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Articles tagged with: Net Neutrality
FCC Votes To Create Net Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously today to begin the process of crafting formal rules for "net neutrality," the principle that all content on the Internet should be equally accessible to all users, and that companies cannot discriminate or block one set of content in favor of another. more
FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules
Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic. more
AT&T asks employees to lobby FCC on net neutrality
AT&T is encouraging employees to join its lobbying campaign against proposed federal rules that would restrict the ways broadband companies can manage traffic on their networks. more
Hurdles remain as FCC ponders Internet data rules
With Democrats in charge in Washington, supporters of so-called "net neutrality" rules seem poised to finally push through requirements that high-speed Internet providers give equal treatment to all data flowing over their networks. more
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Net neutrality rules face mounting GOP opposition
Republican opposition is mounting as federal regulators prepare to vote this month on so-called "network neutrality" rules, which would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their lines. more
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FCC chairman proposes 'open Internet' rules
Wireless carriers shouldn't be allowed to block certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their networks, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission chairman said Monday in a speech that figures to provoke a fight with the industry. more
Reports: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules
The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday. more
House Introduces "Internet Freedom Preservation Act"
The issue of net neutrality--guaranteeing the right of Internet users to access all Web content equally--has been on the back burner in Congress recently, but with growing concern about competition in the wireless Internet market, two representatives today introduced new legislation to enshrine net neutrality into law. more
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Network service providers running IP networks 'hotter'
Opinion by John Mazur, principal analyst for Network Infrastructure at
Ovum
Router spending is down, IP traffic is up
Global service provider switching and routing spending is falling, and we
haven't seen the bottom.
The service provider switching and routing market fell 20% in 1Q09 compared with
1Q08 and will likely continue to decline. Yet carriers continue to report robust
IP traffic growth, and this is only the tip of the upcoming video tsunami. Cisco's
recent Visual Networking Index predicts IP traffic will increase fivefold from
2008-13, with the largest growth segment being consumer Internet.
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Frontline Wireless Plan Endorsed By Senate Panel Chair
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A plan to build a national wireless broadband network for use by the country's public-safety workers received an important boost Thursday when the chairman of a powerful Senate panel endorsed it. more
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