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How a Court Just Changed the Way the Internet Will Be Paid For
The rejection of the core of the government’s “net neutrality” rules is the first step toward a gradual shift in how broadband networks are paid for. By tossing out the “Open Internet” rules written by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010, Internet service providers are now free
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Crushing Competition: Cable Companies Try To Outlaw Google Fiber, AT&T Attacks Net Neutrality
Two events in the telecommunications and cable world this week have highlighted why, exactly, we need net neutrality and stronger protections for consumer rights. First, on the cable side of the business, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Eagle Communications, and Comcast have collectively introduced a bill into the Kansas legislature that prevents...
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Verizon Allegedly Already Throttling Customers After Net Neutrality Ruling
Proponents of net neutrality were dealt a major blow last month when Verizon challenged and defeated the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals over what ISPS are and are not allowed to do. Other than some transparency rules, it was ruled that broadband providers need not bother themselves with net neutrality,...
. An online Magna Carta is needed to protect the World Wide Web’s independence, its inventor says
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir_Tim Berners-Lee, believes an online 'Magna Carta' is needed to protect the independence of the Web and the rights of its users, The Guardian reports. On the 25th anniversary of his first draft of the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web,_Berners-Lee_warns that the neutrality of the medium is under threat from governments and corporations.
He_tells The Guardian: _"Unless we have an open, neutral Internet we can rely on without worrying about what's happening at the back door, we can't have open government, good democracy, good healthcare, connected communities and...
. MEPs vote to approve net neutrality plan that would allow ISPs to prioritize “specialized servi
An Industry Committee of MEPs_have today voted to approve a controversial plan that could allow service providers to prioritize certain types of traffic as long as it doesn't degrade access to other rival services. The decision_comes as part of a package of measures that includes ensuring that mobile roaming costs would be banned by December 15 2015 – although MEPs are now calling for the European Commission to lay down guidelines for "exceptional cases in which companies would be allowed to apply charges" to protect against "anomalous or abusive usage of retail roaming services".
. Ready to feel your blood boil? Here’s Verizon’s explanation for why we don’t need net neutralit
If there's one thing I admire about major internet service providers, its most certainly their ability to publicly talk about how great competition is despite this being a bold-faced_lie.
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Upcoming FCC Decision Expected To Kill Net Neutrality
The FCC has confirmed that it will hold a May 15 vote on a new set of policies governing net neutrality and ISP behavior -- but according to the Wall Street Journal, the commission's proposed regulation will effectively kill the idea of a level playing field. The Wall Street Journal reports that the proposed rules would prevent ISPs from blocking...
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FCC's latest 'Net Neutrality' proposal will reportedly allow pay-for-priority Internet traffic
After the FCC’s Open Internet Order, which prohibited ISPs from blocking online content and required ISPs to be more transparent about their policies, got struck down by the DC Circuit Court in January 2014, chairman Tom Wheeler is reportedly ready to propose new Net Neutrality rules next month. Unfortunately, with...
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Net neutrality rewritten: Will next generation of innovators have a chance?
After years of lobbying lawmakers and battling regulations in court, US telecom and cable gatekeepers will finally be allowed to create an exclusive Internet fast lane and charge additional tolls, the Federal Communications Commission has announced. The regulatory agency is unveiling new rules
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The Perfect and the Good on Network Neutrality
Network neutrality is in jeopardy -- just not in the way you might have heard. At this moment, with the exception of one company subject to merger conditions, broadband access providers in the United States aren't legally prohibited from blocking competitors' content, arbitrarily degrading
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