Annotated Bibliography

here is my glog:




















and here is my annotated bibliography:

Alexander Vincent Molloy
Annotated Biliography

Gizmodo.com

This is my main source of technology news, and, in my opinion, they do an excellent job of covering the topic of net neutrality. They are heavily pro-neutrality in all of their articles. They enjoy taking playful jabs at companies like Comcast and AT&T for just about everything, from iPhone coverage to overpriced products and ridiculous advertising, however they are serious about their passionate hatred for the two company’s stance on net neutrality.

All of the articles are very well researched and contain sources of the information for fact checking. They chronicle the on-going net-neutrality dispute between the FCC and Comcast, and other stories that are associated with the topic.

Oct 8, 2009 - Why the FCC's Got AT&T and Verizon Scared Shitless

Oct 20, 2009 - AT&T "Encourages" Employees and Their Families to Complain to the FCC About Net Neutrality [Updated]

Oct 22, 2009 - FCC: We're Going to Make Net Neutrality the Law

Sep 21, 2009 - FCC Wants to Ban Internet Traffic Screening, Anti-Torrent Measures

Sep 21, 2009 - Comcast to FCC: FUZZOFF!

Apr 6, 2010 - Comcast Wins, We Lose: Court Says FCC Doesn't Have the Power to Enforce Net Neutrality

BoingBoing.net

This is another favourite blog of mine. It also happens to fit perfectly with Little Brother as Cory Doctorow happens to be the editor of the blog. Like every other technology blog, it has a heavy pro-neutrality stance, and it is something that is very obvious in just about every post concerning the topic. This story just shows how incredibly low Comcast will go to ensure that they have everything their way.

UPDATE: Comcast paid for people to fill seats at FCC Net Neutrality hearing

Net Neutrality and Free speech on the internet

This document is a copy of a 2008 hearing before the Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives. Although most of the document is political jargon, it outlines exactly what the net-neutrality stance is. Page 3 outlines the three staples of the movement. It first explains why net neutrality is, and why it is important. Then it shows how net neutrality has recently come under fire, and finally it shows exactly what should be done to ensure that a net-neutral stance is taken by the government.

Both sides have a point in net neutrality – Johna Till Johnson on 2.27.06

Articles that have even a mention of an anti-neutral stance aren’t something very common on the internet. However I did want to have a good balance, and I wanted to see if there actually was any support behind the other side, apart from just telecom providers. This article shows the two sides pretty well, and offers some interesting analogies, along with what was most interesting to me; a historical context. Apparently Ben Franklin thought that it would be just fine to discriminate against competing publishers when it came to his mail service, and he refused to transport any mail from them. After all, the internet may be relatively new in the grand scheme of things, but this isn’t the first time that different kinds of media have been discriminated as far as transportation.

also: I would really appreciate it if we never had to use glogster ever again...