Worth reading: E.U. net neutrality, cable slams stimulus, Steve Jobs is Fortune’s guy

Worth reading: E.U. net neutrality, cable slams stimulus, Steve Jobs is Fortune’s guy
Europeans adopt net neutrality regulations, says the New York Times. Cable’s top lobbyist says broadband stimulus funds were misdirected, on Internetnews.com. Namaste, Mr. CEO, Fortune names Steve Jobs top exec of decade.


Source: feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com

The Underestimated Mignon Clyburn
Before Mignon Clyburn joined the Federal Communications Commission last July, she hadn’t spent more than two weeks in a row outside of her native South Carolina. But that didn’t stop some in Washington from thinking they had her figured out. Because she is the daughter of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and a long-time public utilities commissioner in the state capital of Columbia, lobbyists and a few public interest advocates speculated she’d favor the Bell companies on policy decisions. They said she had a steep learning curve and suspected her seat at the FCC was a political stepping stone. Clyburn, 47, admits she has a lot to learn on the complexities of telecommunications and high-tech policy. But so far, she’s proven her critics wrong on one crucial vote on net neutrality. And above everything, she wants people to know that she’s not to be underestimated. “What troubled me coming


Source: feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com

http://www.wowmails.com