Internet giants vs innovation
7 years, 2 months ago

Internet giants vs innovation

Live Mint  

A month after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India supported net neutrality and barred telecom service providers from charging differential rates for data services in India, the Federal Communications Commission in the US decided to roll back net neutrality laws. Net neutrality laws ensure that creators are able to showcase their work and users can access content and services as they please. When, or if, the FCC repeals net neutrality laws, it will affect internet users all over the world. FCC chairman Ajit Pai stated that net neutrality laws hinder innovation and removing them would allow telecom companies to broaden access to underserved communities.

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Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers
11 months, 1 week ago

Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects ‘network neutrality,’ a boon for consumers

LA Times  

In the midst of its battle to extinguish the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department discovered that its internet connection provider, Verizon, had throttled their data flow virtually down to zero, cutting off communications for firefighters in the field. The issue the FCC addressed Thursday is most often viewed in the context of “network neutrality.” …

Rebooting digital equality: FCC to restore net neutrality, reversing Trump-era repeal
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Rebooting digital equality: FCC to restore net neutrality, reversing Trump-era repeal

Salon  

On April 25, the Federal Communications Commission will vote to restore landmark rules governing net neutrality — a federal policy with a history of popular bipartisan support that safeguards free speech online by requiring federally contracted telecom companies like AT&T to treat all internet traffic the same, barring them from blocking websites or slowing down internet speeds for profit. Under …

Tech companies, states spar with govt over net neutrality
6 years, 2 months ago

Tech companies, states spar with govt over net neutrality

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing big internet providers from discriminating against certain technology and services. The net neutrality rules had banned cable, wireless and other broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites …

Big Tech Backs US Congressional Vote to Keep The Net Neutral
7 years, 1 month ago

Big Tech Backs US Congressional Vote to Keep The Net Neutral

News 18  

Technology companies including Alphabet and Facebook on Thursday threw their weight behind a congressional bid to reverse the Trump administration’s plan to repeal Obama-era rules designed to protect an open internet. “The time has come for a bipartisan effort to establish permanent net neutrality rules.” A public backlash against the FCC’s plan, especially among younger people, has raised concerns among …

Tech giants back US congressional vote to support net neutrality
7 years, 1 month ago

Tech giants back US congressional vote to support net neutrality

Firstpost  

Internet companies say that without net neutrality protection, many Americans will have little recourse Technology companies including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc on 8 February threw their weight behind a congressional bid to reverse the Trump administration’s plan to repeal Obama-era rules designed to protect an open internet. “The time has come for a bipartisan effort to establish permanent net …

What Net Neutrality Really Means For You (And For Us)
7 years, 3 months ago

What Net Neutrality Really Means For You (And For Us)

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The repeal of net neutrality isn’t great news for consumers. And now, absent the regulatory protection of net neutrality, Verizon and other internet service providers can favor our content while discriminating against the competition’s. The company wasn’t the first internet service provider to build a media empire, and it may not be the last — …

What is net neutrality and why does it matter?
7 years, 3 months ago

What is net neutrality and why does it matter?

The Hindu  

“Net neutrality” regulations, designed to prevent internet service providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter from favouring some sites and apps over others, are on the chopping block. The net neutrality rules gave the FCC power to go after companies for business practices that weren’t explicitly banned as well. Pai’s FCC spiked the effort to go after AT&T, even before …

FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’
7 years, 3 months ago

FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’

Associated Press  

The Federal Communications Commission repealed the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules Thursday, giving internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit or charge more for faster speeds. This is the beginning of a longer legal battle.” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Trump administration “supports …

The FCC has officially voted to kill net neutrality. Now what?
7 years, 3 months ago

The FCC has officially voted to kill net neutrality. Now what?

Slate  

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to enshrine new policies that could radically change the way you use the internet. I dissent from this fiercely spun, legally lightweight, consumer-harming, corporate-enabling Destroying Internet Freedom Order,” said Commissioner Mignon Clyburn in her opening remarks at Thursday’s FCC meeting before the agency voted to ultimately abandon the net neutrality rules. “The internet …

If the FCC Kills Net Neutrality, Expect Fewer Great Startups
7 years, 3 months ago

If the FCC Kills Net Neutrality, Expect Fewer Great Startups

Wired  

Instead of listening to the thousand of startups and investors who argue that ending net neutrality would damage online innovation, FCC chair Ajit Pai is pushing a vote this Thursday to dismantle two decades of open internet protections in one of the biggest corporate giveaways in history. I know because in 2012 I left a job I loved at WIRED …

Over 200 businesses want FCC to reconsider ending net neutrality
7 years, 4 months ago

Over 200 businesses want FCC to reconsider ending net neutrality

India TV News  

A week after the US Federal Communications Commission announced voting to rollback rules adopted in 2015 that require internet service providers to treat all online traffic equally, over 200 businesses have asked the agency to reconsider its plan to end net neutrality. In a letter to FCC, more these businesses and trade organisations, including Airbnb, Reddit, Shutterstock, Twitter, among others, …

Net neutrality repeal's opponents are speaking up — especially tech giants
7 years, 4 months ago

Net neutrality repeal's opponents are speaking up — especially tech giants

Salon  

President Donald Trump's plan to repeal net neutrality, as implemented by his FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, is being met with outspoken opposition by some of the biggest names in online commerce. The letter added, "An internet without net neutrality protections would be the opposite of the open market, with a few powerful cable and phone companies picking winners and losers …

Here's what comes next if the FCC's decision to quash net neutrality rules becomes a reality
7 years, 4 months ago

Here's what comes next if the FCC's decision to quash net neutrality rules becomes a reality

Firstpost  

Many worry that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal will stifle small tech firms and leave ordinary citizens more at the mercy of cable and wireless companies. “RADICAL DEPARTURE” The FCC’s move will allow companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to charge internet companies for speedier access to consumers and to block outside services they don’t like. They don’t monetize that.” …

FCC plans to repeal net neutrality protections: Here's how the ruling affects consumers and businesses
7 years, 4 months ago

FCC plans to repeal net neutrality protections: Here's how the ruling affects consumers and businesses

Firstpost  

Here are some questions and answers about net neutrality and the FCC’s plans. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal would repeal rules that bar internet service providers from blocking, slowing access to or charging more for certain content. Pai’s proposal would require ISPs to disclose if they allow content blocking, slowing though so-called throttling, or paid prioritisation in which a third-party …

Trump’s FCC Chairman Is Misleading Congress About Net Neutrality
7 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s FCC Chairman Is Misleading Congress About Net Neutrality

Slate  

If Trump’s Federal Communications Commission has its way, the internet of the future is probably going to look a lot like the internet of today—and that’s a bad thing. New websites and innovative startups will have a hard time finding an audience without network neutrality protections––the rules that prohibit internet providers from speeding up access to some websites and not …

World's biggest websites unite to save net neutrality
7 years, 8 months ago

World's biggest websites unite to save net neutrality

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Federal Communications Commission is currently weighing how to repeal those so-called “net neutrality” rules, in a …

Why Net Neutrality Matters
55 years, 3 months ago

Why Net Neutrality Matters

Wired  

Next month, Amazon, Netflix, and dozens of other companies and organizations will host a "day of action" aimed at saving net neutrality as we know it. Under the current net neutrality rules, broadband providers like Comcast and Charter, and wireless providers like AT&T and Verizon, can't block or slow down your access to lawful content, nor can they create so-called …

Hey Startups, It’s Your Duty to Fight for Net Neutrality
7 years, 10 months ago

Hey Startups, It’s Your Duty to Fight for Net Neutrality

Wired  

Today, entrepreneurs can use the internet and focus first and foremost on building something people want. But if Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai undermines net neutrality, entrepreneurs and consumers will be constrained by what big cable companies want. Similarly, when you buy internet access from a cable or wireless company, you're generally charged for a given speed and the …

The FCC Is Leading Us Toward Catastrophe
7 years, 11 months ago

The FCC Is Leading Us Toward Catastrophe

Wired  

I’ve spent the last few months visiting scrappy cities all over America that are charting their own destinies. What these cities have in common is that they treat fiber optic internet access as a utility, like water, electricity, sewer service, and their street grid: available to all, without discrimination, at a reasonable cost. Here’s what we know about Pai’s latest …

The importance of net neutrality
9 years, 11 months ago

The importance of net neutrality

The Hindu  

Should the Internet be touched? Views have also been sought regarding net neutrality, the principle of data equality that has over the years ensured the Internet remained a level playing ground. After spending billions of dollars in setting up infrastructure and bringing themselves under regulatory scrutiny, telecom companies can’t bear the fact that numerous applications ride on their networks for …

Net Neutrality: What it is, how it affects you - IndiaTV News
10 years, 1 month ago

Net Neutrality: What it is, how it affects you - IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New York: That's the heated debate that has Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner Cable facing off against the U.S. government, content providers like Netflix and consumer groups. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, once a lobbyist for the very companies he now is going head-to-head with, says the U.S. must regulate Internet service providers more closely to ensure …

US FCC set to define Internet as public utility, victory for net neutrality advocates
10 years, 1 month ago

US FCC set to define Internet as public utility, victory for net neutrality advocates

Firstpost  

The proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was a victory for advocates of “net neutrality,” the idea that Internet providers must allow data to move across their networks without interference. The proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler was a victory for advocates of “net neutrality,” the idea that Internet providers must allow data to move across their networks …

Net Neutrality Won Big Today. But We Can't Get Complacent Just Yet
10 years, 1 month ago

Net Neutrality Won Big Today. But We Can't Get Complacent Just Yet

Wired  

The Drudge Report headline said it all: "NEW RULES: FCC Chair Unveils 'Net Neutrality.'" That's a pretty apt description of how the world sees FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's announcement today that he wants to change the way the nation's telecommunications regulator views the internet. Judging from the FCC's comments today, things could really change for wireless broadband users, but the …

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