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Verizon admits to throttling video in apparent violation of net neutrality

Yesterday, we reported that Verizon Wireless appeared to be throttling Netflix traffic, — and today, the company seems to have come clean.

“We've been doing network testing over the past few days to optimize the performance of video applications on our network," a Verizon Wireless spokesperson said.

This is a really weird statement, seemingly referring to something completely different from what customers actually experienced.

If this is what Verizon means by optimization, it looks an awful lot like throttling.

Still, if that’s what Verizon means by optimization, then it looks an awful lot like the throttling scenarios net neutrality advocates have been warning about for years.

There are some exceptions to that for network management, but throttling a specific service is a textbook violation of those rules.

Because the statement indicated the limits were applied to all video applications, we’ve updated the headline from “throttling Netflix” to “throttling video. »

This university would rather give up $3 million than destroy its LGBT students group · PinkNews

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A Christian university has turned down $3 million in funding from a religious group which came on condition of shutting down an LGBT students group.

Samford University, which was founded by Alabama Baptists, rejected the hefty annual donation from the Alabama Baptist State Convention.

The university has seemingly chosen to support Samford Together, a group in which students can discuss topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, over the Christian group. »

Senator Doesn't Buy FCC Justification for Killing Net Neutrality

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Senator Doesn't Buy FCC Justification for Killing Net Neutrality.

Senator Edward Markey this week questioned FCC boss Ajit Pai's justifications for killing popular net neutrality rules in a hearing in Washington this week.

We've noted repeatedly that while large ISPs claim net neutrality killed broadband investment, objective analysis repeatedly finds that to be a lie. »

TIL that James Doohan (Scotty on 'Star Trek') received an honorary doctorate from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The university gave him the degree after half of its students said in a survey that his character had inspired them to choose engineering as a career.

Authored by news.bbc.co.uk

- rang through the outer edges of the cosmos as Captain James T Kirk urged even more power out of the craft.

It made the man behind Scotty, actor James Doohan, into one of the entertainment world's most familiar faces.

James Montgomery Doohan (he shared a name with his most famous character) was not, in fact, a Scot but a Canadian. »

The cold logic of Iceland’s personal data breakthrough

Authored by mobileecosystemforum.com

It can do this because Iceland is the only country in the world with a patient-facing API for accessing this information.

Which is why the Icelandic Directorate of Health (DoH) turned to digi.me. Digi.me will be familiar to MEF Minute readers.

And Iceland – a modern country, but one with a population the size of a small city – fits the bill perfectly. »

Verizon admits to throttling video in apparent violation of net neutrality

This university would rather give up $3 million than destroy its LGBT students group · PinkNews

Senator Doesn't Buy FCC Justification for Killing Net Neutrality

TIL that James Doohan (Scotty on 'Star Trek') received an honorary doctorate from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The university gave him the degree after half of its students said in a survey that his character had inspired them to choose engineering as a career.

The cold logic of Iceland’s personal data breakthrough

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