• Debunk the Junk: Protect Your Internet Rights

    February 23, 2010

    We’re in the midst of an amazing time in history when the future of the Internet is being decided – and thus how we communicate, connect and control our own path on the Web and in our lives.

  • A Day of Internet Action, A Week of Reflection

    February 22, 2010

    On Monday, February 15th, groups across the country, including Main Street Project, the organization I work for, participated in a National Day of Action in support of broadband access and Net Neutrality.

  • PBS: Number one in public trust (again and again and again…)

    February 18, 2010

    Stand aside, cable news networks. For seven years and running, PBS has clocked in at number one in public trust – and this year is no exception. Considering that the purpose of public media is to meet the needs of the public and not the shareholders, this poll is a good sign that PBS is on the right track.

  • In Memory of Martin

    February 18, 2010

    It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Martin Bosworth. Martin was Managing Editor and regular contributor to ConsumerAffairs.com and could always be counted on as a passionate advocate of the rights of consumers -- including those fighting to protect an open Internet.

  • Appalachian Youth Say Dial-Up Rocks -- Not

    February 17, 2010

    On Monday, groups around the country held actions calling for universal broadband access and Net Neutrality.

  • The Crumbling Data Firewall

    February 16, 2010

    As more people access the Internet from mobile devices, it's essential that the wireless Web is neutral, and that wireless carriers do not block applications from accessing data, whether it’s in the form of 3G or WiFi networks.

  • Citizens United and the Urgent Case For an Open Internet

    February 16, 2010

    In the wake of Citizens United, preserving an open, neutral Internet may be our best hope for counterbalancing the deluge of corporate money that will now influence elections.

  • Grassroots Groups Plan National Day of Action for Affordable, Open Internet

    February 12, 2010

    If our lawmakers don’t already know, they’re going to hear it loud and clear on Monday: organizations working with people of color, poor communities and other marginalized groups, are raising their voices for rules that will defend an open Internet--to ensure the Internet remains a level playing field--where every voice and idea has a chance.

  • Building Better Media

    February 12, 2010

    Across the country, community media projects have been sprouting out of a dying traditional media system that has often failed to deliver what the public really wants: local news and information. Now, more than ever before, citizens are taking the media back, using this time of media chaos to forge ahead with news projects that serve their interests—regardless of whether they graduated from J-school or not.

  • Friday Morning iPhone Fallacies

    February 12, 2010

    Looking for some Friday morning fun? Read this post from Steven Titch, of the misnomered Technology Liberation Front, and count the fallacies.

    First, Titch gets it wrong on AT&T’s data capacity and the nature of exclusivity deals:

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