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Archive of posts filed under the net neutrality category.

EU consultation on net neutrality

EU has published a consultation on the open internet net neutrality. I have to say that their questions is clearly focused on net neutrality – “open Internet” in general. I can recommend Chris Marsden’s draft answers (and also both his blog and his book (Amazon/PDF))

iPad: Five links on “open” vs “closed”

The iPad has stirred a massive response of comments, analysis and almost religious outcries. I guess just about anything has been said; Is it a blow against the generative Internet? Can you trust your mechanic? Cory Doctorow: Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) John Gruber: The Kids Are All Right. [...]

What are operators doing?

It’s been a while since my last blog post, and there have been several news stories related to net neutrality, mobile Internet and what mobile operators do: Wireless call quality has dropped in the US according to Business Week. Why? Smartpones are putting strains on the networks. Erik Schmidt spoke at MWC and stated “”I [...]

Can the Internet continue as “small pieces loosely joined”?

The openness of the Internet has been a recurring theme during the last months. FCC rulemaking process on network neutrality [PDF] Apple´s AppStore policy on applications such as Google Voice and political satire How Facebook for a short period unlinked Twitter links Murdoch’s threat to take the Wall Street Journal out of the Google search [...]

App vs web revisited

TechCrunch reports that Facebook developer Joe Hewitt, the man behind the immensely popular Facebook application for iPhone, has just tweeted that he’s done with the project.   He told TechCrunch. The web is still unrestricted and free, and so I am returning to my roots as a web developer. In the long term, I would [...]