Net neutrality is the idea that the internet should be treated as a utility, meaning that internet service providers (ISPs) should have to treat all data fairly…
“It is no secret that OTT [over the top] Players consume humongous amounts of bandwidth, which puts tremendous pressure on the network infrastructure establishe…
Before the Biden FCC restored net neutrality, there was concern that the new net neutrality rules weren’t as tough as the ones discarded by the Trump administra…
This comes after proponents of net neutrality, like Stanford Law Professor Barbara Van Schewick and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), had called out the…
Some experts expressed doubts that network slicing was really going to be used by telcos in the way net neutrality advocates feared, but the final text appears…
On Tuesday, the FCC released the final text of the 2024 Open Internet Order, which the commission voted to adopt on April 25. Here’s my statement and initial a…
Barbara van Schewick, professor of law at Stanford and Director of the Center for Internet and Society, said the ruling could back up states’ right to create th…
In 2021, New York adopted the Affordable Broadband Act, which requires broadband providers to offer affordable options to low-income households. Today, the Co…
Net neutrality experts like Stanford professor Barbara van Schewick had expressed concerns that the new rules were somewhat weaker than the original. She was pa…
Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick said today's ruling provides states with important protections in the event that the FCC ever deregulates broadb…
What ended up happening in the years after the rollback went into effect in 2018 was so discreet that most people unlikely noticed its effects, says Stanford La…
While the FCC touts the revised ruling as a step towards net neutrality, digital experts are more skeptical of the move. Stanford professor Barbara van Schewic…