Verizon Playing Dangerous Game in Net Neutrality Battle

pcworld.com (11 months and 17 days ago)

Jul 4, 2012

Verizon Playing Dangerous Game in Net Neutrality Battle

Verizon cites its First Amendment right to free speech as grounds against the FCC net neutrality rules, but it may like the alternative to net neutrality even less. full story

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AT&T and Verizon End Run Net Neutrality Rules By Giving You (Some) Free Mobile Data ... At A Cost

The debate over Net Neutrality (that's the idea that Internet Service Providers should not interfere with the free flow of network traffic for financial gain) has remained contentious ever since the FCC issued rules in 2010 that prohibited ISPs from blocking or slowing traffic for anything other than network management purposes.

forbes.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

EU to Launch Net Neutrality Strategy

New European rules on net neutrality will oblige Internet service providers to be transparent about connection speed and stop blocking competing services, EU technology chief Neelie Kroes said.

wsj.com (15 days ago)

Can mobile roaming and net neutrality reform save Europe?

Europe's digital chief has revealed plans for a "radical legislative compromise" that will eliminate roaming premiums and enshrine net neutrality within the EU. This is explicitly intended to show citizens that the EU matters.

gigaom.com (20 days ago)

EU commissioner tells parliamentarians that delivering net neutrality will garner votes

With an eye on next year’s European elections, on Thursday called on the European Parliament to support her longstanding plans to end roaming charges and guarantee net neutrality. Though contrary to media reports no concrete legislation was presented, Kroes has been pushing for an end to roaming charges for some time and has managed to reduce them substantially in recent...

pcworld.com (20 days ago)

How net neutrality regulations could undermine the open Internet

In recent years supporters of network neutrality have tried and failed to get Congress to enact neutrality regulations. In 2010, Julius Genachowski, President Obama's choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission, decided to act anyway, relying on a controversial interpretation of existing statutes to justify a new regime of "open Internet" rules.

washingtonpost.com (30 days ago)

EU digital rights groups demand net neutrality protection

More than 80 European digital rights organizations on Wednesday called on the European Commission to do more to protect net neutrality.The groups, represented by The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) and European Digital Rights (EDRi), are demanding an end to "dangerous experimentation with the functioning of the Internet in Europe."The group said in an open letter to...

pcworld.com (2 months and 4 days ago)

Verizon accused of throttling Netflix traffic

Verizon seems to have found itself in a fresh net neutrality controversy. GigaOM reported earlier this week that bandwidth provider Cogent Communications accused Verizon of “allowing the peer connections” between the two companies “to degrade,” which results in slower wireline traffic for end users. Cogent CEO Dave Schaffer told GigaOM that Verizon says that it’s not adding...

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Verizon accused of throttling Netflix traffic [updated]

yahoo.com (7 hours ago)

Analyst: Verizon’s network neutrality challenge may have to wait until fall

We're going to have to wait a little longer before we know if the network neutrality rules the FCC implemented in 2010 are hear to stay. The courts aren't likely to hear the case until fall.

gigaom.com (2 months and 27 days ago)

Goodbye, MetroPCS: Only Verizon Now Opposes Net Neutrality

When T-Mobile sealed its merger with MetroPCS, we knew that several things were going to happen. T-Mobile would get MetroPCS' customers, for starters. And T-Mobile would start bringing 4G LTE online across the country. But what we couldn't predict was that the deal would have an impact on the future of the Internet.

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