Net Neutrality Ruling: A Blow to Internet Freedom
In a blow to Internet freedom, a federal appeals court has given a green light to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet Order, a plan to impose…
Letter to FCC Calls for Transparency of Zero-Rating Plans
In a Tuesday morning letter to the Federal Trade Commission, a group of tech companies and advocates including the Center for Media Justice, Yelp, Pinterest, and Kickstarter have expressed…
Comcast Strikes Deals with Samsung and Roku, Leaving FCC in the Dust
For quite some time now, the FCC has been trying to sell the idea of “opening” the set-top box as something innovative and beneficial for consumers. However, on the…
Just Another Regulatory Power Grab by the FCC
Recently, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a set of new privacy regulations addressing the transfer and use of consumer information. Just as he had done previously with the set-top…
Congress turning back Net Neutrality for Small Businesses, Now for the Rest of It
It hasn’t taken very long for Congress to realize that the burdensome regulations of net neutrality are impeding American innovation. Now, they just need to start peeling them back. On…
Opening Pandora’s Set-Top Box
Towards the end of January, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made a surprise announcement about regulations regarding set-top boxes, or what many refer to as their PVR. Mr. Wheeler announced that…
Zero-Rating, Zero Innovation from the FCC
The Internet: the next frontier of human innovation. A network of infinite connections and infinite possibilities. That is, unless the FCC has anything to say about it. Last year, the…
Net Neutrality Is Already Restricting Consumer Choice
When the FCC began to seriously consider imposing Net Neutrality standards on internet service providers, I had many concerns. I wrote an article at the time called “Rebutting the…
U.S. Telecom Association v. FCC Could be Dangerous for Consumers
Today, the federal appeals court in Washington will begin to hear arguments regarding Obama’s net neutrality rule and whether or not the government should have the ability to micromanage…
FCC Commissioner Says Broadband Taxes Are Coming
When the FCC announced that it was going to regulate internet service providers as telecommunications companies, the agency was careful to assuage fears about regulatory overreach. The final rule took…