Facebook Sparks Net Neutrality Battle: The Internet.org App Is Designed to Bring Millions of Africans Online but Net Neutrality Campaigners Warn That Its Dominance Could Harm CompetitionIn September, Facebook announced that loom Africans are signed up to its service; half of all...Jackson, Tom
“Hold on there From Silicon Valley dude,” you’re wondering, “if Comcast has enough bandwidth and my video still stalls, then they MUST be de-prioritizing Netflix traffic. So this IS all about net neutrality after all!” I stated clearly that both parts of this post are NOT about net...
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The FCC killed net neutrality. But Congress can still restore it using The Congressional Review Act (CRA). So we’re telling our elected officials: sign the discharge petition to restore net neutrality, or face the wrath of the Internet on Election Day. Here’s what we're doing: ...
Facebook could use a friend like that right now. The company's Internet.org program has ostensibly been a way to spread free internet services across the world, but it's been controversial with net neutrality proponents. The program lets local telecom companies subsidize users' data usage, allo...
Tuesday at think tank R Street Institute, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai justified his plan to scrap net neutrality (“We’re shifting from one-size-fits-all preemptive regulation to targeted enforcement.”) and took a shot at edge providers like Twitter, Google and Face...
Today has brought two separate reactions to the raging net neutrality debate; the FCC has thrown open its doors, while the most powerful companies on the web have thrown down the gauntlet. Yesterday, a letter was delivered to the FCC addressing the ongoing debate...
hasnet neutrality advocatescrying foul, since all other services including MLB do count against the data cap. Comcast says since they are treating all services that are on the public network equally they are still observing net neutrality. I find this argument difficult to swallow, if we follow...
Democratic politicians are weighing in on the Net neutrality debate, hoping to direct the FCC to ban internet fast lanes. Senators Leahy and Matsui introduced a bill this week called the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act. While it wouldn’t give the agency any new powers, it would pr...