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0	Net Neutrality's Death Rattle Starts July 12 [Piracy] ISPs are about to start policing your downloads on behalf of monolithic organizations like the RIAA and MPAA. Are you ready for the internet nanny state? More » 0 Published 70 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Internet-Crippling Bill Might Get Slightly Less Terrible [Internet] Legislation that would prevent Americans from visiting websites the government claims are violating copyright rules had a tumultuous first hearing Wednesday, with its main sponsor unexpectedly expressing ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Which ISP Throttles Bittorrent the Most? [Internet] The Measurement Lab program conducted a study between mid-2008 and mid-2010 to see which ISP was the least bittorrent friendly (i.e. throttling down data transfer rates for the protocol). Turns out the hi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Are People "Cutting the Cord" Just People Who Can't Afford Cable? [Cable] 193,000 people quit their paid television plans last quarter. Sounds like a lot, and it is! But as any horse-breeder will tell you (I would guess?): it's about quality, not quantity. And the people leavin... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Comcast Is Offering Broadband to Low-Income Families for $10 [Comcast] In an effort to help get everybody online, Comcast has elected to offer discounted broadband access and even affordable computers to low-income household across the US. Nice job, because it shouldn't be j... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Best and Worst ISPs in America [Internet] Your ISP probably sucks. You don't need the FCC to tell you that. But a recent study conducted on behalf of the FCC reveals just how badly some of them suck. And the best ISP in America? Verizon FiOS. ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	A Cloudy Future: Tough Questions for the ISPs [Is Broadband A Right?] Should ISPs should be able to limit or cut off your internet access for "overuse"? We won't get to the heart of this matter until people start asking the right questions. And so with that in mind I wanted... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Tougher ISP Piracy Stance Isn't Actually That Tough [Piracy] Just how many times can you illegally download content and get away with it, officially speaking? A new agreement between major US ISPs and the music and movie industry has pegged it at six. Give or take.... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The ISPs Are About to Take a Harder Stance Against Piracy [Piracy] According to Cnet's Greg Sandoval, internet service providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon are working with media groups such as the RIAA and MPAA to adopt stricter anti-piracy policies which gradually increase the consequences for ill... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	This Is the Best Time Warner Cable Takedown Yet [Humor] >Is making fun of Time Warner Cable like beating a dead horse? Maybe, if the horse were still alive and twisting your life into a waking nightmare. So when comedian Eugene Mirman gets out the whoopin s... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	This Map Shows You Just How Good (Or Bad) Your Area's Internet Is [Factoid] An important first step in the FCC's National Broadband Plan has been taken. After lots of testing and research, they've released a map that shows you just how connected the internet is in your zip code, ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	See How Fast Netflix Streaming Actually Delivers on Your ISP [Performance Tests] When it comes to broadband speeds, they have a sales pitch, and you have Speedtest.net. Want a real-world test of actual bandwidth? Netflix has released findings on how fast they can deliver HD streams to... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Comcast Is Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying a Toll to Deliver Streaming Video [Bullies] Level 3 Communications, the networking company that delivers streaming video to Netflix users, says that Comcast is demanding a "recurring fee" for the transmission of such videos to its subscribers. This... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Google Just Killed Net Neutrality (UPDATE: Google Denies It) [Google] In 2006, Google co-founder Sergey Brin traveled to DC, urging Congress to support net neutrality. The New York Times reported this morning that Google and Verizon are conspiring to create tiered internet ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hurt Locker Lawsuit IP Addresses Revealed [Piracy] The first 5,000 Hurt Locker lawsuits were filed two weeks ago, and now the IP addresses of those charged with illegally downloading the film have started trickling out. The first batch—about 700 IPs... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Hurt Locker Lawyers' 14,000 Lawsuit Crusade [Piracy] While Voltage Pictures has gotten most of the publicity surrounding the 5,000 Hurt Locker lawsuits that were handed out last Friday, it's far from the first P2P shake-down for the lawyers backing them. Ex... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hurt Locker Producers File 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers [Piracy] This has been some time coming, but today it's official: the producers of The Hurt Locker have filed suit against 5,000 people for illegally downloading their movie. Read the full complaint after the jump... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hurt Locker Producer Drops Email Bomb On BitTorrenter [Block Quote] Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier—you know, the guy who wants to sue tens of thousands of people for downloading his movie—has made two things very clear over email: pirates are morons, an... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Hurt Locker Producers Take Up Arms Against Pirates [Piracy] Voltage Pictures, the production company behind The Hurt Locker, is gearing up to sue thousands—no, tens of thousands—of individuals who pirated the film online. Get ready for a huge escalatio... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The FCC Is Going to Leave Your ISP Alone [Internet] Somewhat conveniently following the court decision that says the FCC doesn't have the power to enforce net neutrality, FCC Chairman Genananananapackachkowsi is expected to respond that he wants to leave broadband providers just the way are,... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Comcast Wins, We Lose: Court Says FCC Doesn't Have the Power to Enforce Net Neutrality [Comcast] A federal appeals court just ruled on Comcast's lawsuit to get the FCC's p2p blocking ban overturned—that the FCC doesn't have the power to tell Comcast, or any ISP, to be net neutral. Whoa. More... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Verizon's FiOS Rollout Drawing To a Close [FiOS] Fiber optics. It sounds fast (it is). But it also sounds expensive (it is). So expensive, it turns out, that Verizon has announced that it's winding down expansion of its FiOS network. It will keep plugging away in markets that it has alrea... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Is Charter Tricking Customers Into Renting Unnecessary Routers? [ISPs] One savvy Reddit user seems to think so! Also: hoards of other disgruntled and/or confused customers, according to Google. The scam? Charter's convincing customers that their perfectly good router hardwar... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: What Lies Beneath Edition [Remainders] In today's Remainders: things lurking below the surface. Literally, a fuel cell-powered fish. Less literally, ISP's seething contempt for the FCC's new National Broadband Plan. Also: Samsung's David Lee R... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Proposing Its Plan For America's Net Future To Congress This Week [Fcc] As the intertubes overtake boob tubes and telephone tubes as our primary mode of communication, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that access is available and affordable for all Americans. The F... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Take the Consumer Broadband Test, Help the FCC Keep ISPs In Check [Broadband] Feel like your broadband's not living up to how they're advertised? Here's your chance to prove it: the FCC's introduced a Consumer Broadband Test that'll let you know exactly how good a connection you've... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Cities Go Gaga for Google Fiber [Google] No one knows exactly how much Google plans to invest in its ISP business, but its reputation as cash giant alone has cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Sarasota, Florida battling to become the search giant... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	A Decade of Broadband [Chart] In some ways, this chart showing the spread of broadband in the US sums up the decade better than anything else. [GigaOM] 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don't Need [Internet] You thought AT&T was screwing unsuspecting customers into paying obscene bandwidth bills with ridiculous claims of stuff you can't do? Time Warner says you can't have 3 people on the internet without at least 15Mbps. Oh, it gets worse. According to Time W... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Yahoo Will Divulge Pretty Much Anything for $60 [Security] On one hand, it's reassuring to know that Yahoo will work with law enforcement to bust criminals, digging through their private messages to get the job done. On the other, $60 is a low price for our privacy. (Click on the chart for a bigger version.) For ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Is the 'Bandwidth Hog' a Myth? [Net Neutrality] Every ISP's discussions of pricing plans, net neutrality or piracy invoke the same faceless villains: the bandwidth hogs. Benoît Felten, analyst and blogger, has been working in telecom for over a decade, and he wants proof these monsters even exist. With... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details

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