Monday Monday

The new school year is upon us, and so starts a new season of blogging.  This year I have opted to save some trees, so all my ERA students are required to create and maintain a blog in place of the written journal notebooks I used to hand out. They have to write 1 entry a week, and so I am joining them and will be posting on a weekly basis here. So let the blogging begin!

My last post was on Net Neutrality, and it's still a major concern. Last week was the "Net Slow Down" where web sites and companies like Netflix  posted graphics of the loading icon to illustrate the impact of a slower Internet.  I have heard people complain about how slow their computers were because of this, but the problem is these were only graphics and did nothing to actually slow the Net down.  Perhaps increased concern added net traffic, but all I know for sure is that the FCC comments site was overwhelmed and crashed again. If you want more information about what happened, This Site has some numbers and info.

Here are some tweets by members of congress:

The solution to this problem is simple. The FCC MUST reclassify Internet Service Providers as “common carriers” and enact the network neutrality rules we need under Title II of the Communications Act.