What is the right way to run the internet? After months of pitched debate over so-called net neutrality, the FCC will finally vote…
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The FCC’s other big vote: small cities await their broadband fate
The big battle over net neutrality will go to a vote on Thursday but, for many people in small cities, it’s the other item on…
Read MorePorn exec touts net neutrality in rare call for regulation
Smut sellers normally prefer that the government stay far away from their business. But when it comes to how the FCC oversees the internet, the adult…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs embrace net neutrality plan (except Mark Cuban)
Propaganda machines are running full-blast ahead of next week’s landmark vote on net neutrality, so readers should take most “news” about the FCC with a grain…
Read MoreLove or hate net neutrality, GOP probe is pointlesss
Let the dog and pony show begin! Republicans in Congress and their cable company allies are smarting over news that the FCC will reclassify…
Read MoreHere we go: 5 things to watch as net neutrality gets real
Who saw this coming? A year ago, the smart money said the cable industry would call the shots as the FCC moved to rewrite rules for the…
Read MoreFCC Chair says agency will nix state laws that block broadband
State laws that obstruct towns and cities from building their own broadband networks are likely to fall at the end of the month, as…
Read MoreHow net neutrality rules can fix Verizon’s supercookie problem
The FCC is on the cusp of proposing new rules for the internet, and it may have a chance to kill two birds…
Read MoreFCC issues warning on Wi-Fi blocking, cites “disturbing” trend
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday sent out a public notice warning hotels, convention centers and other businesses not to tamper with consumers’…
Read MoreIn surprise FCC filing, Sprint endorses net neutrality
Supporters of net neutrality got a boost from an unlikely source on Friday as telecom giant Sprint stated in a letter to the FCC that…
Read More3 big questions remain as net neutrality heads to the end game
The FCC has scheduled a February 26 vote on net neutrality, touching off a final flurry of debate over how the agency should oversee the…
Read MoreAs Comcast merger enters final phase, deal may be on thin ice
When telecom giant Comcast announced plans in February to swallow its largest rival, Time Warner Cable, the consensus in Washington and on Wall…
Read MoreComcast-TWC merger delayed, FCC says 7,000 docs wrongly held back
Comcast’s plans to swallow its largest rival Time Warner Cable has suffered another setback as the FCC announced Monday it would once again halt…
Read MoreT-Mobile will pay $90M over bogus charges on customer bills
The FCC on Friday announced a $90 million settlement with T-Mobile, making it the latest phone carrier to pay a penalty for “cramming,” which involves adding…
Read MoreNet neutrality’s cost to consumers pegged at $17B — or zero
After a dramatic shift in the debate over net neutrality last month, many expect the FCC will reclassify internet providers so as to bar them…
Read More$41B auction shows net neutrality is no threat to investment
When President Obama called for net neutrality this month, AT&T said the sky would fall. It warned that a policy banning internet providers from giving special treatment to some websites over others would lead companies to stop investing in new network capacity. So much for that.…
Read MoreThe biggest danger to net neutrality is now political, not legal
After President Obama came out with a surprise call for net neutrality, Verizon struck back with a new lawsuit threat. But the case for net neutrality is on solid legal ground -- it's the political case that's now shaky. Here's why.…
Read MoreGoogle is sitting out the net neutrality fight. Here are 4 possible reasons
The FCC is moving closer to announcing new net neutrality rules and yet Google -- the most influential company on the subject -- still won't step into the debate. Here's four popular theories why it won't.…
Read MoreWill the FCC be tempted by AT&T’s suggestion of internet ‘fast lanes’ run by users?
What if the FCC could solve net neutrality in a way that pleased both industry and consumer advocates? User-directed fast lanes hold out that promise in theory -- but might be a different story in practice.…
Read MoreComcast comes out swinging in defense of merger, blasts Netflix and Discovery
Comcast's top lawyer is taking a more aggressive tone at a time when attention is shifting to the internet implications of its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.…
Read MoreFCC hits Verizon with record $7.4 million privacy penalty over marketing violations
Verizon will pay $7.4 million for what appears to be a minor privacy violation, in which the company failed to notify customers of their right to opt out of Verizon marketing campaigns.…
Read MoreDemocrats propose bill to halt “fast lanes” on the internet
Should big content companies be able to pay ISP's to bring their traffic in ahead of other content? Democrats in Congress want to forbid the FCC from allowing this.…
Read MoreFCC says California website offered fake Samsung and BlackBerry phones
A California website has been selling fake phones that came with seemingly legitimate "FCC Identifiers," but ones that were were not authorized by Samsung.…
Read MoreCourt strikes down FCC’s net neutrality rules, agency may appeal
In a ruling that has significant implications for the future of the internet, an appeals court has ruled that the FCC cannot impose so-called "net neutrality rules."…
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