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Choosing Sides in Net Neutrality Battle
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Michael Ricci
Can we trust telecom firms on net neutrality?
Here's an entry in my bizspeak-to-English dictionary: When executives in certain industries talk about needing to be rid of regulation so they can foster “better customer service," they're really talking about safeguarding their income. Case in point: the cable and telecommunications industry, and the concept of network neutrality. Net neutrality, broadly speaking, is the principle that any Internet service provider, such as your cable or phone company, should be largely blind to ...
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US Court Rules Against FCC on Net Neutrality
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All About Jazz
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC's authority to impose so called “net neutrality" obligations. It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to ...
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A2im Leads Indie Charge for Net Neutrality
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HypeBot
The FCC is formulating a new U.S. policies on net neutrality and American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) president Rich Benglof has been leading a campaign on behalf of the indie music community encouraging the commissioners to guarantee a level playing field on a transparent and open internet.
Bengloff recently penned an op-ed piece for the Huffington Post and filed a brief with the FCC along with an open letter to the administration and media. Key points include:
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Court to FCC: You Dont Have Power to Enforce Net Neutrality
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All About Jazz
A federal appeals court gave notice Friday it likely would reject the Federal Communications Commissions authority to sanction Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer applications. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suggested as much during oral arguments from the FCC and Comcast. The Philadelphia-based cable concern is appealing the agencys 2008 decision ordering it to stop hampering the peer-to-peer service BitTorrent as a traffic-management practice. The move was in response to complaints Comcast was sending fake signals ...
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