All app'd out!

I have officially become a digital warrior. Traveling with one notebook, one tablet, two smartphones, a mini Wi-Fi router (so I can plug in to a hotel Ethernet connection and connect all those other devices), a pouch with three chargers, four connecting wires,...

Feisty French finger-pointing follows faltering YouTube

Back in September the independent French competition authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) approved a plan allowing French operators to charge for third party or OTT generated traffic traversing their network. Apart from a few sensational headlines at the time...

Seeking sense in censorship

The very thought of wholesale censorship of the internet by governments would appear abhorrent to many in this digital, hyper-connected era, but it hasn’t stop many from trying. Whether for religious, cultural, national security or citizen ‘protection’ reasons,...

Egypt applies 'net neutering' rules

Forget all about net neutrality, we’ve now seen the first real example of ‘net neutering’ with Egypt flicking the ‘kill switch’ on the internet. How terrible, how frightening, how undemocratic, how primitive in this day and age – I hear you ask? Hang on a...

Net neurosis reigns – if it ain't broke, regulate!

FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, had his Christmas wish granted when ‘net neutrality’ rules were voted in this week 3-2. The net neutrality vote was hardly unanimous, being carried along party lines with Democrat and Republican Commissioners voting for and against,...