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FCC to Regulate Broadband Internet Providers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Federal Communications Commission will reregulate broadband lines to help prevent service providers from dictating how their customers use the Internet. The FCC will regulate Internet lines under rules that currently apply to landline telephone networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The rules will be used to enforce "network neutrality," regulations that require providers to treat web traffic equally and not slow or block websites. The move is sure to be hailed by consumer advocates who have called on the government to order providers to give equal treatment to all ...
Opinion: 'Net Neutrality' Ruling Calls for Strong Response
By not in system - AOL News(April 7) -- Monday's ruling for Comcast by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has put the future of the Internet, the fight for "net neutrality" and the National Broadband Plan in jeopardy. The ruling is a major blow, but it also poses an opportunity for our leaders to finally do what's needed to protect consumers and the open Internet. The court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority under the existing legal framework to enforce rules that keep Internet service providers from blocking and controlling Internet traffic. Comcast was caught blocking BitTorrent ...
Court Ruling on Internet Regulation a Blow to FCC
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA U.S. appeals court in Washington, D.C., has struck down rules that restrict Comcast and other service providers from dictating how their customers use the Internet. In a 3-0 vote Tuesday, the judges ruled that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to order providers to give equal treatment to all traffic flowing over their Internet networks, The Associated Press reported. The decision is a blow to the FCC and a big victory for Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, which had challenged the agency's right to impose the "network neutrality" rules. The case ...
FCC Wants to Speed Up Your Internet Connection
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAffordable and faster Internet connections would be available to all Americans under a sweeping new proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul the U.S. broadband system. The FCC plan to wire the entire country for broadband will be delivered to Congress on Tuesday but is available online now. It reflects the White House position that high-speed Internet access is not a luxury but critical for economic development, education and health care, The Associated Press reported. "To me, broadband is an infrastructure challenge that's very akin to what we've faced in the past with ...
Could You Live Without the Internet?
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 24) -- It's tempting for someone whose livelihood depends on the Web to write something snarky about people who never use the Internet. After all, they'd never see it. Besides, it's 2010. Who doesn't go online these days? One in five Americans, that's who. About one-third of the population does not have a high-speed Internet, or broadband, connection at home, according to a new Federal Communications Commission report. (Click here for the PDF.) That's 93 million "non-adopters." Six percent of the 5,005 people the FCC surveyed for its study said they have a slower dial-up connection. ...
Nearly 200 Million Phone Customers Just Say 'No!'
By Broderick Perkins - AOL News(Feb. 7) -- Many consumers will shop until they drop, but not if you call them at home to hawk your goods and services. Indicating just how deeply consumers despise telemarketing, the federal Do Not Call Registry effort has put the kibosh on telemarketing calls to nearly 200 million telephone numbers in the United States. "Consumers who have joined the registry have reported dramatic reductions in the number of unwanted calls they receive," according to the Federal Trade Commission. Since the inception of the DNC registry in June 2003, the FTC has registered 191 million phone numbers, ...
Google Voice: Let Freedom Ring
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyGoogle Voice is the telecom invention that everyone wants, though few understand how it works. Like TiVo, digital cameras and BlackBerrys, innovations such as this take a while to be considered necessary by us regular people, and even longer for us to understand how they work. After spending a couple hours with Google Voice CEO Craig Walker this week, and getting a crash course in telecommunications technology, I am convinced that GV, which was launched in March, will be soon embraced by all Americans. ...
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