Discussion: Net Neutrality

This event is part of a discussion series that will run from Sunday, December 3 through Thursday, December 7. Each night, we will discuss a different topic that is relevant to the film. Discussions take place following the 7:25pm screening. See the complete schedule.

Monday, December 4, 2006, following the 7:25pm screening.
Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, New York, NY

The Internet as we know it is at risk. Join us for the first theatrical screening of a work in progress documentary being edited by Arin Crumley about Net Neutrality and a discussion about this very real threat being made against the internet. Companies that were supposed to have spent $200 billion on a fiber network pocketed the money instead, and now they are promising higher Internet speeds again, but this time they want something else in return: control over the way you use your connection. Come contribute to this conversation what the Internet means to you and find out how you can be a part of protecting Net Neutrality and keeping the Internet a non-discriminatory environment where you have complete say over what services you use with your connection.

Columbia Law School professor, Tim Wu will join us. He is a charter member of SaveTheInternet.com and is a co-author of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World.

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2 Responses to “Discussion: Net Neutrality”

  1. Four Eyed Monsters » Blog Archive » Opening at Cinema Village December 1st Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 11:59 pm

    [...] Interactive discussion at 7:25pm show, Net Neutrality [...]

  2. Bruce Kushnick Says:
    December 3rd, 2006 at 10:19 pm

    Guys,

    Don’t know if I can make this meeting but I’d like to point out — as one of the presenters on the Net At Risk show, the total amount that was scammed for failed fiber optic deployments in the US was $200 billion in tax perks and higher phone rates— About $2000 per household. We’ve documented this by examining the Bell’s annual reports as well as filed complaints in multiple states, at the FCC and other government agencies outlining the overcharging.

    In New York, 25% of the state should have been rewired by 2000, the entire/majority of the state by 2010. NYNEX (now Verizon)’s 1994 annual report claimed it would have 1.5-2 million lines completed by 1996. And this was 45mpbs services over fiber, not DSL over copper The problem, like with other Verizon states, is that the regulators never held the companies accountable for their statements or even the signed commitments in some states, such as New Jersey. .

    To read more, see our article for Harvard’s Nieman Watchdog project:
    http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Ask_this.view&askthisid=186

    or to read another summary see:
    http://www.newnetworks.com/BroadbandScandalIntro.htm

    Bruce Kushnick, Teletruth

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