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University Coalition Aims For Alternate, High-Speed Internet

A group of 29 American universities has announced a plan to create Gig.U, an online network many times faster than the public Internet. Gig.U would service communities adjacent to universities — most of them outside major cities — and is designed to encourage high-tech startups in those areas by offering 1 gigabit connections.

University Coalition Aims For Alternate, High-Speed Internet

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Regulation Possible Over Internet Tracking

As most people know, virtually every move we make on the Internet is tracked by online publishers, advertisers and ad networks — and users have no simple ways to prevent it from happening. While a few companies have offered an online Do Not Track technologies, there is no universal method to enjoin companies from harvesting our personal data.

Regulation Possible Over Internet Tracking

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FCC Sets Six Month Deadline for Online Closed Captioning

Last October, President Obama signed into law the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 — "a bill to increase the access of persons with disabilities to modern communications, and for other purposes." In short it required that Internet video content be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired — just as it is on broadcast and cable television.

FCC Sets Six Month Deadline for Online Closed Captioning