…e We’re At So back to the beginning of this blog. There’s a chance to save Net Neutrality if we really try. The FCC’s decision was in December, but it takes a while for such things to be official (“entered into the Federal Register”). That just happened February 22nd. Once recorded, the Senate can rescind the regulation if they vote to do so within 60 days. 50 senators have already indicated they’d vote to overturn the recent decision. We just nee…
…yay!). The Santa Cruz City Council today approved a declaration supporting Net Neutrality in general terms. We hope the Council will take the next step and codify the pledge signed by our mayor. We hope that other entities will take the pledge, too. When you pay for internet service, you should be the one who decides what you can watch, listen to, or read. Information services are not a good place to put a highest-bidder or corporate-crony filter….
…r Foundation and the ACLU. The next big issue on the internet front may be Net Neutrality. Cruzio and Santa Cruz Fiber practice Net Neutrality — we can get pretty passionate about it, just like privacy. Keep your eye on this issue too. We’ll be sharing updates on these issues in our newsletter, blog and on social media. (Note: let your elected representatives know what you think about internet rules! To find contact information for all your repres…
…than ever, we’re committed to protecting the open internet and championing net neutrality. Maybe it’s a Santa Cruz thing, but we’ve never seen our customers’ data as a potential profit center. We will never give away or sell your private data. Ever. Cruzio’s Equal Access program is a partnership with local schools and the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz. Through it we connect thousands of community members to affordable high-speed internet. Eli…
…s that survived — against odds — to maintain the early culture of the internet: creative, clever, Net Neutral, respectful of privacy. And we both ran our businesses in a friendly, human way. Indies Make the Internet Better for Consumers Competing against some of the largest — and most disliked — companies in the country isn’t easy, and independent ISPs do it every day. “Local, independent ISPs not only provide competition, helping keep prices down…
…itiative, which we hope to expand in San Mateo County. OK, who’s Coastside.Net? Coastside.net is San Mateo’s largest independent ISP. They cover large areas of Half Moon Bay, El Granada, Pescadero and La Honda, and all the way into Palo Alto and Redwood City. They offer similar services to Cruzio and have been around for almost as long. I’m a Coastside customer, what’s this mean to me? First of all, nothing will immediately change. You’ll still ke…
