Posts Tagged ‘at&t’
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Whereas:
The open (non-discriminatory) architecture of the Internet is critical to the prosperity of our economy and society. Non-discrimination principles are commonly referred to as “network neutrality” and seek to ensure equal access and non-discriminatory treatment for all content.
As President Obama and Federal Communication Commission Chairman Genachowski have pointed out, an open Internet plays a pivotal [...]
Tags: at&t, net neutrality, shareholder advocacy, Shareholder Resolutions
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
October 26, 2011
NEW YORK – Shareholders of AT&T Inc. have filed a proposal calling for the company “to publicly commit to operate its wireless broadband network consistent with network neutrality principles” that would maintain open access to the Internet on wireless networks.
The filing comes only weeks before implementation of new Federal Communications Commission rules on [...]
Tags: at&t, net neutrality, Open Mic
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
WHEREAS
A free and open Internet is critical to our nation’s economy and society.
To maintain these benefits, broad non-discrimination principles must be vigorously applied to the fastest-growing segment of the Internet – wireless broadband networks.
These non-discrimination principles are commonly referred to as “network neutrality.” According to the Congressional Research Service, network neutrality seeks “to ensure equal [...]
Tags: at&t, network neutrality, Resolutions
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
WHEREAS
The Internet has become a defining infrastructure of our economy and society; Internet Service Providers like AT&T forge rules that shape, enable and limit Internet use.
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Genachowski recently noted that a free and open Internet is an “unprecedented platform for speech, democratic engagement, and a culture that prizes creative new ways [...]
Tags: at&t, Internet Transparency, net neutrality, Open Mic, proposal, Resolution
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Media, Privacy, Resolutions, Uncategorized | read more...
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
WHEREAS
The Internet is becoming the defining infrastructure of our economy and society in the 21st century. Its potential to open markets for commerce, venues for cultural expression and modalities of civic engagement is without historic parallel.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are gatekeepers to this infrastructure: providing access, managing traffic, insuring communication, and forging rules that shape, [...]
Tags: at&t, Freedom of Speech, Internet Transparency, Resolution
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Professor Jeffery Rosen recently wrote in the New York Times, “As more and more speech migrates online, to blogs and social-networking sites and the like, the ultimate power to decide who has an opportunity to be heard, and what we may say, lies increasingly with Internet service providers, search engines and other Internet companies…”
Members of [...]
Tags: at&t, CenturyTel, Charter Communications, comcast, Earthlink, Embarq, Freedom of Speech, Internet Transparency, Knology, Open Mic, Qwest, Shareholder Resolutions, Sprint, verizon
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The Seattle Times published an Op-Ed by Open MIC and Trillium Asset Management Corporation: “FCC shouldn’t tolerate abuses by Internet’s corporate gatekeepers.”
The Op-Ed challenges Comcast, AT&T and a host of other Internet Service Providers for their secretive, invasive and deceptive practices that compromise consumers’ privacy and freedom of expression.
To read the article, click here http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008114549_openoped15.html
Tags: at&t, comcast, FCC, Internet Service Providers, Open Mic, seattle times, Trillium
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
On December 20, 2007, The Seattle Times published an op-ed by Trillium Asset Management Corporation Vice President Farnum Brown and Michael Connor, the executive director of Open Mic, a nonprofit working to promote a vibrant, diverse media ecosystem through market-based solutions. Brown and Connor demanded:
COMCAST, Verizon, and AT&T need to come clean.
Those three – and other [...]
Tags: at&t, comcast, Hot News, Open Mic, seattle times, verizon
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