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Netflix throttling itself isn’t a net neutrality problem, FCC chair says
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said yesterday that he has no plans to investigate Netflix for throttling its own video streams, despite Netflix's critics calling for an investigation. Netflix acknowledged last week that it reduces video quality on most mobile networks to help users stay under their data caps and avoid data overage charges. Opponents of net neutrality rules that prevent Internet...
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Broadband data caps are having their intended effect: punishing cord-cutters
Network congestion is no longer a valid excuse for bandwidth caps, either – if it was, they wouldn’t be offering unlimited options. Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell nailed the issue on the head more than three years ago when he said ISP data caps are about monetization, not network congestion.
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It's official: Charter owns Time Warner Cable
Charter Communications purchased Time Warner Cable in a deal estimated at $78 billion, and today the US Department of Justice and FCC chairman Tom Wheeler gave the acquisition the green light. The companies agreed to the deal in May 2015, when it was estimated at $55 billion. The approval comes with a few caveats: The DoJ says Charter is not allowed to impede access to streaming content, for one. Wheeler says Charter will not be...
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Open access: All human knowledge is there—so why can’t everybody access it?
We paid for the research with taxes, and Internet sharing is easy. What's the hold-up?
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Google Comes Down On The Wrong Side Of The TPP
This is extremely unfortunate, but not surprising. Google has made some noise sounding supportive of the TPP over the past year or so, and now it's put out a blog post strongly supporting the agreement, and claiming that it's good for intellectual property and the internet. The company is wrong. The statement is right about a big problem on the internet -- the growing restrictions and limitations on the internet in different jurisdictions...
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Net Neutrality Rules Upheld by Federal Court
High-speed internet service can be defined as a utility, a federal court has ruled, a decision clearing the way for more rigorous policing of broadband providers and greater protections for web users. The decision from a three-judge panel at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday comes in a case about rules applying to a doctrine known as net neutrality, which prohibit broadband companies from blocking or slowing the delivery of internet content to consumers.
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UN council: Seriously, nations, stop switching off the damn internet
The United Nations officially condemned the practice of countries shutting down access to the internet at a meeting of the Human Rights Council on Friday. A resolution entitled The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet effectively extends human rights held offline to the internet. It was passed by consensus, but only after a determined effort by a number of countries, including China and Russia, to pull out key parts of the text.
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Major telecoms promise 5G networks if EU cripples net neutrality
A group of 20 major telcos including Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Vodafone, and BT promise to launch 5G networks in every country in the European Union by 2020 — so long as governments decide to weaken...
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Time Is Running Out to Save Net Neutrality in Europe
Europe is running out of time to protect net neutrality. One month after a US federal court upheld strong rules protecting net neutrality—the principle that all content on the internet should be equally accessible—the battle over how to protect the internet’s open, freewheeling nature has shifted to Europe. A coalition of prominent open internet advocates, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is mounting a last-ditch campaign urging European officials to stand up to the telecom industry and strengthen the...
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Court ruling shows the internet does have borders after all
J. Trevor Hughes of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, explores the common misconception of an internet without borders.
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Trade groups, AT&T urge U.S. court to reverse ‘net neutrality’ rules
Trade associations representing wireless, cable and broadband operators on Friday urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a ruling upholding the Obama administration’s landmark rules barring internet service providers from obstructing or slowing consumer access to web content. By David Shepardson.
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Federal court rejects lawsuit accusing AT&T of ‘data throttling’
A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels.
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The Congressional Bill That Would Save Community Broadband Networks Nationwide
The Community Broadband Act of 2016, which was sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo, the California Democrat, is designed to accompany a similar Senate measure backed by Sen. Cory Booker, the New Jersey Democrat, and Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat, along with several of their colleagues. Eshoo’s legislation, which is expected to face fierce opposition from Republicans, comes one month after a federal court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to preempt Comcast and AT&T-backed state laws that pose barriers to community broadband development.
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FCC Republicans refused to give Congress net neutrality documents
The two Republican members of the Federal Communications Commission have refused to give Congress documents needed to complete an investigation into the FCC's net neutrality rulemaking process, according to a lawmaker. "Your refusal to cooperate with the Committee's request is unacceptable, it obstructs our investigation, and it prevents the Committee from having a complete or accurate understanding of the circumstances surrounding this rulemaking," US Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) wrote in a letter to FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O'Rielly yesterday.
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ISP explains data caps to FCC: Using the Internet is like eating Oreos
"You have to pay extra for double-stuffed," cable company Mediacom tells FCC. Imagine you are out for a walk and experience a sudden, irresistible craving for Oreo® cookies. You only want to spend two dollars, which means that you will be able to buy a two-pack or maybe even a four-pack but for sure you cannot get the family size of over 40 cookies. For that many, you have to spend more. Of course, it would be nice if your two dollars bought you the right to eat an unlimited number of cookies, but you know that is not the way our economy works.
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Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump on broadband: She has a plan, he doesn’t
Clinton vows to defend net neutrality—Trump calls it “attack on the Internet."
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The FCC just passed sweeping new rules to protect your online privacy
The rules require providers to ask your permission before sharing your data.
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City ISP makes broadband free because state law prohibits selling access
A municipal ISP that was on the verge of shutting off Internet service outside its city boundaries to comply with a state law has come up with a temporary fix: it will offer broadband for free.
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Trump and net neutrality: How Republicans can make the rules go away
Republican FCC or Congress could get rid of Title II and net neutrality rules. By Jon Brodkin.
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The FCC Just Caved in to Republican Demands That It Halt Work on Major Issues
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s tenure at the agency is coming to an end. By Sam Gustin.
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