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Ben Swann 4/14/2015 Republicans in the House of Representatives this week made a legislative move to override the Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules. Fourteen Republicans, led by Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, filed a resolution disapproving of new FCC regulations banning Internet service providers (ISPs) from segregating Web traffic based on speed and price, […] April 14th, 2015 | Tags: Internet Service Providers, net neutrality, Rep. Doug Collins, Title II of the Telecommunications Act, Tom Wheeler | Category: Congress, FCC, federal regulations, Internet, legislation | Comments are closed
Giuseppe Macri The Daily Caller 3/18/2015 Federal Communications Commissioners testifying before Congress Wednesday admitted that the agency’s new net neutrality rules give the FCC the authority to influence rates charged by Internet service providers. All five commissioners appeared before a Senate panel Wednesday afternoon to testify on a number of issues currently before the FCC, […] March 18th, 2015 | Tags: Ajit Pai, Internet Service Providers, Michael O’Rielly, Tom Wheeler | Category: FCC, federal regulations, Internet | Comments are closed
Rudy Takala CNSNews.com 3/12/2015 …After finding that broadband providers themselves do not have a right to free speech, the FCC said that its new net neutrality rules protect the First Amendment rights of those who use the providers to access the Internet. “Indeed, rather than burdening free speech, the rules we adopt today ensure that […] March 13th, 2015 | Tags: 'Free Press', federal subsidies, Ford Foundation, Internet Service Providers, Jessica Rosenworcel, Mignon Clyburn, net neutrality, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Open Society Foundations, Robert McChesney, Tom Wheeler | Category: 1st Amendment, FCC, federal regulations, George Soros, Internet, technology | Comments are closed
Sam Rolley Personal Liberty 3/6/2014 Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has introduced legislation to strip the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to regulate Internet broadband as a public utility. If passed, the legislation would do away with the agency’s divisive new net neutrality rules. Late last month, a politically divided FCC approved the neutrality rules with the […] March 9th, 2015 | Tags: Ajit Pai, broadband, Internet Service Providers, net neutrality, Rep. Marsha Blackburn | Category: Congress, FCC, Internet, legislation | Comments are closed
Peter Fricke The Daily Caller 2/27/2015 After casting a futile vote against the FCC’s plan to regulate the Internet as a public utility, Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai delivered a blistering attack on the new rules. In his dissenting statement, Pai advanced three main objections to the Commission’s “Open Internet Order:” 1. The Internet has grown […] February 27th, 2015 | Tags: Ajit Pai, Ford Foundation, Internet Service Providers, net neutrality, public utilities, Robert McChesney, Title II of the Telecommunications Act | Category: FCC, federal regulations, George Soros, Internet, Marxism, Politics, Progressives, Taxes, technology | Comments are closed
Nick Gillespie Reason.com 2/19/2015 Speaking at the Code/Media conference in California, entrepreneur Mark Cuban—who made his pile selling Broadcast.com back in the day—told his audience that allowing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet in the name of Net Neutrality (or anything else) will “fuck everything up.” He continued: “Having them overseeing the […] February 23rd, 2015 | Tags: Ajit Pai, Ford Foundation, innovation, Internet Service Providers, Mark Cuban, Net, net neutrality, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Thomas Hazlett, Title II of the Telecommunications Act, Tom Wheeler, transparency | Category: FCC, federal regulations, Internet, technology | Comments are closed
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