Tag Archives: Network neutrality

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...

AT&T and DirecTV Merger Details

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Telecommunications giant AT&T is proposing a $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV provider DirecTV. If the deal goes through, here's what customers can expect: WHAT CHANGES? — At the moment,...

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...

European Publishers To Sue Google For Monopolistic Practices says French Report

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According to Satellinet, a well-respected online media newsletter in France, the Open Internet Project (OIP), a trade body representing a great number of signifiant European media companies in the...

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"...

European Parliament to End Roaming Charges and Bolster Net Neutrality

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The EU believes in fair-play and so its members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of putting an end to roaming charges. Besides this, the issue of Net neutrality has been examined and will be put...

European Parliament to End Roaming Charges and Bolster Net Neutrality

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The EU believes in fair-play and so its members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of putting an end to roaming charges. Besides this, the issue of Net neutrality has been examined and will be put...

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...