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New majority loses nerve on net neutrality

Now that Democrats have a majority in Congress, they are losing their appetite for direct confrontation with the phone monopolies over network neutrality. HR 5353, introduced by Rep. Edward Markey, carries no enforcement provision on network neutrality, and even carries the co-sponsorship of a neutrality opponent, Rep....

Tags: Chip Pickering, Democrat, Network, Majority, Edward Markey, Net Neutrality, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-13

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Google on Markey net neutrality bill:let's stop the "gatekeepers"

Without mentioning Comcast's broadband Internet throttling by name, Google's Public Policy analyst and blogger Derek Slater has just made a post resoundingly in favor of the net neutrality legislation introduced this week by Congressmen Ed Markey and Chip Pickering: Today, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip...

Tags: Google Inc., Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Policy, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-14

As Comcast defends, Markey offers net neutrality bill

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet, introduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent Internet service providers such as Comcast from interfering with consumers' use of the network. The bill was cosponsored by Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.). ...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Mobile carriers making out from rural phone subsidy

The few cell phone companies that provide rural Americans with service are reaping the rewards of a growing government fund, leaving some politicians concerned about the effectiveness of the subsidies, reports the AP.The Universal Service Fund has collected $44 billion over its 10-year lifetime from a surcharge on the phone...

Tags: Mobile/wireless, Regulations

Blog posts 2007-07-23