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Divided FCC Approves Net Neutrality NPRM
FCC commissioners divided Thursday on a vote to reestablish net neutrality rules, during the agency's first open meeting with a full commission since Chairw…
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Reactions to FCC's Net Neutrality Proceeding
“I’m pleased that the FCC started the process to bring back net neutrality for all Americans and restore its oversight over the companies we pay to get online,&…
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FCC begins unwinding its Trump-era abdication of broadband oversight
“[T]he FCC is now on the path to restoring commonsense net neutrality protections that ensure that we, the people who use the internet, get to decide what we do…
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FCC starts process to bring back common sense net neutrality protections and broadband oversight
On Thursday, the FCC Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the FCC’s plan to restore net neutrality. Here’s my s…
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Telcos respond to online communication regulation
Moreover, as Professor Barbara van Schewick points out in her counter-comments, some online platforms, like YouTube, give customers the option of reducing video…
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Save The Internet Slams COAI’s Attempt to Misdirect TRAI on Net Neutrality
The controversy stems from a consultation conducted by TRAI in July, in which telcos advocated for communication platforms to pay a network fee for using their…
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How Fear and Greed Could Choke India’s Internet
Some Indian wireless carriers claim that Europe has already agreed on a burden-sharing arrangement between networks and content firms. That’s just misinformatio…
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Fair-Share Contribution Hinders Free And Open Network: MediaNama Speakers Counter COAI’s Statement
Stanford’s Barbara Van Schewick and South Korea’s Professor Park break down how charging network usage fees violates net neutrality. * Date Published:10/10/20…
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Why Countries Should Not Mess With Interconnection Agreements
“I think a tiny, tiny fraction, significantly less than 1% have any sort of paid relationship, and that includes transit. Things that are formally requiring, as…
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The Idea That The European Parliament Voted In Favour Of Network Fees Is False: Barbara Van Schewick Clarifies
During the conversation, Van Schewick pointed out that no legislative procedure had been initiated, or regulations were considered, by the European Parliament f…
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MediaNama Daily: Stanford Professor On False Assumptions Around EU’s Network Fees Situation
Stanford professor on misconceptions around EU’s network fees situation, Bombay HC excluding internet broadcasting from copyright statutory license, and more.…
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Unfair Competition Among ISPs, Unequal Access To Internet: Experts On How Network Usage Fees Threaten Net Neutrality
Panellist Barbara van Schewick explains that fundamentally, network fees will lead to a system wherein some companies, which offer popular services, will be cha…