“For nearly two decades, Silicon Valley made net neutrality its highest policy priority. Under the banner of a “free and open” internet, Google, Facebook, and Twitter sought regulations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of information by treating every bit equally. Or so they said.”
FCC ordered to provide IP addresses tied to fake net neutrality comments
“The FCC might not have much choice but to hand over data logs for fake net neutrality comments.”
Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were made with stolen identities
“The New York attorney general’s office is widening an investigation into fraudulent net neutrality comments, saying it estimates that up to 9.5 million comments were submitted using stolen identities.”
AT&T defends unlimited data throttling, says the FTC can’t stop it
“The Federal Trade Commission cannot prevent AT&T from throttling unlimited data customers because of AT&T’s status as a common carrier, the company claimed in a motion to dismiss an FTC lawsuit this week.”
Google Fiber’s latest FCC filing is Comcast’s nightmare come to life
“What’s every incumbent ISP’s worst nightmare? If we had to guess, it looks something like the filing that Google just made with the Federal Communications Commission.”
Cable companies want to stop the best internet in America from growing
“A group representing giants in the cable industry is trying to shut down two municipalities’ proposals to expand their public broadband networks, arguing that public broadband has a “mixed record” and can be harmful to taxpayers, despite these two networks already being successful where”
Verizon’s Accidental Mea Culpa
“David Young, Vice President, Verizon Regulatory Affairs recently published a blog post suggesting that Netflix themselves are responsible for the streaming slowdowns Netflix’s customers have been seeing. But his attempt at deception has backfired.”