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White House Threatens Veto Over Net Neutrality

in News on November 8, 2011 at 4:18 pm PT

The White House on Tuesday said it will veto a Congressional resolution seeking to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, arguing that it would “undermine a fundamental part of the nation’s Open Internet and innovation strategy.” The pledge comes ahead of an expected Thursday Senate vote on a bill quarterbacked by Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson, which would repeal rules passed by the FCC last December intended to ensure that the Internet remains a free and open technology by allowing for some government regulation of it.

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Verizon CEO Slams FCC on Net Neutrality

in News on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

Verizon Communications Inc. Chairman Ivan Seidenberg on Wednesday had some harsh words for the Federal Communications Commission a day ahead of its planned vote on open Internet rules, adding to what has become a fever pitch of public debate over the proposal.

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"Blue Bell" Democrats Ask FCC to Tone It Down on Net Neutrality

in News on October 19, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

In the long fight over open Internet, or net neutrality, rules on Internet providers, we’re still essentially in pre-game. You’d never know it from the flurry of lobbying across the country last week.

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FCC Chief Seeks Broad Open-Internet Rules

in News on October 14, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is proposing that the agency apply tougher open-Internet rules broadly, raising concerns of cable and phone companies and some lawmakers that the government could try to control efforts to offer products such as digital cable or premium business services.

Shocking Coincidence! Republicans, AT&T Unhappy With Proposed Network Neutrality Rules.

in News on September 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

That was fast. Just hours after Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, unveiled his open Internet proposal, a number of Republican senators stepped forward to oppose it. Arguing that Net Neutrality will “impede investment and innovation of new technologies,” Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), proposed an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill that would bar the FCC from using federal funds to implement the proposal.

Shocking Coincidence! Republicans, AT&T Unhappy With Proposed Network Neutrality Rules.

in News on September 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm PT

That was fast. Just hours after Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, unveiled his open Internet proposal, a number of Republican senators stepped forward to oppose it. Arguing that Net Neutrality will “impede investment and innovation of new technologies,” Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), proposed an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill that would bar the FCC from using federal funds to implement the proposal.