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Google's bid to build high-speed broadband networks may be just a test, but it's geared to swing network neutrality more closely in the search engine's favor. Gartner analyst Alex Winogradoff said this is the company's latest move to federate data access among carrier's data networks. With open networks as alternatives ...

President Obama says in a crowdsourced YouTube interview that he remains committed to an open Internet and network neutrality. - President Obama used a YouTube appearance Feb. 1 to again state his support for network neutrality. Following Obama's Jan. 27 State of the Union address, YouTube collected questions and ...

-- As the FCC considers instituting formal rules with regards to net neutrality, the DC-based advocacy nonprofit Future of Music Coalition has started a new online tool to help artists and fans file comments with the FCC in support of net neutrality. ...

The FCC faces tough questions about its legal authority to penalize Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent. Comcast tells the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the FCC's network neutrality principles are nothing more than a policy statement and do not carry the weight ...

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 ...

The Arizona Republican introduces legislation to block the Federal Communications Commission from imposing further network neutrality rules on broadband carriers. - On the same day the Federal Communications Commission voted to begin consideration of codifying and expanding the agency's network neutrality principles, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced ...

Not only is the Federal Communications Commission considering rules that would extend and codify the agency's network neutrality principles for wireline broadband providers, the FCC is also considering extending those rules to wireless networks. Not surprisingly, the wireless carriers found little to like in the proposal. - ...

Marking a significant policy shift by the Federal Communications Commission, the agency votes to begin consideration of expanded and codified network neutrality rules that Democratic FCC commissioners say will preserve an open Internet. - A split Federal Communications Commission voted Oct. 22 to begin consideration of network neutrality rules ...

With the Federal Communications Commission poised to approve expanding and codifying the FCC network neutrality principles Oct. 22, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg blasts the proposal at a Supercomm session. - On the eve of a historic FCC vote to codify and expand the agency's network neutrality principles, Verizon ...

In the latest turn in the ever escalating war of words over network neutrality, a top AT T executive urges company employees to flood the Federal Communications Commission site with letters opposing any new network neutrality rules. Talking points were conveniently provided. - In the frenzied lobbying ...

With the Federal Communications Commission poised to approve for public discussion new network neutrality rules Oct. 22, opponents and proponents just can't say enough in their filings with the FCC, even if no one has actually seen the proposed rules. - The letters -- pro and con ...

The Federal Communications Commission's decision to launch an inquiry into the Google Voice service is being welcomed by more than AT T. However, the controversy has little, if anything, to do with network neutrality and everything to do with inter-carrier compensation rates. - In the high-stakes political ...

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. ...

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 ...

AT T sent a letter to the FCC protesting Google's blocking of telephone calls from consumers that use its Google Voice service to call phone numbers with inflated access charges in certain rural areas. By blocking these calls, Google reduces its access expenses, giving it an advantage phone carriers are ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski wants to expand and codify the FCC's four network neutrality principles and, to the utter horror of wireless carriers, make them apply to the mobile Internet. It all adds up to one of the greatest policy battles at the FCC in years. ...

A controversial plan for keeping digital arteries open to allWHEN he was still a mere senator, Barack Obama pledged to take swift action to ensure that the internet remained a level playing field if he were elected president. After Mr Obama’s victorious campaign, some folk predicted that this issue would ...

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's amendment to block FCC funding for implementing new network neutrality regulations proves short-lived. - A move by Republican senators to block funding to the Federal Communications Commission for developing or implementing new network neutrality regulations is apparently over almost as quickly as it ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to possibly extend the agency's network neutrality principles to the mobile Internet prompts wireless carriers to reach for their favorite phrase: Don't regulate the Internet. - The last time the term quot;network neutrality quot; caused this much stir on Capitol ...

Senate Republicans react quickly to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to expand the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality authority. Working on an unrelated appropriations bill, Republican senators push an amendment to deny the FCC funds for developing or implementing new Internet regulations. - Just hours after Federal ...