FCC Rules Against Petition to Delay Open Internet


On Friday, May 8, the Federal Communications Commission categorically denied requests to halt any reclassification of Internet service providers as common carriers. The petitioners were industry...

FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules


Net neutrality is an essential component to an open Internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today voted to protect the Internet, preserving it as a platform for innovation, free...

The Biggest Net Neutrality Lie


This week, filings are flooding into the FCC about its latest effort to pass “net neutrality” rules, the first phase of public comments on the proposal that will continue for the next several months...

Google visits Cuba to promote open Internet access


Top executives from Google visited Cuba to promote an open Internet access, reports the Cuban blog 14ymedio.com.Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt together with Jared Cohen, Brett Perlmutter and...

John Oliver, Net Neutrality, and the Ghost of SOPA-PIPA


So now the net neutrality debate has its very own pop culture hook.  It’s been a week since HBO’s John Oliver unleashed his entertaining but scathing rant against the FCC and Chairman Tom...

Netflix blames Verizon for slow streaming speeds


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...