The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, outlining the hurdles...
Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
There are deeply troubling reports from nations where phones have been used longest that children may be especially vulnerable to the radio frequency waves emitted by cell phones.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
If conservatives truly understood the Fairness Doctrine, then they wouldn't go around using it as a justification for opposing Net Neutrality.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology
The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?
Mario Almonte | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.
Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
Since its earliest days, the Internet has been guided by the principles of non-discrimination and freedom. And as it continues to evolve, we are now faced with a choice.
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
Big Telecom is used to winning, and winning big. And yesterday, they lost as the FCC approved a Net neutrality proposed rule.
Reuters | Posted 10.23.2009 | Technology
U.S. communications regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring o...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certai...
The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver
Colorado U.S. Reps. Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter signed onto a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week Thursday that was penned by ...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology
Few people in Washington are busier these days than FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who will deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress and unveil a proposal to safeguard an "open Internet."
Rep. Jared Polis | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver
Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is holding an important meeting to consider a net neutrality framework for the internet.
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology
Republicans and Democrats are sending hostile letters to the FCC all in the cause of making sure that AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and the rest can run the Internet the way they want to and to hell with the way the it has developed.
WSJ | Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is proposing that the agency apply tougher open-Internet rules broadly, raising concerns...
DailyFinance | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business
Annoyingly loud TV commercials are like the weather. Everyone complains about them, but no one does anything about them. Except that lately, someone i...
WSJ | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology
We're not sure just where Bruce Springsteen stands on open Internet policies, said Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski Monday at a mu...
Timothy Karr | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
On Sept. 28, the paper printed a full-fledged editorial against Net Neutrality without revealing to readers that the Washington Post Co. has an economic incentive to block online speech.
Art Brodsky | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media
If the Knight Commission thinks there's a problem with news and information getting through to the public now, just wait until the Internet and news sources become even more consolidated.
Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media
Federal regulators are virtually certain to scrutinize any substantial pairing of cable leader Comcast (CMSCA) and content behemoth NBC Universal, the...
HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
The Washington Post's Post I.T. Blog reports that wireless industry lobbyists are on a "charm offensive" to ward off newly proposed net neutrality reg...
Sam Gustin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Technology
Google has struck back against AT&T in the ongoing battle over net neutrality, the idea that broadband providers like AT&T should not discriminate against services that compete with their own offerings.
AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 09.26.2009 | Technology
SEATTLE — AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities wher...
Sam Gustin | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business
Cuban made his fortune at the height of the dot-com bubble by selling his company to Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Since then, he's been an outspoken voice in American culture -- with mixed results.
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology
Mobile providers have argued that US proposals to ensure that all traffic on the internet is treated equally should not be applied to wireless traffic...
wsj.com | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology