Federal regulators want more information about offers from Internet service providers that allow consumers to stream video and music without eating into their monthly data caps. The Federal Communications Commission sent letters to AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile asking each company for details about their specific service, said Chairman Tom Wheeler during a press conference Thursday. …
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The third time could be the charm for government regulators defending rules to protect an open Internet. The Federal Communications Commission was back in federal court on Friday to defend its controversial Net neutrality regulations, which have governed how Internet traffic is treated since they went into effect in June. This is the third time the agency has been forced …
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It was a landmark year for proponents of an open Internet, but that doesn’t mean the debate over Net neutrality has been to put to bed. After nearly a year of intense debate about how to regulate Internet traffic, the Federal Communications Commission in June put into effect a set of Net neutrality rules designed to ensure that all Web …
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To win regulatory approval for its $49 billion bid to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV, AT&T has agreed to stricter Net neutrality rules and a promise to expand its fiber-optic-based broadband network to more customers. CNET/Marguerite Reardon Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Tuesday that he is recommending that his four fellow commissioners approve AT&T’s bid to purchase DirecTV. …
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Sprint has put the kibosh on data throttling. Lynn La/CNET Sprint has stopped its data-throttling policy now that new Net neutrality rules are in place, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The carrier had been crimping data speeds for a certain percentage of users who consumed what was considered more than their fair share of data. But Sprint put the …
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The Federal Communications Commission’s new Net neutrality rules have been in effect for less than a week, and the agency is about to receive its first formal complaint from a company alleging harm. Commercial Network Services, a San Diego-based company that operates webcams and streams live video feeds, said it will soon file a formal complaint against cable giant Time …
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Emotions have run high over Net neutrality. Here, protesters interrupt a meeting of the FCC commissioners on December 11, 2014. (Wheeler is second from left.) Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet rules will take effect on Friday as planned after a federal court rejected requests by opponents to delay the rules pending lawsuits against the agency. A …
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The Internet.org app provides free access to Web services to people across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Internet.org Internet.org, the Facebook-driven initiative designed to bring people in emerging markets online, is opening its gates to anyone who’s willing to play by the rules. Facebook announced on Monday that it’s opening the Internet.org development platform to entrepreneurs and developers who want …
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Concerns over the power of Internet service providers to control access to online content didn’t mesh well with handing provider Comcast even more power via a merger with Time Warner Cable. Getty Images Call it bad timing for Comcast. But the heated public debate over Net neutrality likely played a major role in sinking the cable giant’s hopes to buy …
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at the company’s Australian launch. Image by Claire Reilly/CNET Netflix has had a change of heart about controversial deals it struck with Internet service providers as part of its launch last month in Australia and New Zealand. As part of the March launch, the video-on-demand streaming service partnered with one of Australia’s largest ISPs, iiNet, to …
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