A few years ago, Time Warner Cable had disastrous results when it tried to introduce a metered broadband pricing system.  TWC is trying again, but this time it is doing things very differently.  Most public interest groups are not inherently opposed to usage based pricing, but experience with wireless data caps [...]

AT&T appears to be pushing the envelope on the FCC’s limited network neutrality policy as it applies to wireless.  It is too early to tell if this is a literal violation of the FCC standard, but it certainly underscores the concerns of RoadMAP and its friends about the FCC’s weak stance on [...]

This article from the Wall Street Journal offers interesting insights into how the major U.S. wireless carriers have needlessly locked themselves into a system that funnels cash into the coffers of the wireless handset manufacturers.  Our odd system of carrier-subsidized handsets is not used in other countries.  The subsidy system has [...]

The cable industry wins a lot more than it loses, and now that it has negotiated a cease fire with the wireless industry, its future looks even better.  But there is one threat it hasn’t figured out how to tamp down: interactive advertising.  Web advertising can target audiences with amazing precision, even [...]

Those who see the “new” online media as supplanting “traditional” journalism have to deal with the lack of an ethos of journalistic standards.  Michael Hiltzig describes the consequences.
Are Silicon Valley Tech Bloggers Truly Objective?
Objectivity is central to good journalism, but far too many tech bloggers in Silicon Valley have financial conflicts [...]

February 22, 2012
For Immediate Release

Contact: Andrew Jay Schwartzman
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andys@mediaaccess.org
Mera Szendro Bok
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Media Access Project files Petition to Deny Sale of Cable Airwaves to Verizon

Washington D.C – Media Access Project joined with a number of other public interest groups in opposing FCC approval of the sale of spectrum by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House [...]

By Brendan Sasso, Hillicon Valley
A coalition of consumer groups, including Public Knowledge, the Media Access Project and the New America Foundation, urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday to block a $3.6 billion deal between Verizon and a group of cable companies.
In December, Verizon agreed to buy wireless airwave licenses, [...]

By Grant Gross, IDG News
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must block Verizon Wireless from buying wireless spectrum from cable providers because two proposed deals would concentrate too much spectrum in the hands of one company, a coalition of advocacy groups said.
The deals, which also allow Verizon and the cable firms resell each [...]

The buzz about Pinterest has become deafening.  A Washington Post columnist calls it “Digital Crack For Women.” What is it?  RoadMAP doesn’t get it.  Maybe you will.
Pinterest’s Rite Of Web Passage-Huge Traffic, No Revenue
If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you likely will soon.
Traffic to the website-which lets users create online scrapbooks to [...]

The Economist considers the significance of software that locks users out of Internet access.  Does the Internet promote or interfere with productivity?
Stay On Target
Computing: Software that disables bits of your computer to make you more productive sounds daft, but may help keep distractions at bay
“CLEAR your screen and clear your [...]