FCC votes to override state laws that block municipal broadband deployments
Big news for anyone who’s ever had their town’s municipal broadband network blocked by state legislatures: The Federal Communications Commission has your back. The FCC …
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The FCC’s new net neutrality proposal everyone is so excited about may have a huge loophole
We won. The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday took a huge step toward realizing web users’ dream of a truly free Internet; an Internet where …
Verizon’s net neutrality nightmare is about to come true
Verizon’s lawsuit against earlier net neutrality rules is about to backfire in a spectacular fashion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Communications Commission …
Comcast just got a major ego boost from the FCC
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of a new standard for broadband Internet. From now on, anything less than 25Mbps downstream and …
FCC commissioner makes the most boneheaded argument against raising broadband standards
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to raise the standards of what constitutes broadband from any service that offers download speeds of 4Mbps or …
The FCC’s big net neutrality vote is set for February
The Federal Communications Commission will vote on its hugely controversial on network neutrality in February, The Washington Post reports. In its original conception, the FCC’s …
The FCC won’t decide net neutrality’s fate this year
The net neutrality debate is poised to extend well into 2015, as this crucial matter is neither on the FCC’s agenda on Friday, nor in …
You can actually read the FCC’s internal emails about John Oliver’s hilarious Net Neutrality appeal
Remember John Oliver’s enthusiastic appeal made on HBO’s Last Week Tonight a few months ago to Internet trolls to go to the FCC’s website and …
FCC may give us Internet ‘fast lanes’ no matter what Obama says
President Obama this week caused quite a stir when he came out in favor of a bold plan to protect net neutrality that would involve …
Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable company
We’ve known for a while that over-the-top Internet streaming will be the future of television and now a new potential rule change from the Federal Communications …
Obama is unhappy with the Internet ‘fast lane’ plan proposed by the ex-cable lobbyist he tapped to run the FCC
Amazing but true: Appointing a former cable lobbyist to run the Federal Communications Commission might not be the best way to protect net neutrality. Nonetheless, …
Is this the beginning of the end of the Comcast-TWC merger?
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler just gave a tough speech about the state of broadband competition in the United States and it seems to bode very …
FCC chairman Wheeler seems very happy that Sprint killed the T-Mobile merger
Count Federal Communications chairman Tom Wheeler as one of the people who is happy that Sprint decided to call off its proposed $32 billion merger …
Netflix would rather the FCC do nothing than authorize ‘fast lanes’
It’s safe to say that Netflix is still really not a fan of the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to possibly allow for Internet “fast lanes” …
Congresswoman bravely stands up for ISPs’ rights to deliver inferior service with no competition
Chattanooga, Tennessee’s municipal broadband network offers affordable broadband service that just happens to deliver the same 1Gbps peak speeds as Google Fiber. Given this apparent success …
Wireless lobbyists are fighting to ensure net neutrality never applies to mobile networks
Though it has been diluted by the Federal Communications Commission in its current form, the idea of “net neutrality” was initially put in place in …
Former FCC Commissioner: ‘We should be ashamed’ of the current state of U.S. broadband
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps is not happy with the current state of U.S. broadband service under the watch of former top cable lobbyist and current …
New bill unveiled to kill Internet ‘fast lanes’ once and for all
The Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality plan has been controversial to say the least and now a newly unveiled piece of legislation aims to stop …
The FCC wants to know if Comcast and Verizon are fleecing Netflix
Peering agreements between ISPs and transit companies or content providers aren’t technically net neutrality issues but they could still be potentially harmful to the open …
The FCC wants states to stop killing municipal fiber networks that put cable to shame
Over the past several years, we’ve seen brave state legislatures rise up to tackle the most dangerous threat to the American way of life: Small …
John Oliver’s successful net neutrality appeal broke the FCC
Net Neutrality is one of the hottest tech- and Internet-related topics right now, as the FCC’s proposed regulations could have a negative impact on the …
A step-by-step guide for telling the FCC you hate its net neutrality plan
Now that the Federal Communications Commission has decided to open its plan to allow for Internet “fast lanes” up for discussion, you might be wondering …
The FCC may finally admit that 4Mbps doesn’t count as ‘broadband’ anymore
When companies like Comcast talk about all of the intense “competition” they face in the broadband market, chances are they’re talking either about competition from mobile …
Here’s how Netflix feels about the FCC’s vote to end net neutrality
One of the biggest stories of 2014 so far has been the death of net neutrality. After the FCC voted last week to move forward …
Forbes: ‘Net neutrality is a dumb idea’
Where do I even begin with this one? The Federal Communications Commission voted last week to move forward with its controversial net neutrality plan, which seems to …
Sprint hit with largest ever fine over Do Not Call noncompliance
Sprint was hit with a $7.5 million fine by the Federal Communications Commission for not complying with the Do Not Call Registry by sending consumers …
Tech companies still hate the FCC’s net neutrality plan
Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler kept insisting that people would be more open to his plan once they actually read it. However, now that …
New campaign aims to make surfing the web miserably slow for FCC employees
If there’s one good thing that’s come from the Federal Communications Commission’s hugely controversial to allow for Internet “fast lanes,” it’s that it’s inspired several …
Only you can save the Internet: Here’s how to fight the FCC’s controversial net neutrality plan
The United States Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved its revised net neutrality plan in a 3-2 vote. Now, for the first time, the full …
This short video explains why you should care about net neutrality
Net neutrality is currently one of the hottest topics in tech, as the FCC voted on Thursdsay on its chairman’s controversial fast lane / slow …
