Backchannel: A tale of two commissioners
Like Nixon going to China, it took a former cable lobbyist to stand up to Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and AT&T and regulate them. Digital guru Susan ...
New York Times: F.C.C. Approves net neutrality rules, classifying broadband internet service as a utility
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, a milestone in regulating high-speed Internet service into American homes. Tom Wheeler, the ...
The Huffington Post: How we won net neutrality
This is what democracy looks like. That’s not something I thought I’d ever say about the bureaucrats at the Federal Communications Commission. After years of cronyism, corruption and ...
Forbes: If Comcast loses, millennials win
Last month, President Obama released a statement directed at the FCC in favor of net neutrality. In it, he threw his support behind reclassifying Internet service as a utility—a ...
New York Times: A threat to internet freedom
The last few months have been critically important for the future of Internet freedom and access. The concept of “network neutrality” has been so central to our experience of the ...
Farnum Brown: What the Beastie Boys Want from AT&T
Over drinks, Farnum Brown breaks down for John Wooley how and why our Internet pipes should be considered a communication service rather than an information service, and why that matters.
