Feb 24, 2014 | Marketing Strategies, News & Views, The Domino Effect
Even if net neutrality remains neutral, the gates have opened, first with AT&T allowing for sponsored content, now Opera browser is joining them in the pool. We do hear that Netflix has settled with Verizon and possibly Comcast, into some sort of agreement that...
Jan 29, 2014 | News & Views, The Domino Effect
Netflix, Net neutrality, Net profits. Does Hastings have the ammo to battle the cable companies? I’m hopeful and no matter what, it should be fireworks in the house if he can manage to rally his troops to start leaving specific providers in droves. Kind of...
Jan 27, 2014 | The Domino Effect
After quite a lot of pressure, both Verizon and AT&T agreed last month to issue transparency reports like those that Google has offered for years, and which most of the other large internet companies have started offering in the last year or two. Verizon…
Jan 15, 2014 | News & Views, No Way!, The Domino Effect
Here we go again — those pushing bandwidth through their pipes want tiered usage, essentially allowing them to create an internet ghetto for those that cannot afford to play with big competitors with big dollars. As a capitalist, I don’t think we should...
Apr 29, 2013 | The Domino Effect
CISPA… SOPA, PIPA… I’m hard pressed to decide whether the US Congress has a special fondness for zombie movies where the dead just won’t stay that way, or it’s more akin to the Lannisters and all their crazy lust for, um, yeah, lust for...