on the expansion of net neutrality regulations to include mobile devices. Genachowski believes the FCC should maintain openness, "whether a person accesses the Internet from a wireless laptop or a netbook."... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/07/commission.to.bring.net.neutrality.to.wireless/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/comcast.voip.scandal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/comcast.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Comcast is not treating VoIP traffic as fairly as the law demands, the FCC alleges. In a letter issued by general counsel Matthew Berry and wireless competition bureau chief Dana Shaffer, the FCC notes that whereas Comcast's Digital Voice VoIP service is unimpeded, third-party VoIP technologies remain subject to supposedly "protocol agnostic" bandwidth throttling. The cable provider has an oblig... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/19/comcast.voip.scandal/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/28/250gb.comcast.cap.in.oct/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/comcast.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Cable Internet provider Comcast may be implementing a 250GB transfer cap as soon as October 1st, anonymous sources claim. The company has been moving towards more neutral bandwidth-limiting techniques, following an FCC ruling that sabotaging BitTorrent traffic violates net neutrality policies. Although BitTorrent seeds are frequently used to share pirated material, they are also used for legitim... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/28/250gb.comcast.cap.in.oct/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/bell.canada.congestion/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/bellbeaver.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bell Canada has been made to disclose figures for the actual congestion of its Internet connections, according to Broadband Reports. The information was demanded by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which is responding to complaints that Bell has been throttling peer-to-peer traffic -- such as BitTorrent transfers -- as delivered to its ring of wholesale ISPs... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/bell.canada.congestion/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/30/bell.can.throttling.suit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/bellbeaver.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bell Canada is facing a class-action lawsuit as a result of its Internet access policies, an announcement reveals. A Quebec group called L'Union des consommateurs, along with Bell customer Myrna Raphael, are accusing Bell of false advertising, as a result of its practice of throttling traffic at peak hours. Raphael is said to have signed a three-year ADSL contract in 2006, partly on the basis of... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/30/bell.can.throttling.suit/ Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/cox.also.blocking.torrents/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/cox.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Comcast is not the only company guilty of sabotaging BitTorrent traffic, the Associated Press reports. While that company has taken the brunt of criticism for potentially violating the FCC's net neutrality policy, the AP says it has obtained the results of a worldwide study of 8,175 Internet users, which found that only three companies were all but certainly blocking connections: Comcast, Singapo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/cox.also.blocking.torrents/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/10/fcc.comcast.deceptive/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/kevinmartin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Comcast may have already undermined its position in an ongoing government investigation, according to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Kevin Martin addressed the question in a recent speech at Stanford University Law School, where the subject of Comcast's peer-to-peer sabotage was raised. Martin said he was disturbed that Comcast initially denied throttling peer-to-peer con... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/10/fcc.comcast.deceptive/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/21/fcc.neutrality.hearing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/harvardlaw.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The FCC will on Monday hold a public hearing to discuss the ramifications of traffic shaping, it has announced. The focus will specifically be on the concept of net neutrality, an FCC policy which traffic shaping is said to violate, by dictating which services and/or websites an ISP customer can use. Panels at the hearing will be staffed by academics, engineers, lobbyists and politicians, in con... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/21/fcc.neutrality.hearing/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/20/second.comcast.p2p.lawsuit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0710/comcast.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new lawsuit has been filed against Comcast, once again accusing the cable company of improperly handling peer-to-peer file sharing. In contrast to a previous suit filed in November, the new one specifically accuses Comcast of false advertising, for claiming that it offers "unfettered access to all the content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offer." Plaintiff Sandford Sidne... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/20/second.comcast.p2p.lawsuit/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/13/new.net.neutrality.law/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/ushouseofrep.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new law backing net neutrality has been proposed by a member of the US House of Representatives, the Associated Press writes. The bill was introduced by Democrat Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, who is also the chairman of a House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet. Called the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, it would require the FCC to determine whether Internet provide... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/13/new.net.neutrality.law/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:00 GMT