Even some Verizon shareholders are sick of its stupid net neutrality strategy
Given how just about any net neutrality proposals have the potential to inhibit Verizon’s bottom line, you’d think that all the company’s shareholders would be …
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Verizon’s huge victory is about to turn into a humiliating defeat
Verizon was reportedly warned by both Comcast and AT&T not to push the envelope on net neutrality, but the company decided to sue the FCC …
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 …
Verizon says it’ll still charge Netflix interconnection fees no matter what the FCC decides
Verizon earlier this week told the FCC in a filing that it’ll still charge Netflix interconnection fees, Ars Technica reports, no matter what the Commission …
Cable companies try to scare you about net neutrality in the least convincing way possible
With a renewed push to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, the cable industry has ramped up its public relations …
Does Verizon realize it made a huge net neutrality mistake?
Both AT&T and Comcast — two companies that are not exactly fond of net neutrality regulations — reportedly tried to warn Verizon against suing the …
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 …
The funniest thing you’ll see today: Porn stars explain net neutrality
One of the hottest debates of the year has been around net neutrality and many activists and Internet companies have been loudly fighting the FCC and its proposal to …
Video: Al Franken destroys Ted Cruz for getting net neutrality ‘completely wrong’
Senator Ted Cruz last week caused quite a stir — and a lot of forehead slapping — when he described net neutrality as “Obamacare for …
Net neutrality has some unlikely new champions, including Ford, UPS and Visa
As we’ve mentioned before, the debate over net neutrality isn’t just one of government-versus-business but one of business-versus-business. While we already knew that big-name Internet …
The most important essay on net neutrality that everyone should read
One of the worst things that can happen to net neutrality is that it becomes yet another partisan football where the entire issue boils down to …
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 …
Yet another way net neutrality opposition is ruining the Internet
Isn’t it peculiar how everyone agrees that things like “Internet fast lanes” are bad except for the companies that stand to directly benefit from these …
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 …
Tech companies need to get off the sidelines and start loudly supporting net neutrality right now
After the president announced his plan to ensure net neutrality by reclassifying broadband providers as utilities, my inbox predictably got flooded with hysterical missives from …
Obama pushes for FCC to scrap Internet ‘fast lanes’ plan, reclassify ISPs as utilities
Despite the drubbing he and his party took last week in the midterm elections, Barack Obama has decided to come out swinging on the issue …
Sick of constant media bashing, Verizon funds a tech news site where the NSA and net neutrality don’t exist
It’s hard being Verizon sometimes. The poor little wireless carrier and Internet service provider often gets a bum rap in the tech press for its …
Certain mobile ISPs can apparently block encryption for online services
As the battle for net neutrality rages on, new evidence seems to indicate that ISPs and wireless operators could block encryption if they so desire, …
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, …
The best way to make people care about net neutrality: Show what ‘slow lanes’ will do to their porn
Now this is a net neutrality campaign that might catch the attention of people who normally couldn’t be bothered. On September 10th next week, several …
Netflix rails against ISPs even as it agrees to pay off yet another one for better connections
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday penned an editorial in Wired in which he defended the free Internet and advocated against the FCC’s Net Neutrality proposals, as well …
MLB trashes ISPs, doesn’t like the FCC’s ‘fast-lane’ plan one bit
The net neutrality debate is far from over, especially since the FCC is still sorting through more than one million comments on the matter. Quartz reports that one …
This is what AT&T, Verizon and Comcast told the FCC about net neutrality
After a last minute extension last week, the FCC has finally stopped taking comments regarding the controversial net neutrality proposal. We don’t know what effect over …
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” …
New privacy-killing CISPA clone is now a step closer to becoming law
We all remember the outrage that swept the Internet and ultimately played a role in defeating CISPA, a proposed law that would have allowed government agencies and tech companies …
The clearest and simplest explanation yet for why Internet ‘fast lanes’ are a terrible idea
We’ve heard a lot of good reasons to oppose the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to allow for the creation of Internet “fast lanes.” However, the best …
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 …
There’s one huge problem with T-Mobile’s latest ‘Uncarrier’ move
In case you missed it, T-Mobile on Thursday announced a new program called Music Freedom that will let T-Mobile customers stream as much music as …
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 …
Wireline isn’t the only net neutrality fight you should care about
U.S. regulators are apparently considering whether to take a fresh look at wireless and wireline networks and whether to apply the same net neutrality rules …
