What do Stevie Nicks and John Mellencamp have in common with Prince? Other than being formerly great artists, they are currently aging rockers who say the internet is destroying music. With their success, they have forgotten what it is like to embrace something new. They are now behaving like the fuddy-duddys they used to hate. [...]
The real question is whether some content should get preferential treatment. Let’s hypothetically say a broadband provider like Comcast signs a deal with a content provider like NBC. In this hypothetical scenario NBC shows can now stream in full HD over Comcast’s “pipes” to customer’s computers. However, CBS programs will stream much slower because Comcast [...]
When news of Google’s and Verizon’s possible Net Neutrality agreement hit the wire, some suggested it was the end of the internet as we know it. While that remains to be seen, it does seem plausible to think Google was selling it’s soul for preferential treatment from one of the nation’s largest broadband providers. Initially, [...]