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net neutrality articles

Net Neutrality: A Crucial Issue With a Lame Name

[Source: The Huffington Post, by Tina Dupuy, September 7, 2010]
The term "net neutrality" has the magical property of making most people's eyes glaze over. First, it sounds like a gambling term. "I have a system and net neutrality -- I can't lose!" Second, no ...

International Perspectives on Network Neutrality 2010

[Source: Global Media Journal Canadian Edition, by effrey Layne Blevins & Leslie Regan Shade, August 31, 2010]
The current issue of Global Media Journal focuses on Net Neutrality and traffic management issues in Canada, the US and around the world. Multiple editorials and research papers offer global ...

The 2000s: A History of the FCC’s Internet Policy Deregulation

[Source: Media Access Project, by Kamilla Kovacs, August 30, 2010]
Throughout years of debate on open Internet protections, cable and telecommunications carriers have continually argued that strong net neutrality rules will hurt investment. They maintain that ...

FCC's Plan for 'Net Neutrality' Rules Falters

[Source: LA Times, by Editorial, August 7, 2010]
The FCC has halted discussions amid reports spread that Google and Verizon will propose their own, less regulatory framework for Net neutrality.

F.C.C. Chief Opposes Fees for Internet Priority

[Source: The New York Times, by Edward Wyatt, August 5, 2010]
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that he believed it was “unacceptable” for Internet service providers to offer faster Internet transmission to content providers ...

On Defining the Third Way

[Source: Benton Foundation, by Amina Fazlullah and Alexandra Wood, August 3, 2010]
Regarding Reclassification:  A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification

48 Members Of Congress Tell FCC To Back Off Broadband Action

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton, July 30, 2010]
Reps. Gene Green (D-Tex.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) have introduced a concurrent resolution asking the FCC to hold off on reclassifying broadband or clarifying and expanding network neutrality regs ...

Obama's FCC Disappoints on Media, Internet Policies

[Source: Seattle Times, by Ryan Blethen (Editorial), July 30, 2010]
There was much hope when President Obama was inaugurated that the United States finally had a president who supported and understood media policies that would foster an independent press and ...

How Should the FCC Regulate Broadband? A Roundup of ‘Third Way’ Comments

[Source: BroadbandBreakfast.com, by Rahul Gaitonde, July 16, 2010]
WASHINGTON July 16, 2010 – After the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding Comcast’s ability to thwart broadband traffic over the peer-to-peer file-sharing software BitTorrent, the ...

Key Legislation Addressing America's Competitiveness and Innovation

[Source: The Benton Foundation]
In the midst of a troubling economic crisis, the 111th Congress will consider a number of bills that attempt to reshape the nation's economy for the digital age. Central to these efforts is the ...