Have you ever wondered why a YouTube video is taking a long time load, buffering, or refusing to play? YouTube has started pointing people towards the answer to that question. A blue bar will appear underneath the video that asks, “Experiencing Interruptions?” Click on the button that says “Find out why”, and the answer is revealed. YouTube will automatically send
If you have an Xbox Gold Member and are a Xfinity (aka Comcast) subscriber you may have noticed a couple of additions to the Xbox app store, MLB, HBO Go and Xfinity on Demand. However if you try to log into HBO Go you will find yourself blocked, because HBO Go is not available on the Xbox if you get
I just read a brilliant piece on net neutrality from Steve Wozniak and all I can say is you need to stop what your doing and read this now. Woz on Net Neutrality.
On July 23, 2010, CNN anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed on air the idea that bloggers should be somehow “held accountable” or perhaps regulated in some way. Here's the video of that exchange. It’s no secret that CNN and other so-called mainstream media outlets, both broadcast and print, have had for some time now an ongoing loss of
We've all heard that phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Well, Joel Kelsey, of the Consumer's Union, has a different answer to ISP's that claim we don't need net neutrality policies because "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." His statement to the big ISP's: "So, stop breaking it!" At issue is the FCC's new proposed net neutrality
The NY Times is reporting that the FCC has found that Comcast's aggresive blocking of BitTorrent traffic has violated the FCC's open access rules. What the penalty will be will not be known until August once the full board has met. This ruling sets a fantastic precedent, while every ISP shapes traffic to some extent if they are too aggresive