Tag: Net Neutrality

10 Projects to Liberate the Web

By Venessa Miemis

10.04.11, 8:25am Comments (11)

Ten projects that enable peer-to-peer communication, protect personal freedom, and give people more control over their data and identity on the web. Read more »

A Low-Cost, Low-Power DIY Cellular Data Network

By Paul M. Davis

08.25.11, 1:47pm Comments (5)

The Village Base Station is a low-power, easy to deploy tool to create a GSM cellular data network in areas with limited power and network resources. Read more »

Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash

By Beth Buczynski

06.24.11, 8:00am Comments (23)

Forget Net Neutrality. An Afghan city proves the building an independent internet is more reality than dream. Read more »

The Evolution Will Be Socialized

By Douglas Rushkoff

02.07.11, 1:44pm Comments (17)

From the actions of the Egyptian government to the policies of Facebook, the monopolies of central banks to the corporatization of the Internet, we are witnessing the potential of a peer-to-peer networking become overshadowed by the hierarchies of th. Read more »

Five Mobile Apps for Civic Engagement

By Paul M. Davis

01.13.11, 10:21am Comments (3)

The immediacy of the mobile web and the molasses-slow pace of government bureaucracy may seem to be at odds, but not to government 2.0 thinkers, civic planners and developers. Read more »

Peep Wireless Proposes a Peer-To-Peer Cell Network

By Paul M. Davis

01.07.11, 5:53pm Comments (2)

With a handful of cell phone companies operating as a monopoly of the few, and the future of net neutrality on cell networks becoming increasingly uncertain, mobile networks have become one of the web’s most centralized and embattled access poi. Read more »