(The New Yorker) – Credit where it is due: the federal government’s decision to block the merger between Comcast and Time Warner was the right one....
(Computer World) – The Federal Communication Commission’s 400-page official order on net neutrality, released Thursday, will undoubtedly elicit lawsuits on various fronts once it is officially...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The communications network of the National Black Chamber of Commerce has evolved along with the Internet. When we first...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Senior Republicans conceded on Tuesday that the grueling fight with President Obama over the regulation of Internet service appears over, with...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose...
(Politico) – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has made some last-minute revisions to his net neutrality plan after Google and public interest groups pressed for the...
EMERY P. DALESIO, AP Business Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People in small communities may get better, cheaper access to the Internet after the Federal Communications...
(Forbes) – Tomorrow, the FCC is voting on its long-awaited net neutrality rule. Everyone is hoping for a huge, enormous victory for the open Internet...
(CNet) – For once, Tom Wheeler is leaving wireless carriers wanting more. In an op-ed piece published on Wired.com Wednesday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...
Mike Snider and Roger Yu, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Thursday forwarded his recommendations for new net neutrality rules to...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Few members of Congress appear willing to move toward a bipartisan update to the 80-year-old, Depression-era law that top...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. regulator just announced he wants more power to oversee Internet service, much in the same way...
(USA Today) – The Federal Communications Commission can expect pushback in Congress and the courts after it makes official its move to regulate the Internet...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NASSAU, Bahamas (NNPA) – Blacks need to become more involved in what might appear to be arcane debates over...
Roger Yu and Mike Snider, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The fight over net neutrality played out in a doubleheader of Congressional hearings on Wednesday, with...
(Info World) – Draft Net neutrality legislation released by Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or selectively slowing legal...
(Politico) – Republicans in Congress are doing a 180 on net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to issue new rules within weeks. For...
(Forbes) – 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...
(Ars Technica) – “A shadowy organization with ties to the Koch Brothers” spearheaded an anti-net neutrality form letter writing campaign that tipped the scales against net...
By Kim M. Keenan NNPA Guest Columnist The future of the Internet is a hot topic these days. The key issue is what is the...
David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—President Obama, who has made aggressive moves since Democratic losses on Election Day, faces more battles with newly empowered...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Let’s say President Barack Obama gets his way and high-speed Internet service providers are governed by the...
Michael D. Shear, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — President Obama on Monday put the full weight of his administration behind an open and free...
(RT) – Consumers and companies will be hurt by FCC plans to roll back Title II protections that means that the Internet will no longer be...
(WCBE) – The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to hear public comment on a controversial proposal to create what some call a web superhighway. One...
