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4:52 pm on October 23, 2014 · brooklyn (13), comcast (11), Common Cause (2), consumers union (1), demand progress (2), free press (4), meetup (21), net neutrality (39), time warner (1)

MEETUP MONDAY: New York Speaks: A Hearing on Our Rights to Connect and Communicate #ComcastTWC #NetNeutrality @freepress

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speakoutOn Monday October 27 2014, at 5pm Free Press, Common Cause, Consumers Union, Daily Kos, Demand Progress and the Media Action Grassroots Network are holding New York Speaks: A Hearing on Our Rights to Connect and Communicate at the Brooklyn Public Library. The aim – “to save Net Neutrality and stop Comcast from taking over the Internet“. Speakers include Rep. Jerrold Nadler, former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Mariana Ruiz of Presente.org, and Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron. The event has two parts – at 5pm a cultural speakout featuring artists on the plaza, and at 6pm public hearing inside the Dweck Center.

What: New York Speaks: A Hearing on Our Rights to Connect and Communicate
When: Monday Oct. 27 2014, 5pm cultural artist speakout on the plaza; 6pm public hearing inside the Dweck Center
Where: Dweck Center, Brooklyn Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/newyorkspeaks
Register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/freepress/900535
Twitter: #ComcastTWC | #NetNeutrality

1:53 pm on July 2, 2014 · comcast (11), isoc-ny tv (53), time warner cable (2)

ISOC-NY TV Show today – NYSPSC Time Warner Cable /#Comcast merger public hearing #comcasttimewarner @MNNprogramming

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isoc ny tv

isoc ny tvToday, Wednesday July 2 2014, the ISOC-NY TV show will present highlights of the NYSPSC Time Warner Cable / Comcast merger NYC public hearing held on June 19 2014. The show, which airs from 2-3pm, may be viewed via Manhattan Cable or online via the MNN website. If you miss it, you can view the unedited video below.

What: ISOC-NY TV Show – NYSPSC Time Warner Cable / Comcast merger NYC public hearing
Where: Manhattan Neighborhood Network
When: Wednesday July 2 2014 2pm-3pm EDT | 1900-2000 UTC
Manhattan Cable: TWC 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34
Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel

7:20 pm on June 30, 2014 · ben kallos (2), Bruce Kushnick (4), comcast (11), letitia james (2), nys (5), nyspsc (3), tim karr (1), time warner cable (2)

VIDEO/TRANSCRIPTS: #NYSPSC Time Warner Cable /#Comcast merger public hearings #comcasttimewarner

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NYS PSC

NYS PSCThe New York State Public Service Commission is seeking public input on the Time Warner Cable and Comcast merger proposal. Under the proposal, Comcast will acquire Time Warner Cable’s equity in exchange for Comcast class A shares. As previously announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo on May 19, the commission is conducting an investigation to determine whether the proposed merger is in the best interest of Time Warner’s New York customers and the state as a whole.

In June 2014 three separate hearings were held in Buffalo, Albany and New York City, giving the public an opportunity to present their comments. Transcripts are available, and ISOC-NY recorded video of the NYC hearing. See Below.

June 16 – SUNY Buffalo Student Union Theater, Buffalo NY

June 18 – SUNY Albany Performing Arts Center, Albany NY

June 19 – NYS Department of Public Service, New York NY


View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/69lxCIj7EJ8

 


View on YouTube: http://youtu.be/DBDClNtjGU4

Beyond the three hearings, the commission will also accept public input via email, mail or phone call. Comments should be sent in no than July 31, but will be accepted throughout the proceeding. Comments may be sent by email to [email protected].They can also be mailed or delivered to Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350. Comments should refer to “Case 14-M-0183, Petition of Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc.” The public may also call the commission’s opinion line at 1-800-335-2120. This number is designed to take comments about pending cases from in-state callers, 24 hours a day. Callers should press “1” to leave comments, mentioning the Comcast/Time Warner merger.

 

Twitter: #comcasttimewarner | #nyspsc

2:45 pm on June 19, 2014 · comcast (11), net neutrality (39), netflix (1)

VIDEO: Reed Hastings of @Netflix & Brian Roberts of @Comcast at @recode #codecon #netneutrality

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Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix & Brian Roberts, his counterpart at Comcast, were both speakers at the recent Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes CA. Both were closely questioned about their interconnection disputes and network neutrality. Re/code has edited their responses into a 5 minute video. See below.

View at Re/code: http://player.theplatform.com/p/PhfuRC/vNP4WUiQeJFa/select/1oH6SyA9Ljjn?width=640&height=360

View full Reed Hastings session: http://player.theplatform.com/p/PhfuRC/vNP4WUiQeJFa/select/bvQQCDHfSbUs?width=640&height=360

View full Brian Roberts session: http://player.theplatform.com/p/PhfuRC/vNP4WUiQeJFa/select/1oH6SyA9Ljjn?width=640&height=360

12:45 pm on February 18, 2014 · broadband (122), comcast (11), diane rehm (1), Susan Crawford (26)

AUDIO: Diane Rehm Show – consumer interest in Comcast + Time Warner merger @drshow @scrawford

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Diane Rehm Show

Diane Rehm ShowOn Monday February 17 2014, the Diane Rehm show on National Public Radio tackled the proposed Comcast + Time Warner Cable merger in a segment entitled What A Proposed Cable Mega-Merger Might Mean For Consumers. The proposed new entity would have approximately 30 percent of all national pay television subscribers and also about a third of all broadband Internet subscribers. Some consumer advocates say that if the merger is approved, cable TV bills will go up and the new company will have too much control over program content, high speed Internet access and price. Diane’s guests were Berin Szoka President, TechFreedom; Susan Crawford Visiting Professor, Harvard’s Kennedy School and Harvard Law School; and Gautham Nagesh, reporter, The Wall Street Journal. Audio is below:

4:44 am on October 8, 2011 · BITAG (1), BoT (9), comcast (11), ietf (34), isoc (166), SSAC (5)

Jason Livingood joins Board of Trustees @InternetSociety

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To fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Lawrence Lessig the Internet Society has appointed Jason Livingood, Executive Director, Internet Systems Engineering at Comcast Cable, to its Board Of Trustees.

Jason has served as co-chair of an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group and is the author of several RFCs. He is also an technical advisory board member of a security-related company, has several patents pending in his field, has recently served on a working group of the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), is a member of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group’s (BITAG) Technical Working Group, and is a member of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

2:02 am on February 8, 2011 · broadband (122), comcast (11), internet (14), nbcu (2), netnetrality (1), peering (42), Susan Crawford (26), video (21)

Video: The Strain of Online Videos #broadband

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On Jan 19, as part of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee State of the Net Conference 2011, a panel of experts discussed the changing landscape of video distribution, and its implications for lawmakers. The panel was preceded by a short presentation by MIT Research Associate Dr. William Lehr outlining the state of play.

Moderator
*Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications

Panel

  • Marvin Ammori, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska Law School
  • Richard Bennett, Sr. Fellow, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
    • Susan Crawford, Professor, Cardozo Law School & Research Collaborator, The Center for Information Technology Policy
    • Adam Thierer, Sr. Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

9:43 pm on December 5, 2010 · broadband (122), comcast (11), nbcu (2), NBP (17), net neutrality (39), Susan Crawford (26), telecom (19), webcast (110)

Video: Susan Crawford – The State of Telecommunications Policy in the US Today #broadband #netneutrality #structsep #comcast #nbcu

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Nov 29 2010: Evan Korth’s Computers & Society class presents an ISOC-NY sponsored talk by Susan Crawford, who previously served as President Obama’s Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy and was a former Board Member of ICANN. Currently, she is a professor at Cardozo Law School and a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy. Most recently Susan has been in the forefront of opposition to the Comcast-NBC merger.
http://scrawford.net/blog/

Download – Video: iPod | ogv | Audio: mp3; Audio: mp3 | ogg ;

3:02 am on December 1, 2010 · comcast (11), level 3 (1), peering (42)

Level 3 vs Comcast – explanation, comment, + links

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As most are aware Level 3 has complained that it is being gouged by Comcast. It appears Comcast has demanded extra cash for transit costs due to an increased level of traffic due to Level 3’s new arrangement to carry Netflix traffic previously carried by Akamai. Under the Akamai CDN system Comcast had been paid to host Akamai servers on its network and there was obviously less load on their transit costs. No wonder they are unhappy.

Comcast, concerned about public opinion especially with the NBCU merger decision looming have made the following explanatory video:

However it’s difficult to see, at least in the mind of the general public, how this will help their case – the public is accustomed to paying for the bandwidth to receive content, not the other way round! While peering and simple Internet service are not the same thing, the difference is not easily discernible..

There are several illuminating explanations/comments on the web: