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This insane example from the FCC shows why AT&T and Verizon’s zero rating schemes are a racket
This week AT&T announced that it would give special treatment to DirecTV’s new streaming service by excluding it from AT&T customers’ wireless data caps. Ever since we started writing about net neutrality, we’ve argued that zero rating is a bad, anti-competitive idea that in the long run will hurt consumers, though it may appear like a huge consumer benefit in the short-term.
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Trump advisors plan to strangle net neutrality
Trump will fill the Federal Communications Commission with net neutrality opponents.
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Tom Wheeler Resigns From the FCC—So Long, Net Neutrality
THE MAN WHO saved net neutrality is stepping aside. Federal Communication Commission chairman Tom Wheeler will resign on January 20, the agency announced today. Wheeler’s decision to step down means Donald Trump will have two FCC seats to fill, one Republican and one Democratic. His resignation will also give Republicans a 2-to-1 majority on the commission even before those seats are filled after the departure of fellow Democratic commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel at the end of the year.
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Remaining FCC Commissioners Promise to Gut Net Neutrality 'As Soon As Possible'
The FCC’s net neutrality rules are returning to the crosshairs of Republicans. Two of the remaining FCC commissioners, both members of the GOP, have promised internet service providers (ISPs) lobbying groups they will begin gutting net neutrality rules “as soon as possible.”
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Killswitch (2014)
The Internet is under attack. This award-winning documentary explores the threat Internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy.
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The loss of net neutrality: Say goodbye to a free and open internet
The end of net neutrality looks imminent. If it goes away, you can expect these long-lasting problems to surface.
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Trump voters need fast broadband and net neutrality too, Tom Wheeler says
Wheeler talks to Ars about "Cablewood," competition, regulation on last day at FCC.
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Trump names new FCC chairman: Ajit Pai, who wants to take a 'weed whacker' to net neutrality
President Trump on Monday designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission and an outspoken opponent of new net neutrality rules, to be the agency’s new chairman.
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Donald Trump could change the trajectory of the market for streaming video
The “days are numbered” for the net neutrality rules enacted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission under Barack Obama, at least if you take President Trump’s newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s word for it. So what happens after they are gone? Pai, an FCC commissioner since 2012, was a harsh critic of the agency’s “Open Internet Order,” which it passed in 2015 via a 3-2 party line vote. It bans Internet service providers from blocking or throttling legal content.
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FCC Rescinds Claim that AT&T and Verizon Violated Net Neutrality
Republican Ajit Pai halts Wheeler's net neutrality investigation of zero-rating.
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The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing federally subsidized Internet to the poor
And it could signal broader restrictions for the program known as Lifeline.
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Trump’s F.C.C. Pick Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules
In his first days as President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai has aggressively moved to roll back consumer protection regulations created during the Obama presidency. Mr. Pai took a first swipe at net neutrality rules designed to ensure equal access to content on the internet. He stopped nine companies from providing discounted high-speed internet service to low-income individuals. He withdrew an effort to keep prison phone rates down, and he scrapped a proposal to break open the cable box market.
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Net neutrality assault can be stopped by citizens, Senate Democrats say
US Senate Democrats today vowed that they won't let net neutrality rules be eliminated without a fight, and they urged citizens to make their voices heard by lawmakers and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. "Remember that two years ago, nearly 4 million Americans offered comments on the Open Internet Order," Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said at a press conference this morning (video). "That’s by far, by a factor of at least two, more than any comments on any rule before the FCC in history."
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“Broadband death star bill” blown up by municipal Internet advocates
The "Virginia Broadband Deployment Act" that would have made it far more difficult for municipalities to offer Internet service has been dramatically watered down after running into heavy opposition. Instead of preventing cities and towns from offering broadband, a new version of the bill passed by the Virginia House this week merely imposes new record-keeping requirements. The original bill favored by cable lobbyists (and called the "Broadband death star bill" by one opponent) would have prohibited...
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Comcast, AT&T Are Paying Minority Groups To Support Killing Net Neutrality
For years, we've noted how one of the greasier lobbying tactics in telecom is the use of minority groups to provide the illusion of broad support for what's often awful policy. Such groups are given cash for a shiny new event center in exchange for parroting any policy position that comes across their desks, even if it dramatically undermines their constituents. As a result, we've shown how time and time again you'll see minority coalitions like the "Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership"...
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The implications of the end of net neutrality
When Donald Trump pulled off a stunning victory to win the U.S. presidency, the entire world began to speculate about what a Trump administration will look like. As the chief executive of a native advertising network, I — and many others that work in digital media — am keeping a particularly close eye on how the president will handle net neutrality.
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ISPs who don’t want competition get good news from FCC chair
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to eliminate a requirement that Charter Communications compete against other ISPs with new broadband deployments spurred by its purchase of Time Warner Cable. The FCC's approval of the merger last year required Charter to deploy broadband with download speeds of 60Mbps to at least 2 million residential and small business locations, of which at least 1 million must be in areas served by at least one other high-speed provider.
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FCC lets “billion-dollar” ISPs hide fees and data caps, Democrat says
ISPs with 250,000 or fewer subscribers won't have to follow rules that require greater disclosures about fees and data caps after a vote today by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC's Republican majority approved the change to help small providers avoid "onerous reporting obligations" included in the 2015 net neutrality order, they said. But by setting the threshold at 250,000 subscribers and exempting small ISPs owned by larger companies, the FCC is effectively "exempt[ing] billion-dollar public companies" from rules that can be complied with in mere hours each year, said Mignon Clyburn, the FCC's only Democrat.
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It Begins: Trump’s FCC Launches Attack on Net Neutrality Transparency Rules
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to eliminate open internet transparency protections for millions of consumers, in the Trump administration's most overt salvo yet in its nascent campaign to dismantle net neutrality protections. As a result of Thursday's action, "thousands" of small and medium-sized internet service providers (ISPs) around the country are no longer required to give their customers detailed information about broadband prices, speeds and fees, according to the FCC.
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Net Neutrality Lite? The FCC May Reduce, Not Repeal, Open Internet Order | Fast Company | The Future Of Business
Like Obamacare, the 2015 Open Internet Order may be harder to repeal and easier to scale back.
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