On Monday in Washington, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unveiled some details into the definition and enforcement of Net Neutrality.  Net Neutrality, as famously mentioned in Amanda Congdon’s final episode of Rocketboom, is the idea that an internet provider cannot block certain websites, but allow others.  This model is the opposite of how the cable industry works, with priority placement [...]

DirecTV has announced that they will be offering NFL Sunday Ticket to cable subscribers, with a catch.  The video would be delivered over broadband to customers who can’t recieve DirecTV satelite television service. The big issue?  DirecTV is not a broadband provider, and users of the NFL Sunday Ticket service would be using some other company’s internet access.  Perhaps from a cable [...]