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FCC weighs overriding state laws to expand broadband access

2015-02-26 11:42:53| Telecom - Topix.net

The Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to override state laws blocking city-owned broadband companies from expanding and competing with commercial Internet providers. The FCC was scheduled to meet Thursday in Washington to consider pre-empting laws in two states that limit municipal broadband operations.

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As Republicans concede, FCC expected to enforce net neutrality

2015-02-25 05:40:37| Telecom - Topix.net

Last April, a dozen New York-based Internet companies gathered in the Flatiron Building boardroom of the social media website Tumblr to hear dire warnings that broadband providers were about to get the right to charge for the fastest speeds on the Web. What followed has been the longest, most sustained campaign of Internet activism in history, one that the little guys appear to have won.

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FCC chief cites wireless industry as precedent in net neutrality proposal

2015-02-24 13:04:13| Wireless - Topix.net

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's net neutrality proposal would impose federal oversight of online traffic to ensure that Internet providers don't give preference to video and other content from some websites over others. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's net neutrality proposal would impose federal oversight of online traffic to ensure that Internet providers don't give preference to video and other content from some websites over others.

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Calls increase for FCC chief to release Net rules

2015-02-23 22:26:23| Telecom - Topix.net

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Calif., has asked FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to make public the net neutrality rules that the agency plans to vote on later this week. Calls increase for FCC chief to release Net rules The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Calif., has asked FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to make public the net neutrality rules that the agency plans to vote on later this week.

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Calls increase for FCC chief to release Net rules

2015-02-23 22:26:22| Telecom - Topix.net

A key Republican lawmaker in Congress called for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to make proposed net neutrality regulations public before a planned Thursday vote on the measure. In the latest wrinkle in the Republicans' battle to quash Wheeler's proposals, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who's also the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter today to Wheeler, questioning whether the FCC has been "independent, fair and transparent" in crafting the rules to protect content on the Internet.

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