FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act

Incompas, the industry association best known for representing competitive carriers, has filed suit in the U.S

Cities to FCC: Stop Undermining Us

After Washington became the first state in the nation to pass its own net neutrality law last week, California has now introduced a bill in an effort to do the same.

Pole Control Fight Gets Net Neutrality Nasty

Good News for Google at the FCC - “a vote today by the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) could lead to a streamlining of the process, making it both easier and significantly faster for new providers to get up and running with a competitive broadband service.”

#MobileOnly Movement Targets FCC's Broadband Plans - “The Mobile Only Challenge movement is asking people to use only their mobile devices for an entire day of Internet access in January and then share those experiences on social media…

Broadband Fee Fight Gets Messy at the FCC

Is US Lurching Back to Monopoly Status? - “movement away from the competitive landscape of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that pushes the US toward a less-competitive environment and more monopolies that could stifle innovation and consumer choice.”

Cities Slam FCC on Broadband Proceedings - "the CIOs and CTOs of a dozen cities -- including New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, among others -- have laid out their significant concerns"

Broadband Isn't What It Used to Be - "The very definition of consumer broadband service is evolving"

What's a Little Throttling Between Friends? Verizon responded to the charges by saying it was temporarily testing out new traffic management techniques, but the company also stated emphatically that the tests did not affect the user experience.

"You are not handing over the key to a house, you are handing over the key to everyone's house."

Israeli startup says mobile Internet providers should block ads -- then charge advertisers money to get past the block and reach users.

Belgian cable operator Telenet unveiled plans to invest €500 million (US$830 million) over the next five years in a massive network upgrade that will offer broadband services of 1 Gbit/s

House Votes to Kill CableCARD Mandate (X-post r/htpc)

Is This Aereo's Back-Up Plan? The Supreme Court said Aero is a cable company, so Aero claims it has the rights to a statutory license, which could keep it in business.

Evernote CEO Phil Libin got laughed at when he said government surveillance could be a solved problem in the next year or two, because government needs to respond to the people's will