Tag Archives: Network neutrality

Mobile 2.0 meets net neutrality

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on May 3, 2010 — 4 Comments

We’ve been saying that most people will reach the Internet through mobile platforms for some time. And for some time, our colleagues have been looking at us as though we have sunstroke. But we like to break new ground and know that skeptical looks are part of the package. Now we have a powerful ally: [...]

Posted in General | Also tagged BOP, Bottom Of The Pyramid, Computer law, Internet, Internet access, Internet traffic, Internet users, mobile 2.0, networks, the New York Times

Net neutrality blocked by US courts

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on April 7, 2010 — 3 Comments

We have been following the emotionally loaded net neutrality debate for some time with some detachment. Our research clearly shows that low prices are critical if the BOP is to join the Internet economy and that low prices are not sustainable without the adaptation of the budget telecom network model to broadband supply. One of [...]

Posted in General | Also tagged BOP, Broadband, budget telecom network model, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Internet access, Internet economy, Network neutrality in the United States, quality of service regulation, telecommunications, United States

The sad Broadband workshop…

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on November 21, 2009 — 4 Comments

We reproduce fully below, Carlos A. Afonso’s post to a thread on Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility responding to discussions at the IGF workshop “Expanding broadband access for a global Internet economy: development dimensions”, in which Rohan Samarajiva, Chair/CEO LIRNEasia was the keynote speaker. We retain the original title. As neither we nor most of [...]

Posted in General | Also tagged ADSL, AT&T Corp., Brazil, Broadband, broadband access, broadband Internet access, Caribbean, Carlos A. Afonso, carpenter, cell phones, cellular telephone, Central America, Chair /CEO, connectivity device, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, Europe, executive, fixed line telephone connection, infoDev representative, Internet, Internet economy, iPhone, keynote speaker, London, Miami, Network neutrality in the United States, pianist, Quality of Service, Rohan Samarajiva, speaker, Technology/Internet, telco infrastructure, telecommunications, United States, Universal Service Fund, wireless giant

Tag Archives: Network neutrality

Mobile 2.0 meets net neutrality

Net neutrality blocked by US courts

The sad Broadband workshop…

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