Two weeks ago Britt Bravo made a good post over at Net Squared that included some lists of people likely to be effected by the current debate over net neutrality. If audio or video is a way you take in information, I can’t recommend highly enough this recent episode of Radio Open Source on net neutrality. I thought it was going to be boring but it was hot. Big thinkers on both sides of the issue fighting it out and lots of easy-to-understand info and history. The PR guys from the telecom industry on the show are smart, too.

Here’s a pretty good short vid on the topic. See the above podcast to hear the best of the other side of the arguement.

Pretty impressive: my co-workers at Net Squared have helped co-ordinate 4 Net Squared local events around the country this month. Houston, Austin, LA and DC are all having local non-profit technology events put together with the help of Net2 HQ in San Francisco. Word on the street has it that Compumentor’s Gina Cardazone has been the main force behind helping these local efforts bloom. Maybe you live in or near one of those cities – maybe you’re interested in having an event in your city some time soon. Very cool.

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I was wondering if that was going to happen. What a shame. It’s said every time, but really – it was the best promotion that C-Span has gotten in years. Perhaps that’s why they let it go for several days. But really, I’ve read that between 500,000 and 750,000 people watched those videos on YouTube. Go check out www.thankyoustevencolbert.org – there’s 40,000+ thank you comments so far and it’s only been 4 days since the even. (There’s also links there to the vids elsewhere if you haven’t seen them yet.) How many of those haven’t seen anything else on C-Span in years if ever? Such a lost opportunity by the company to spread familiarity with their brand. Such a sad, sad shame. Paradigm shift is underway, buck-o’s. But maybe they were amongst the crowd that thought it wasn’t funny.

Here’s a new C-Span statement on the matter.

Hat tip Bloggers’ Blog

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