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Monthly Archives: September 2011

ARRA News Service: Tell Congress to Stop the FCC Internet Takeover

Phil Kerpen, Chairman, Internet Freedom Coalition: In its efforts to impose crippling net neutrality regulations on the Internet—an idea with very little support from the American public or Congress—the Obama administration turned to the FCC to simply pretend Congress has given it authority to regulate. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals emphatically smacked down that [...]

Verizon Appeals FCC's Net Neutrality Rules – Deadline.com

Verizon’s fight to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality rules is on. The phone giant today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. to step in and consider whether regulators have the right to set rules for the Internet. Verizon Deputy General Counsel Michael Glover says that the FCC’s “assertion of broad authority to impose potentially sweeping and unneeded [...]

Verizon appeals net neutrality rules, let the legal wrangling begin

Verizon Appeals FCC Imposition of ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Communications on Friday (Sept. 30) filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the Federal Communications Commission’s December 2010 Report and Order (FCC 10-201) adopting so-called “net neutrality” rules. The following [...]

Controversial FCC net neutrality rules to take effect in November

In practical terms, there are two rules and an exception which renders their actual effect less than clear. The first rule mandates transparency with regard to network management practices: Transparency. Fixed and mobile broadband providers must disclose the network management practices, performance characteristics, and terms and conditions of their broadband services A second provision forbids [...]

First Challenge to FCC Net Neutrality: Is Splitting Hairs Legal?

Visit the CenturyLink resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. Last week’s issuance by the Federal Communications Commission of rules to protect what some still call “net [...]

Google 2010 top ten . competitors: Apple Microsoft … | Net Neutrality

Thanks to wireless broadband being “rub”! The drop News source: TechWeb By 2010, the competition between Google and other technology companies will be more intense, while other tech companies have stepped up to Google, the Internet’s most profitable machine blow. Google’s 2009 annual revenue of more than 23 billion dollars, 30% per cent margin. Google [...]

Free Press Appeal Triggers New Round of Net Neutrality Debate

For months there has been very little talk about Net Neutrality. But all that is about to change, now that the Net Neutrality rules have been published in the Federal Register, paving the way for opponents to challenge the FCC’s Net Neutrality order made back in December. Consumer group The Free Press yesterday opened what [...]

Verizon Going to Court over Net Neutrality | Net Neutrality

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Verizon will be going to court with the FCC over Net Neutrality regulations.  Well, at least they hope so.  They’ve filed in the US Appeals Court in the Washington D.C. circuit where they know that a ISP-friendly ruling was made just a few months back.  Whether a hearing will be granted [...]

Free Press Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Rules | Mobile Phone

Free Press Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Rules Thursday, September 29, 2011 Free Press on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston against the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed net neutrality rules, which were published to the Federal Register last week. Free press argues that the rules, as written, do [...]

Google 2010 top ten . competitors: Apple Microsoft … | Net Neutrality

Thanks to wireless broadband being “rub”! The drop News source: TechWeb By 2010, the competition between Google and other technology companies will be more intense, while other tech companies have stepped up to Google, the Internet’s most profitable machine blow. Google’s 2009 annual revenue of more than 23 billion dollars, 30% per cent margin. Google [...]