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Opinion: 'Net Neutrality' Ruling Calls for Strong Response

(April 7) -- Monday's ruling for Comcast by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has put the future of the Internet, the fight for "net neutrality" and the National Broadband Plan in jeopardy. The ruling is a major blow, but it also poses an opportunity for our leaders to finally do what's needed to protect consumers and the...

Could You Live Without the Internet?

(Feb. 24) -- It's tempting for someone whose livelihood depends on the Web to write something snarky about people who never use the Internet. After all, they'd never see it. Besides, it's 2010. Who doesn't go online these days? One in five Americans, that's who. About one-third of the population does not have a...

Nearly 200 Million Phone Customers Just Say 'No!'

(Feb. 7) -- Many consumers will shop until they drop, but not if you call them at home to hawk your goods and services. Indicating just how deeply consumers despise telemarketing, the federal Do Not Call Registry effort has put the kibosh on telemarketing calls to nearly 200 million telephone numbers in the United States....

FederalCommunicationsCommission News From the Web

05/16/12 Columbia University Radio Station Is Fined $10,000 Source: Media Decoder - The New York Times WKCR, the radio station of Columbia University, has been fined $10,000 by the Federal Communications Commission over a lapse in its record-keeping from 1998 to 2005.
05/16/12 Genachowski to Senate: No Network Neutrality... Source: Broadcasting and Cable FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing audience Wednesday that the FCC had not received a single complaint in the six months since its Open Internet order went into effect, but also said that if a court overturns it, he would urge Congress to codify it.
04/28/12 Tech at Night: CISPA passes the House, FCC passes... Source: RedState.org So, the Internet died this week or something.
04/27/12 US Senator Set to Let FCC Nominees Go Forward Despite... Source: PC World U.S. Senator Charles Grassley plans to drop a hold he placed on two FCC nominees because of a tussle with the agency over documents related to its treatment of would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared.
04/27/12 Clinton native leaving FCC for think tank role Source: Clinton News - Clinton MS Clinton native Jamie Barnett is leaving the Federal Communication Commission today to return to the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a science and technology policy think tank.