The FCC will vote tomorrow morning between 10:30 and 12:30 Eastern time on a proposed rule written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski which would gut the Internet. It would allow the big carriers to create different tiers of mobile Web access and spee…
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Call the FCC TODAY (1-888-CALL FCC) … To Defeat Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 21st’s Vote to Destroy Net Neutrality
December 20th, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Outlines Net Neutrality Framework
December 2nd, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s four-point outline of the net neutrality proposal calls for a "level playing field." – In a press conference where he compared the Federal Communications
Commission to a quot;cop on the beat quot; protecting an open and free
Internet, Chairman Julius Genachowski laid out the general framework for a net
neutrality proposal he said was designed to empower consumers and
entrepreneur…
Google, Verizon, Comcast Hindered Network Neutrality: FCC Chairman
November 18th, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the Comcast ruling and Google and Verizon’s separate plan threw a hitch in his agency’s own network neutrality plans. – Federal Communication Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski blamed the lack
of a new policy for network neutrality on a federal court’s decision to expel
his agency’s bid to regulate Comcast’s online management.
Genachowski, who spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit here Nov. 17, also said a
parallel ne…
FCC Broadband Agenda for Small Businesses Advances
September 17th, 2010 |
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The FCC issues a public notice asking for feedback on broadband issues concerning small business owners. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski
announced the next step in advancing the agencys small business
broadband agenda, part of a broader FCC plan which includes connecting
communities to broadband through the Universal Service Fund, promoting
mobile connectivity by unlea…
FCC Pursues Negotiations with Broadband Heavyweights
June 22nd, 2010 |
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The FCC continues private meetings with broadband giants such as Verizon as the commission tries to move forward with its plan to more closely regulate the broadband industry. – As the Federal Communications Commission moves to intensify broadband
communications regulations under a set of rules already in existence for phone
companies, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s chief of staff, Edward Lazarus,
scheduled closed-door meetings with industry leaders such as AT amp;T a…
FCC Prepares for Broadband Regulation Inquiry to Joy of Google, Amazon
June 18th, 2010 |
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The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 June 17 to solicit feedback on ways to regulate broadband access. The key proposal includes FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to define broadband access as a telecommunications service subject to "common carrier" obligations, which calls for all data traffic to be equally treated. Approved by Web services providers such as Google and Amazon.com, this "light touch" aims to strike middle ground by rejecting the enforcement of legacy phone regulation to broadband, as well as the elimination of broadband oversight by the FCC. – The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 June 17 to court feedback on
ways to regulate broadband access, with Democrats winning out over the
Republicans in a classic partisan matchup over the future of the Web.
The key proposal includes FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to define
bro…
Net Neutrality Regulations Could Be Costly, Report Warns
June 17th, 2010 |
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Could net neutrality prove too costly to the U.S. economy to implement? A report on how FCC regulation of the Internet warns such measures could be a huge drain for the industry, one of the nation’s healthiest. – As Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski
prepares to outline the agencys plan for greater authority over
broadband service providers, a report from The Advanced Communications
Law amp; Policy Institute at New York Law School and technology
research firm Entropy Economics…
FCC Chairman Pushes for Better Mobile Broadband
June 3rd, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said a push to improve mobile broadband connectivity in the United States would benefit business’ ability to compete and innovate. – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said he’s pushing for improved mobile
broadband during a conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal. He
linked mobile broadband and innovation and promised to work toward
increasing the available spectrum for the technology, which he…
FCC’s Third Way for Broadband Access Is a Boon to Network Neutrality, Google
May 7th, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski May 6 laid down new rules for applying narrow regulations to broadband providers, which should please Internet companies such as Google even as it threatens Comcast and Cablevision. Conservatives disdain the proposal, fearing government regulation over Comcast, AT T, Time Warner and other access providers would stifle investment and innovation. Democrats lent their support to Genachowski’s plan, characterizing it as a victory for network neutrality and consumers.
– Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius
Genachowski May 6 laid down new rules for applying narrow regulations to
broadband providers, which should please Internet companies such as Google as
much as it dismays Internet access providers such as Comcast and Cablevision.
Under the quot;…
FCC to Push for Broadband Regulation, Net Neutrality
May 6th, 2010 |
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Using rules first established for traditional phone networks, the Federal Communications Commission plans to regulate Internet service providers in an effort to preserve net neutrality, which prohibits providers from favoring certain Websites and services.
– In a surprise reversal, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is expected to begin to outline
plans this week for increased regulation of the broadband industry, using rules
set in place for landline phone networks. Specifically, the agency will
reclassify Internet lines a…
FCC Moves Forward with Broadband Plan Despite Court Ruling
April 15th, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is confident of its ability to move forward with the National Broadband Plan, despite a court ruling which said the agency lacked authority to regulate the Internet.
– Despite a federal appeals court ruling that concluded the Federal Communications Commission
lacked the authority to regulate the Internet, FCC chairman Julius
Genachowski, testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, told
lawmakers the ruling would not affect the bodys decision to go ahead
w…
Intel Applauds FCC’s National Broadband Plan
March 16th, 2010 |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 16, 2010 – Intel Corporation today commended FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and the FCC broadband team for delivering a meaningful and ambitious plan for U.S. leadership in broadband.
FCC Chairman Touts Broadcaster Support for Spectrum Plan
March 16th, 2010 |
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Without naming specific broadcasters, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said there is support for the commission’s plan to auction off broadcast spectrum in return for a share of the profits.
– Federal Communications Commission
Chairman Julius Genachowski expressed confidence that major U.S.
television broadcasters were open to the FCCs plan to auction off
their spectrum contracts in exchange for a percentage of the profits, according to Reuters.
“We’ve certainly heard from a number o…
FCC Chairman Proposes Auction for Increased Wireless Spectrum
February 25th, 2010 |
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski believes that auctioning off some 500 megahertz of the wireless spectrum, currently held by television broadcasters, would be the best way to increase spectrum for mobile carriers and other providers, according to prepared remarks delivered to a New America Foundation event. The FCC has an ambitious National Broadband Plan, due to be revealed to Congress on March 17, that it hopes will allow the rate of broadband penetration in the United States to increase from 65 percent to 90 percent.
– The Federal Communications Commission wants
to increase the wireless spectrum available to mobile carriers by 500 megahertz
over the next decade, a plan that involves auctioning off portions of spectrum
currently held by television broadcasters and other providers. Reports indicate
that the 500 …
Calls for National Broadband Plan Not Lacking in Ambition
February 17th, 2010 |
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has already said the National Broadband Plan due to Congress in March will call for 100 million households at 100M bps by the end of the decade. A coalition of consumer and advocacy groups like that but call for even bolder goals and milestones.
– After
a week of record snowfall in the nation’s capital, Washington was hit by another blizzard this
week: a flurry of broadband data, ambitious goals for the Federal
Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan due to Congress March 17,
and calls for the FCC to be bold in addressing the …
NYC Considers Net Neutrality Resolution
November 20th, 2009 |
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Under a proposal before New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government, New York City would endorse Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s initiative to codify and broaden FCC’s network neutrality principles.
– The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government is set
to consider Nov. 20 a resolution favoring stronger network neutrality
regulations. Resolution 712A-2007 asks the FCC (Federal Communications
Commission) and Congress to set quot;firm net neutrality standards. quot;
The re…
Lawmaker Targets Smartphone Early Termination Fees
November 11th, 2009 |
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota writes to Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell C. McAdam and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski criticizing Verizon’s decision to double the penalty fees to $350 for smartphone subscribers who leave their contracts early.
– Sen. Amy Klobuchar fired off a letter Nov. 9 to Verizon Wireless President
and CEO Lowell C. McAdam, denouncing the
nation’s largest cell phone service provider’s recent decision to increase
early termination fees for new smartphone customers. Klobuchar also wrote to Federal
Communications Commi…
Genachowski Pitches Open Networks to Wireless Carriers
October 7th, 2009 |
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In a carefully worded address to wireless carriers, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski praises AT T and Verizon for their recent open network commitments, but says his network neutrality proposal is essential to maintaining Internet openess on both wireline and wireless platforms.
– Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachwoski praised wireless carriers AT amp;T and Verizon Oct. 7 for increasing their efforts to open their networks, but warned mobile carriers gathered in San Diego for a CTIA show that quot;we shouldn’t have uncertainty about whether we’ll have …
GOP Turns Up Heat to Block Network Neutrality
October 5th, 2009 |
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With the Federal Communications Commission voting as early as this month on Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to expand and codify the agency’s network neutrality principles, House Republicans seek to delay the vote as long as possible. In the Senate, Republicans may introduce legislation to block any new network neutrality rules.
– House Republicans continued their pushback to proposed new network neutrality rules Oct. 5 with 20 House members sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski insisting that the FCC prove any market failures before approving any new regulations.
The letter came…
House GOP Warns Obama on Network Neutrality
October 5th, 2009 |
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In a familiar refrain from previous regulatory wars over the Internet, House Minority Leader John Boehner and House Republican whip Eric Cantor tell Obama new network neutrality rules proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will stifle investment in networks.
– The House Republican leadership warned President Obama Oct. 2 that expanded network neutrality rules and the formal codification of those rules will jeopardize future broadband network investment by carriers. Moreover, the minority leadership claimed, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Juliu…