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Beware of Bogus National Broadband Plans

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:56 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
With the Obama administration planning an economic stimulus package that includes spending at least some of our apparently unlimited trillions of dollars on infrastructure (including broadband), lobbyists from all carriers are assaulting Washington with their hands out. Qwest is the latest telco to ask for money.

Free Web Plan Being Pushed by FCC Head

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:22:11 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Amy Schatz
Outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the wireless industry and some consumer groups.

FCC Faces Harsh Questions About Denying Verizon's Price Bid

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:13:32 -0500

Full article: Dow Jones
Fawn Johnson
A federal judge put harsh questions before the FCC about last year's decision that prevented Verizon Communications from raising rates it charges rival phone companies to use its network in six East Coast markets.

Congress to Push for Net Neutrality Legislation

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:33:32 -0500

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross
Congress will push for Net Neutrality legislation next year, even though the FCC has acted against broadband providers found to block or slow Web content, an adviser to a senior U.S. senator said.

Lawmaker Plans Bill on Web Neutrality

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:26:28 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Kim Dixon
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T from blocking Web content, setting up a renewed battle over Net Neutrality.

FCC's Martin to Push Against Clock, Cable During Final Months

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:22:01 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Todd Shields
With less than 10 weeks left in President George W. Bush's administration, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is still considering whether to loosen cable's grip on some programming and raise the price companies pay to attach lines to utility poles.

Election Puts Tech and Movies on Opposite Paths

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:02:43 -0500

Full article: Public Knowledge
Art Brodsky
Two industries find themselves in different directions after the election. The Internet/tech industry is on the way up. The big content companies are at a crossroads, stuck in neutral while being buffeted by lots of competing forces.

Advocacy Group Calls for ISP Transparency

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:20:28 -0400

Full article: Media Post
Wendy Davis
Advocacy group Free Press is calling on the FCC to order broadband companies to disclose any efforts to monitor or interfere with their subscribers' Web activity.

Fighting New Media Abusers

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:07:26 -0400

Full article: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Gabriel Voiles
Free Press is urging the FCC to require all broadband providers to disclose any practice that monitors or interferes with their customers' Internet use.

Making Comcast More Responsive

Stevie Converse — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:37:50 -0400

Full article: Daily Hampshire Gazette
Josh Silver
Comcast had over $27 million in revenue in 2007. But very little of that trickles down to actual customers in terms of customer service, infrastructure improvements or keeping prices low.