FreedomWorks Foundation and Ken Cuccinelli Submit Comments Supporting FCC’s Title II Rollback
Yesterday, FreedomWorks Foundation submitted comments in support of the FCC’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom Rule. This rule, proposed under Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, would reverse FCC’s 2015 classification and…
Myth: Repealing Title II Will Unleash Broadband Monopolies
Net neutrality activists claim that repealing Title II regulatory expansion will place your internet access in the hands of monopolistic telecom giants. Allegedly, uncompetitive internet service providers (ISPs) will raise…
Net Neutrality Has Nothing to Do With Censorship
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai put the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules on the chopping block in a 2-1 vote on May 18th to move forward with a proposed…
Support the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, S. 993
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, S. 993, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee…
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…
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…
Net Neutrality Rent Seeking Begins
When the FCC announced that it would regulate the internet under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, we predicted a number of undesirable outcomes. One of these concerns was…
The FCC’s New Rules Are a Predictable Monstrosity
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just released its final rules on how they will regulate the internet. You know, the rules they voted to pass several weeks ago. Better…
Netflix’s Net Neutrality Walk of Shame
Last week, I wrote about how a number of pro-Net Neutrality groups are unhappy with the FCC’s decision to broadly regulate internet service providers as telecommunications utilities, applying the…
Net Neutrality Wrapup: What Does the FCC’s Decision Mean?
Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 in favor of a controversial proposal to regulate the internet as a public utility, similar to telephone calls. The vote came as…