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ISPs fear wave of state laws after New York’s $15 broadband mandate
We asked AT&T if it still believes that it would be impossible to comply with the zero-rating rule only in California. We also asked AT&T if it is compl…
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What may be next after a federal court struck down the FCC's net neutrality rules
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Stanford Law Professor Barbara van Schewick about a federal court's decision to strike down the Biden administration'…
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A Deutsche Telekom Shakedown: Will Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp slow to a crawl in Germany as DT tries to get paid twice, and will German regulators have the courage to stop DT’s bullying?
We are about to see whether the largest and most powerful telecom in Europe, Deutsche Telekom (DT), can force websites and apps to pay so-called “network fe…
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FCC To Unveil Proposed Rules To Govern Internet Traffic
""If I'm a church or a university, I can put my content online, when it travels to my users it will get the same treatment that, you know, CNN'…
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Federal Regulators Issue Proposed Rules that Would Kill Open and Equal Internet Access
"“Our main concern with the proposal today is that provides no certainty for a start up that tries to run a business that uses massive information,” said M…
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‘Net neutrality’ puts FCC at center of storm
"Ammori said the tech community picked Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 primaries after he aggressively courted them, partly with his stance o…
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FCC chief's Internet proposal draws backlash
""It's a huge gift to Verizon and the other [Internet service providers] because it is exactly what they have been asking for since 2006," Ma…
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Net-Neutrality Plan to Put FCC in a Thicket It Has Avoided
"Stanford Law professor Barbara Van Schewick said the FCC can't ban paid deals without reclassifying broadband. If the agency chooses to follow Mr. Whe…
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Net-Neutrality Plan to Put FCC in a Thicket It Has Avoided
When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler releases his plan to regulate broadband networks on Thursday, he will invite debate on whether the g…
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Evaluating the Chairman’s Revised Net Neutrality Proposal
Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is revising his proposal for new network neutrality rules. Initial reactions have be…
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FCC chair cracks door open to reclassifying broadband as a public utility
"Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society provided a good breakdown of what the latest news means.…
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Defending the Open Internet
"Andrew McLaughlin, chief executive of Digg, a news collection site, said he was worried that if big companies were allowed to buy priority service on the…
A Panel Discussion on Proposed FCC Net Neutrality Rules
On Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 p.m. EST, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) hosted a panel discussion on recently proposed net neutrality rules from the Chairman of t…
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Amazon, Microsoft ask FCC to maintain Net Neutrality
"The companies signed on to the letter include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter, along with a wide array of other companies from across the…
The Case for Rebooting the Network Neutrality Debate
The Internet uproar about network neutrality tends to come in waves. Right now we’re riding the crest of one. In the two weeks since Federal Communications Com…