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- 06 - Friend Like Me.mp3 MP3 - Aladdin OST - Download Aladdin Soundtracks for FREE! on 2008-08-21
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Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China on 2008-04-18
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Having requested some 204,012
distinct web sites, we found more than 50,000 to be inaccessible from at least
one point in China on at least one occasion
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Save the Internet : Charlie Koenen's Story on 2008-04-18
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This wholesale privatizing of our commons is in violation of the Constitution and our rights to free speech. Yes we are entering a new paradigm in technology, wired and wireless communication is new to the 20th Century, but our rights to access information, voices and content on a level playing field are the cornerstone of Democracy.
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Network neutrality legislation - Congresspedia on 2008-04-18
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- See the Congresspedia project to build an open knowledge base to compliment the project on OpenLeft.
Current status
This article has information on related action opportunities for citizens in the related campaigns section. In mid-2007 there was one major bill to enshrine network neutrality into law, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007. The bill, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007, has not received any action since being referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Jan. 9, 2007. The committee is chaired by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).
In March the Federal Communications Commission solicited public comments on whether it should regulate network neutrality with a deadline of July 16.
On July 22, 2007, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced a participatory project on OpenLeft.com to allow citizens to make suggestions for a national broadband policy bill he was writing. [1]
[edit]Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007 (S.215) was introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) on January 9, 2007. The bill had the sole purpose of entering network neutrality into law. [2]
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Network Neutrality FAQ on 2008-04-18
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Network neutrality is best defined as a network design principle. The idea is that a maximally useful public information network aspires to treat all content, sites, and platforms equally. This allows the network to carry every form of information and support every kind of application. The principle suggests that information networks are often more valuable when they are less specialized – when they are a platform for multiple uses, present and future.
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The proposals I have supported focus on the following potential problems:
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Save the Internet : Frequently Asked Questions on 2008-04-18
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Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
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The nation's largest telephone and cable companies -- including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner -- want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all.
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Network neutrality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on 2008-04-18
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The Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 would have made it a violation of the Clayton Antitrust Act for broadband providers to discriminate against any web traffic, refuse to connect to other providers, or block or impair specific (legal) content. It would also have prohibited the use of admission control to determine network traffic priority. The legislation was approved 20-13 by the House Judiciary committee on May 25, 2006 but was never taken up on the House floor and therefore failed to become law. A bill called the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 was introduced in the US House of Representatives, referencing the principles enunciated by the FCC and authorizing fines up to $750,000 for infractions. It was passed 321-101 by the full House of Representatives on June 8, 2006 but failed to become law when its companion measure was filibustered in the Senate.
On February 25, 2008, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Kevin Martin said that he is "ready, willing and able," to prevent broadband internet service providers from irrationally interfering with their subscribers' internet access.[18]
On March 27, 2008, Comcast and BitTorrent reached an agreement to work together on network traffic[19]. Comcast will adopt a protocol-neutral stance "as soon as the end of [2008]", and explore ways to "more effectively manage traffic on its network at peak times."
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