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Netflix blames Verizon for slow streaming speeds

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Verizon and Netflix are now engaged in a heated confrontation over who is to blame for the crippling streaming speeds. Verizon Federal Regulatory Affairs Vice President, David Young, calls it a PR...

Every Internet User Needs to Watch This: John Oliver on Net Neutrality

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John Oliver had a great piece on the FCC Net Neutrality issue on his new show Last Week Tonight. He rips into the FCC's plans to break net neutrality allowing cable companies to charge companies for...

The Facts about Net Neutrality

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting new regulations that could create fast lanes for Internet traffic from websites that can afford to pay...

New Net Neutrality Proposals Worry Campaigners

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler will today present his proposals for net neutrality – which reportedly include the provision that content firms should in some cases be...

FCC to propose pay-for-priority Internet standards

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is set to propose new open Internet rules that would allow content companies to pay for faster delivery over the so-called "last mile"...

Netflix Wants the Benefits of the Net Without Its Costs

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn’t like paying for Internet connectivity. He has a new idea, which he calls “strong net neutrality,” that could significantly reduce one of his big input costs. For...

Netflix Stresses Net Neutrality and Regulated ISPs while Comcast Committed for Open Internet

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The Net-sphere is doing what it can for the world’s population. That is one fundamental reason why it must maintain its neutrality and impartiality in the face of any bias or prejudice. Especially...

What The Comcast-Netflix Deal Means For Consumers

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After last month’s appeal court ruling striking down the FCC's net neutrality rules, yesterday’s deal between Comcast and Netflix has come in for far more scrutiny than it might have in the past....

Comcast-Netflix Didn’t Violate Net Neutrality

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Comcast and Netflix announced a deal yesterday that the companies say is all about providing “Comcast’s U.S. broadband customers with a high-quality Netflix video experience for years to come.”...

Google aims to provide broadband in 34 more cities

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is planning to offer high-speed Internet service in 34 more cities scattered across eight states in the company's boldest challenge yet to cable and telecommunications...