It’s been a fewmonthssince I’ve mused aloud about the FCC’s actions on network neutrality. During that time Google and Verizon released their joint proposal, which was met with reaction from just about everyone.
Based on comments this week by Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn, The Google / Verizon proposal is not getting much support at the FCC. Some of the rhetoric is a little heated, but it appears that the only voice in support of Google and Verizon has been AT&T.
As I see it, parties on both sides of the issue have a common goal – their disagreement is more about how to achieve it. One group believes that market forces optimize utility, the other believes that they optimize profit. The best solution seeks to achieve both.
Update: Apparently Devin Coldewey can read my mind.
Original post:
I spent a bit of time over the weekend playing with the latest version of the Cyanogen ROM for the T-Mobile G1, which aims to bring Android 2.2 to the first Android phone. It’s still a bit bleeding-edge-ish for me, so I reverted back to version 5, which has the most important bits from Android 2.1 (I don’t need ‘live wallpapers’).
Cyanogen 4 was based on Android 1.6, and its main attraction over the stock 1.6 to me was tethering. 2.1-based Cyanogen 5 has been a big improvement over stock 1.6, and I’m impressed the dev team managed to make it work on the G1. (The big attraction to 2.2-based Cyanogen 6? The hot spot capability.)
Phone modding certainly isn’t for everyone, but the developers working on this ROM (and there are quite a few of them) have given non-programmers like me simple tools to update – if I can do it, you probably can too. The G1 is hardly cutting-edge these days. The Droid is outstanding, but not much use outside North America; I want a hardware keyboard; and none of the other, newer keyboard phones have tempted me.
Modding has allowed me to wait and choose my next phone without feeling, or being, left behind.
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