Network Neutrality

What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment

Marvin Ammori | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics


Marvin Ammori

Here's the question I'd ask Sotomayor: Please tell us about the free speech rights of media, telephone, and cable companies. That is, do their rights trump the rights of citizens and users of media?

Google Wants Its Own Fast Lane On The Web

wsj.com | VISHESH KUMAR and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS | Posted 01.14.2009 | Home


The celebrated openness of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed to give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing power...

Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media


Jonathan Rintels

It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.

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...

Google Addresses Charges It Has Too Much Power

New Yorker | Ken Auletta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


In June, 2006, Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, went to Washington, D.C., hoping to create a little good will. Google was something of a...

US Justice Department Opposes Idea That All Data On Net Should Be Treated Equally

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The agency said it was opposed t...