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Justice Clarence Thomas, DNS and IT Administrator
Having declared victory over DNS (Domain Name System) for my sipXecs project, I vaguely recall that a Supreme Court justice wrote extensively about DNS in a significant decision on the proper classification of cable modem. It’s coming back to me … Continue reading
Snowed In with the FCC’s Open Internet Rules
After burning off my holiday calories shoveling out of Snowmageddon 2010, I was ready to settle down with a good book and a flagon of mulled cider. Perhaps I was still looking for more Sisyphean exercises, so instead of Harry … Continue reading
Brand X and Information Cooties
With pre-election talk of new telecom laws and in the aftermath of the Comcast decision, I was hoping to not revisit the spooky crypt containing moldy Supreme Court decisions and worm-eaten FCC regulatory rulings for a few months. But I … Continue reading
Non-innovative ISPs
A article in Wired by Ryan Singel does a nice job of explaining why the cable ISPs need regulation. As this blog has also been saying, reclassification of their services as telecommunications, the current FCC strategy, undoes a bad course … Continue reading
FCC Notice of Inquiry on Broadband Reclassification
Let the games begin and ex parte filings flow! The FCC formally opened its proceedings yesterday on the classification of broadband Internet. The agency released a 64 page, footnote-chocked Notice of Inquiry, Framework for Broadband Internet Service, to set this round … Continue reading





