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Net Neutrality vs. Internet Freedom

Alex Epstein | 23 September 2009
The Internet is not a collectivist commune; it is a free, voluntary, and private association of individuals and corporations harmoniously pursuing their individual goals.

Net Neutrality, the FCC and Comcast

Richard Winkler | 3 August 2008
Would the Seattle Times acquiesce to a "printing press-neutrality" law that dictated how it should run its presses?

"Net Neutrality": Destroyer of Internet Freedom

Alex Epstein | 24 February 2008
"Net neutrality" is antithetical to Internet freedom.

"Muni Wi-Fi" and Other Broadband Blunders in Oregon

Vince Vasquez | 16 November 2007
Many local governments have learned their lesson after fiddling with fiber optics, but will sadly endure the same woes with Wi-Fi technology. Because revenues have often not come in at the high rates Muni Wi-Fi operators expected years ago, they now seek virtual exclusive use of local unlicensed radio spectrum through special government agreements, thwarting a competitive marketplace by degrading the quality of rival services. Furthermore, wireless network providers habitually require local governments to agree to become their indefinite customers of "anchor tenant" services, committing millions of future taxpayer dollars to use what many industry experts now consider to be an obsolete technology.

"Open Access" and the Tyranny of the FCC

Alex Epstein | 22 October 2007
If the government recognized airwaves as private property, the wireless industry and broadcast media would be transformed.

Hands Off My Net

Don Luskin | 23 July 2006
Net neutrality threatens to kill the innovation that has marked the emergence of the Internet.

The United Nation's First Salvo In Its Bid To Take Over and Censor The Internet

Tom DeWeese | 28 February 2006
What totalitarian can resist a bid to control the Internet?

Free Broadband From Socialism

Joseph Bast | 4 March 2005
Municipalities do not have a right to experiment with socialism. Municipalization is their attempt to turn back the clock and "snuff out" private competitors.

Digital Disgust: In Praise of Simplicity

Thomas Sowell | 14 July 2004
Where is our new George Eastman today?

Laissez-Faire VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)

James Glassman | 7 February 2004
Experts see VoIP )Voice over Internet Protocol) as the "killer app," the powerful application that will inspire Americans to subscribe to broadband.
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