James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Friday, December 28, 2012

China passes measure requiring real-name registration for Internet access

China's government tightened controls on Internet users Friday by enacting rules requiring them to register their names. The new rules follow online postings about graft and abuses that rattled the ruling party. The country's rubber-stamp legislature approved the Internet measures at a closing meeting of a five-day session. Real-name registration will curtail the Web's status as a freewheeling forum to complain, often anonymously, about corruption and official abuses.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/28/china-passes-rules-tightening-controls-on-internet/
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