http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf An insider's view of the media hegemony en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.com/totsfnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1283 The FCC just released the text of the Order adopted on August 1 finding for Free Press on the Comcast Complaint and Declaratory ruling and denying Vuze's Petition for Rulemaking. You can get the pdf here. Larry Lessig pretty much says it all w... Series of Tubes http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1283 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:58:48 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1282 I suppose it was inevitable. Let Google enter the policy arena and suddenly that's all anyone will ever think about. Never mind that Media Access Project and New America Foundation first participated in this policy exercise back in the spectrum ... Spectrum http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1282 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:33:43 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1281 For anyone who cares, I will be in Denver next week, but not for the Democratic National Convention (although I wouldn't say no if someone wanted to slip me a pass — hint, hint). I will be attending the Big Tent event for bloggers, progress... General http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1281 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:54:15 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1279 As regular readers know, I frequently deride those who continue to put their faith in a creed of deregulation despite empirical evidence that this is not suitable to all occasions as worshipers of of the “gods of the marketplace,” afte... General http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1279 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:42:36 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1270 O.K., jokes aside about the lameness and lateness of McCain's tech policy and associated privacy policy. How does this all really stack up as a substantive plan? Two quotes from former FCC Chair and McCain tech adviser Michael Powell nicely il... Life In The Sausage Factory http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1270 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:59:57 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1275 When you show up as the butt of a joke on the Colbert Report, you should know you're in trouble. And when, by merry coincidence, Stephen Colbert does a piece on your self-professed computer illiteracy the night before you release your long awaited... How Democracy Works, Or Doesn't http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1275 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:53:30 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1272 I just got a postcard from Verizon telling me FIOS will soon be available in my neighborhood. While I'm probably one of the last residential CLEC subscribers in the United States, I'm a firm believer in the idea that fiber is better and have been... Series of Tubes http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1272 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:28:07 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1273 Today's NYT has this op ed on Obama's use of text messaging to announce his VP pick. It provides a nice reminder about the importance of the pending Petition by PK and others on text messaging. Filed after Verizon denied NARAL a short code but ... Spectrum http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1273 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:22:36 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1269 In an interesting turn of events, industry analyst Craig Moffett takes a look at the growth of cable broadband and overall subscriber growth, as compared with that of telcos and satellites, and comes to this interesting conclusion: Cable is a natu... Cable http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1269 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:31 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1268 Comcast has certainly had some lousy luck with contractors. Most recently, a Comcast contractor got all nasty on 74 year old trying to get broadband service. Before that, Comcast contractors were caught literally torturing kittens. And who can ... Cable http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/1268 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:18:50 -0400