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No One Is Happy With the FCC Chairman's Speech, Except Broadband Investors

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 1, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Everyone has something to say about today’s speech by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the subject of net neutrality. Having been blocked in the courts from imposing sanctions on Comcast for throttling users of BitTorrent, the commission has been spinning its wheels trying to find a way to nudge the broadband industry in a direction toward treating all Internet content fairly.

Close Encounters of the Regulatory Kind: Google-AdMob Brace for the Worst

Kara Swisher in News on May 3, 2010 at 6:12 am PT

While executives at both AdMob and Google are pulling out all the stops to convince federal government regulators otherwise, multiple sources close to the situation said that the pair now expect the Federal Trade Commission to try to block the acquisition of the small mobile advertising start-up by the search giant. While the situation could change, of course, sources said that the lack of any kind of indication of clear direction of the inquiry this late in the game by FTC staff–which recommends action to its five commissioners–is a bad sign.

Welcome to the FCC, Julius: Now Get to Work on a National Broadband Plan, Please…

Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2009 at 1:04 pm PT

Last week, after much delay, longtime Internet exec Julius Genachowski was confirmed by the Senate as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. It is an important role for the future development of the Web, of course, although it took a dog’s age into the new Democratic administration to approve him. Hopefully, he and the other commissioners can soon get to work on a wide range of major digital issues, such as a national broadband plan that does not cost Americans a fortune.