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Wheeler keeps "common carrier" threat on the table in case ISPs misbehave.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is taking a series of steps to protect the "open Internet."
“My wife and I like to lay in bed and watch Netflix,” Tom Wheeler, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, said the other day.…
Without net-neutrality rules, we face the prospect of pricing wars of all against all.
High-quality internet access shouldn’t be restricted to those who can 'pay to play.' Unfortunately, by allowing ISPs to preferentially charge and premium price access, that’s what will happen, and public libraries -- and the communities we serve -- will be the ones to lose.
What does it mean that the DC Circuit Court struck down the FCC's "Open Internet Rules?"
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals just issued its long-awaited decision striking down the FCC’s network neutrality rule. This is the second time in...
DAMMIT.
The implications of such a decision would be profound. Web and mobile companies will live or die not on the merits of their technology and design, but on the deals they can strike with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and others who could otherwise 'shakedown' startups and established companies in every sector, requiring payment for reliable service.
Fiber buildouts and threats to net neutrality make next year worth watching.
Gutting law would let ISPs block content, applications, services, and devices.
On Monday, a federal appeals court heard Verizon's challenge to the FCC's network neutrality rules.
Conflicting visions for the future of the Internet collide in Dubai.
Who should control the Internet—and how? As the international treaty governing the Web comes up for renegotiation, Michael Joseph Gross explores the many battlefields in a war that will change cyberspace. Illustration by Stephen Doyle.
The FCC passed weak net neutrality rules last December, but they won't be …
The U.S. Congress is considering the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). MythBuster Adam Savage says that if these sweeping pieces of legislation pass, the U.S. will join the likes of China and Iran in censoring the Internet.
Turning an IP address into a subscriber name is the basis for all file-sharing …
The US government wants ISPs to stop deleting subscriber logs so quickly; a …