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Companies Win, Consumers Lose in McCain's Tech Plan

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

McCain's internet policy is the product of a team of advisors that gives lip service to consumers, but when the rubber meets the road, it's the corporations that get most of the goodies.

FCC Commissioner's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

Josh Silver | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media


Josh Silver

FCC Commissioner McDowell suggests that any FCC decision that supports Net Neutrality -- the idea that the Internet must be free and open -- is somehow tantamount to government regulation of content.

The FCC's Comcast Decision: One Giant Step in a Longer March

Gigi Sohn | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business


Gigi Sohn

Nobody should confuse "groundbreaking precedent" with an adequate solution to the problem of broadband service providers using their bottleneck powers to pick winners and losers on the Internet.

F.C.C. Chairman: Comcast "Packing" No Big Deal

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Federal Communications Commission acknowledges that Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, paid people to attend last week's public meeting ...

Comcast Floods FCC Hearing With Paid Placeholders: Critics

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


How big are the stakes in the so-called network neutrality debate now raging before Congress and federal regulators? Consider this: One side in the d...