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FatherBash writes "Friday marks the final day for citizens, corporations, and paid spinmeisters alike to file comments with government regulators on Net Neutrality. Wired has the story with a link to the FCC page where you too can throw in your two cents."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

A quick hat tip to the people of Maine who took a forceful stand against phone and cable companies by passing a state resolution that creates a watchdog against telco plans to discriminate. Maine, which is also home to U.S. Senator and Net Neutrality champion Olympia Snowe, has taken the lead for other states that seek stronger action to protect their citizens’ right to an open Internet. Keeping Watch Against the Telcos The resolution, which passed both the Maine’s House and Senate earlier this week, directs the state’s Public Advocate to “monitor state and federal activity relating to full and fair access to the Internet.” It sets in place a watchdog against the type of content tampering that has been proposed by ...

Many thanks to Tim O Reilly for covering my talk at the European Parliament on the O Reilly Radar My comments on the O Reilly blog as below. Watch this space!! >>>> Yes, there is definitely a lot of interest in the Web 2.0 space (and by extension Mobile Web 2.0) from many members of the European Union. I think we will see more from the European Union in this space. I viewed my talk as a catalyst – i.e. setting the right framework (perspective of Web 2.0 and Mobile Web 2.0) and asking the right questions (the future is about Identity, mobile, Open Gardens, open source, WiFi/Wimax etc etc) Like I said in my talk, I was pleasantly surprised that many more ideas came from the MEPs – especially in the Q and A sessions. One such idea was ...

Today of Webmaster Radio Jim Hedger and I discussed (for the entire show) the topic of Net Neutrality and why we need to keep equal access to the Internet available for all. We interviewed Timothy Carr, Campaign Director for SaveTheInternet.com. Tim helped us cover why Net Neutrality is an important issue and he provides us all with methods to be heard and make sure the Telcos don't have their