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So You Say You Support Net Neutrality…
[Commentary] Sen John Kennedy (R-LA) has been flirting for months with the idea of being the fifty-first (read: deciding) vote for the Congressional Review Act effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom Order in the Senate. Yet,recently, Sen Kennedy introduced the Senate companion to Rep Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) phony “net neutrality” bill. This legislation is at least fourteen steps in the wrong direction.
Something Strange Is Going on With This FCC Reauthorization Bill, and It Isn’t Good
Recently, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 4986 -- a bill that, among other things, reauthorizes the Federal Communications Commission and approves the agency’s funding for fiscal years 2019 and 2020. House passage followed an announcement that the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Commerce Committee had reached an agreement to support the legislation -- framing the bill as reauthorizing the FCC and spurring deployment of 5G wireless networks across the nation.
Antitrust Practice, Economic Evidence and Market Reality Compel the Department of Justice to Oppose the AT&T-Time Warner Merger
[Research] Why the government’s case against the AT&T-Time Warner merger is both warranted and consistent with past enforcement practices. The case is necessary to prevent possible coordination among dominant firms that would likely thwart the development and expansion of innovative online video platforms as well as cheaper alternatives to traditional cable and satellite services.
Public Knowledge Urges Americans to Demand Congress Restore FCC Net Neutrality Rules (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 16:05Public Knowledge: Ninth Circuit Decision Reaffirms FTC Jurisdiction, Need to Restore Net Neutrality Rules (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 18:44Why Is America Overpaying for Cable? (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 11:59Public Knowledge Welcomes Bipartisan “AIRWAVES Act” to Secure America’s Broadband, Wireless Future (Public Knowledge)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 14:31The Internet’s “Virtuous Circle of Innovation” Is Starting to Look Like a Spiral of Rate Increases
When the Federal Communications Commission overturned the network neutrality rules in December 2017, it gave the green light to cable and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to make the internet start looking more like cable TV.