AT&T, Time Warner merger could trigger FCC rulemaking on zero rating practices
Another regulatory issue other than antitrust thatis likely to surface during review of the AT&T-Time Warner merger is zero rating, or the practice of providing content for free to consumers on a...
View ArticleCould Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg join the Trump Administration?
Text messages sent between Andreesen and Erskine Bowles speak to Zuckerberg’s desire to be able to maintain control of Facebook while possibly serving two years in government... The fact that...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Pai seeks return to ‘light-touch framework’ for Internet regulation
Between 2014 and 2016, Pai said that the country’s 12 largest ISPs have decreased their spending by $3.6 billion, a drop of 5.6 percent in investment. Pai also cited a letter sent to the FCC from a...
View ArticleLive streaming sports on social media platforms points out further issues...
Facebook is not the only company seeking to provide content to consumers via their own Internet-based platforms. In early May, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced a deal with...
View ArticleExecutives for America’s tech giants refuse to come to Congress to testify on...
The Facebooks, Googles and Netflixes of the world, edge providers that provide Internet services via websites but not an Internet connection like ISPs offer, have every reason to support the current...
View ArticleSenator’s statements on FCC Chair Ajit Pai and net neutrality show a bias...
Lost in all of this rhetoric over Chairman Pai’s supposed interest in limiting Internet access for Americans are the activities being overseen by Pai which are in the service of restoring Internet...
View ArticleFCC’s Reclassification of Broadband Internet Could Improve Prospects for...
On Thursday, December 14th, the commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will convene an open meeting to discuss several subjects, one of which is titled Restoring Internet Freedom....
View ArticleWhat Does Mark Hamill Know About Title II Reclassification of Internet...
Without the FCC’s ability to regulate ISPs under Title II common carrier regulations, there have been fears that ISPs could create bundled mobile packages such as are seen in Portugal, a country...
View ArticleSenate Commerce Committee Holds FCC Oversight Hearing to Discuss Net...
Last week the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to conduct oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although there was the typical overblown...
View ArticleIP and Innovation on Capitol Hill: Week of March 11
This week on Capitol Hill, both houses of Congress are abuzz with a full schedule of hearings related to science, technology and innovation topics. In the House of Representatives, various committees...
View ArticleNet Neutrality: How Recent Developments Could Affect Content Companies and...
Net neutrality provides that all ISPs should provide equal access to content, at an equal speed, without discrimination against particular sources, thereby preventing broadband providers from blocking,...
View ArticleFCC Restores Net Neutrality Regime Amid Criticism
On Thursday, April 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held an open meeting during which the agency’s commissioners voted 3-2 to restore net neutrality rules that reclassifies Internet...
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