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Tag: so-called Net Neutrality
California strikes deal with FCC to delay state’s ‘net neutrality’ law
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission…
Internet provider groups sue over California ‘net neutrality’ rules
Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit…
Trump administration sues California over ‘net neutrality’ law
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai described California’s law as illegal and bad for consumers…
U.S. broadband investment is up after end of FCC’s so-called ‘Net Neutrality’ rules
Despite many studies showing that consumers would be worse off under command-and-control internet regulations, the Obama administration…
Applying the Trump Doctrine to net neutrality
President Trump’s approach to trade qualifies as a master class in political negotiation…
FCC’s repeal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules now official
The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules is now official…
Verizon shows 5G going the distance
Verizon may not have to put a 5G cell site every four blocks to provide high-speed coverage to homes…
U.S. Senate democrats stage a phony vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’
One extreme part of the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ is outrage, including death threats…
Woz speaks out on ‘net neutrality,’ privacy, and Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Wozniak got the loudest applause from the nearly 5,000 people in the audience at the USF Sun Dome…
U.S. FCC reversal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules expected to be published Thursday
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order…
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The Internet is free again; killing Obama-era rules will remove the FCC as political gatekeeper
The left’s outcry at Mr. Pai ‘killing’ internet freedom has been so overwrought that…
NARUC regulators respond to scrapping of so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations by U.S. FCC
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has issued the following statement…
U.S. FCC scraps so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations
In a vote Thursday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission scrapped so-called “net neutrality” regulations…
Republican senator calls on U.S. Congress to pass ‘net neutrality’ legislation
With the net neutrality debate raging at the FCC, it’s easy to forgot that…
Millions of people post ‘net neutrality’ comments on FCC docket; many are fake
Reports earlier this year of fraudulent comments on the FCC docket prompted the Journal to investigate…
U.S. FCC rejects calls to delay vote to repeal so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
The vote will proceed as scheduled on December 14…
U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says Silicon Valley is a threat to the internet
A top US regulator, defending an effort to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules, said Tuesday that…
Dear Aunt Sadie, please step back from the so-called ‘net neutrality’ ledge
In the 25 years I’ve been toiling in the mines of tech policy, I’ve developed what I call the Aunt Sadie test…
U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: Killing Obama-era rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ will set the internet free
Over the coming years, we’re going to see an explosion in the kinds of connectivity and the depth of that connectivity…
U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: How the FCC can save the open internet
I’m proposing today that my colleagues at the Federal Communications Commission repeal President Obama’s heavy-handed internet regulations…
U.S. FCC plans total repeal of Obama-era rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will reveal plans to his fellow commissioners on Tuesday…
U.S. FCC plans December vote to kill so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
The U.S. FCC is planning a vote to kill the Obama-era rules and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether…
Apple’s call for ‘strong’ net neutrality rules is a hint about the future of its business
Apple has broken its silence on net neutrality with a first-ever filing on the issue at the Federal Communications Commission…
Apple breaks their silence on ‘net neutrality,’ remains open to alternative sources of legal authority
Apple entered the net neutrality debate, urging the government to continue prohibiting Internet service providers from…
Trump administration gives thumbs up to overturning FCC’s rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’
The Trump administration supports the Federal Communications Commission effort to overturn net neutrality rules…
Apple’s deafening silence on so-called ‘net neutrality’
Apple has never openly supported so-called net neutrality…
U.S. FCC gets set to free wireless, unleash even more competition
The FCC is acting on a rare opportunity to correct its recent mistakes and restore the Clinton-era light-touch regulatory framework that will drive economic growth and job creation…
FCC kicks off effort to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
In a 2-to-1 vote along party lines today, the FCC authorized a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to undo the 2015 decision…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for a ‘lighter touch’ to internet regulation
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai explains why he wants to undo so-called “Net Neutrality” rules…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
The new head of the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, wants to clear away regulations…
Mossberg offers plan to preserve and protect the internet
Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America…
FCC Chief Ajit Pai develops plans to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
The FCC created the rules during the Obama administration, but have been criticized by…
U.S. FCC chairman wields weed whacker, takes first steps against so-called ‘net neutrality’
The Federal Communications Commission’s new Republican leadership has rescinded a determination…
How so-called ‘net neutrality’ will fare under President Trump
With news this week about the nomination of Ajit Pai as the next chair of the FCC…
New FCC chairman Ajit Pai vows to take a ‘weed whacker’ to so-called ‘net neutrality’
President Trump on Monday designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission…
President Trump elevates Ajit Pai to FCC Chairman
Ajit Pai has officially been elevated to the post of FCC chairman by President Trump…
U.S. FCC says AT&T and Verizon ‘harm consumers’ with free data schemes
In two letters sent to AT&T and Verizon yesterday, the FCC writes that sponsored data plans from the telecom giants..
How former lobbyist Tom Wheeler became the broadband industry’s worst nightmare
There was widespread concern the new FCC chairman would push the interests of telecommunications companies…
If elected U.S. President, Jeb Bush would push to eliminate so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations
Saying the U.S. economy is ‘buried under the weight of rulebooks,’ Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Tuesday proposed…
Apple building high-speed content delivery network; faster iCloud, sources say
Apple Inc. is assembling a high-speed network and upgrading how it builds data centers…
Potential for bipartisan net neutrality bill emerges in U.S. Congress
Both political parties have a major reason to seek a permanent legislative solution…
