From Television Broadcasting (TVB) on August 16, 2010 see: http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/104894
 
FCC Report Supplies Fuel for Net Neutrality Opponents by Deborah D. McAdams, August 16, 2010
 
Data hogs account for about 1 percent of residential Web users but 25 percent of all online traffic, according to the latest technical paper released by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC [...]

An interesting article by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. in the Wall Street Journal (August 10, 2010, on page A-13) discusses how Google came to realize that strict Internet regulations would reduce network investment, making them not in the interest of online consumers.  You can read this excellent article at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421434187090098.html

Here is a new article by Paul Misener, VP at Amazon, that takes a second look view of the Net Neutrality issue.

37 State Attorney Generals are investigating Google in connection with its Street View, suggesting the possibility that, without permission, Google collected private and personal information on American consumers.  In a letter announcing the investigation, the Connecticut Attorney General asks some probing question about how Google collected its information and provides insight into the direction of the investigation.  Among several issues, the investigation is looking into whether Google collected personal consumer [...]

 
American Consumer Institute Analysis: Relying On Undercapitalized Insurers during Hurricane Season Puts Florida Homeowners at Extreme Risk
 
Washington, DC (July 1, 2010) – A ConsumerGram written by FSU professor and ACI expert Dr. Patricia Born details how regulatory efforts to keep Florida’s homeowner insurance rates artificially low has resulted in undercapitalized companies, which have “placed the [...]

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the FCC did not have full legal authority to regulate the Internet market.  So what did the FCC do about it?
Today, the FCC announced its would use the “best legal framework” for broadband access.  What this really means is that the FCC will change its rules and reclassify broadband services [...]

ACI is pleased to announce the addition of another top public policy expert.  Dr. Powell holds the Whitbeck-Beyer Chair of Insurance and Financial Services in the Department of Economics and Finance at University of Arkansas-Little Rock.  He earned a Ph.D. in Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Georgia.  Most of his research focuses [...]

The daily caller wrote an interesting article about the efforts of Neo-Marxists to regulate the Internet and how their positions are aligned with the White House.  Here is the article: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/11/the-neomarxist-who-is-helping-to-influence-obamas-media-policy/
Tell us what you think.  Is there a spurious link or is there something afoot?

As the FCC expresses its intent to apply monopoly-style regulations on competitive broadband services, hundreds of lawmakers on the Hill continue to express their concerns.
One letter (click here … 20100526-jdd-ltr-to-genachowski-on-reclassification-signed-doc) was written by a chief Democrat lawmaker, Rep. John Dingell; and another letter was sent to the FCC and coauthored by others members http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/barton.pdf.  Just last week, two other letters co-authored by many members were written [...]