x. Internet Policy: Social Issue Discussion

Since groups are still up in the air (?), I figure this post can serve as a place to discuss the potential group for Internet Issues.

First of all, Internet Issues is a pretty broad umbrella: what should we focus on? How can we qualify it as a civic / social / community problem?

Perhaps we should be asking: are communities satisfied with their internet service options? Who are our Internet Service Providers (ISPs)? Are we satisfied with them? I don’t think it would be fair for me to make that call, so instead, I turned to Google. Simply typing “comcast boulder” or “comcast denver” into the search bar ought to provide a good starting point.

LINKS: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=comcast+boulder || http://lmgtfy.com/?q=comcast+denver 
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Comcast Denver weighs in with an average score of 1.5 (or 1 according to Yelp).
It seems like residents of Denver are dissatisfied with Comcast. But you could have fooled me! Michael Hancock, mayor of Denver, signed a letter to the FCC supporting a merger of Comcast and Time-Warner! Specifically stating that Comcast has “established itself as an industry leader and exemplary community partner“

Source: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/comcast-time-warner-american-mayors/

Somethings not right here. But hey, just figured I’d get the ball rolling. (To be continued …)

  • Net Neutrality, Policy
  • Municipal Fiber vs Internet Service Providers
  • other ideas?

2 thoughts on “x. Internet Policy: Social Issue Discussion”

  1. I’m not sure if I’ll be joining in on the internet issues topic of suicide prevention, but my two sense for a topic that pertains to Internet Issues would be net neutrality. I think Net Neutrality would be an extremely good topic to cover because it really does affect all of us. Anyone who uses the internet should be aware of what the FCC is looking at doing when it comes to our ISPs. Any thoughts?

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    • Net Neutrality is a great topic.

      And I agree – there needs to be more transparency in the relationship between the FCC, our ISPs, and even our local governments. People need to be informed about what’s going on behind the scenes because it IS important. As you said, “it really does affect all of us”.

      Internet policy should be moving in a direction that benefits the public. Time-Warner and Comcast merging is not in the consumer’s best-interest.

      I’m also a proponent of municipal fiber; that could be a key discussion point (assuming our group doesn’t get eliminated …)

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