On Oct. 5th the LA times published an article that makes the claim that donations that have been made to telecom companies to civil rights groups (NAACP, National Urban League) have swayed those organizations opinions when it comes to the Net Neutrality regulation debate that’s going on in DC.   My first problem here is that people want to infer that organizations that have a history of going against popular opinion in order to serve the [...]

At the MMTC Broadband and Social Justice Summit, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, made a passing reference to net neutrality when she discussed how tiered pricing would be a market entry barrier to some online entrepreneurs.  I don’t disagree.  Anything that increases costs for starting and sustaining any business, online or otherwise, is a barrier for new entrepreneurs. However, before we can get people to the point where they start a business online, we have to get [...]