With the September 15 filing deadline looming, the Commission has announced an express lane for the simultaneous submission of multiple comments (i.e., "bulk uploads") to get them in the door even faster.… Continue Reading
As comments pile up in the Open Internet proceeding, straining the FCC's systems, a post on the Commission's blog got us thinking about transparency.… Continue Reading
Between the demands of his political constituency and legal requirements set by the D.C. Circuit, Chairman Wheeler is attempting to walk a narrow and difficult path on the net neutrality front.… Continue Reading
You have to feel sorry for the FCC, trying to write net neutrality rules despite a court order that pretty much rules out "neutrality."… Continue Reading
The FCC can either straighten up and take on a hostile Congress, or it can stand back and watch the Internet devolve into the profit-making tool of a few powerful companies. This blogger just doesn't see a third alternative.… Continue Reading
The D.C. Circuit has now heard oral argument in Verizon's appeal of the FCC's effort, dating back to late 2010, to impose "open Internet" rules on broadband providers. And now YOU can hear the argument, too!… Continue Reading
The court held the roaming requirement to be a lawful exercise of the FCC's powers. But not, it emphasized, because the FCC has any common carrier authority over mobile data service - which the FCC unquestionably lacks.… Continue Reading
The Commission has received one - and, apparently, only one - petition for reconsideration of its Open Internet order. Could that slow down the judicial review process?… Continue Reading
If you're standing behind Verizon in the line to buy a Powerball ticket, take a look over its shoulder and be sure to buy the same numbers that it does.… Continue Reading
If you paid attention to our post yesterday, you won't be surprised to learn that the net neutrality order has now been published in the Federal Register, specifying an effective date of November 20, 2011.… Continue Reading
News on the net neutrality front! The Commission has shipped two "information collection" aspects of its"open Internet" rules over to the Office of Management and Budget for its review.… Continue Reading
Whatever clarity the Advisory offers is likely to be temporary. The Advisory itself states that much of its advice will likely be superseded in the near future.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has tossed Verizon's net neutrality appeal as premature. Verizon will get another chance but, contrary to Verizon's hopes, there's no guarantee that the case will end up in the D.C. Circuit.… Continue Reading
Net Neutrality has taken a tangible step forward now that the FCC is getting ready to ship two "information collection" aspects of the rules over to OMB for its review. But don't hold your breath - it'll take at least a couple of months to get there.… Continue Reading
Less than two weeks after Verizon filed a motion asking that its appeal of the net neutrality decision be assigned to the same panel that trashed the Commission in the Comcast opinion last April, that panel has denied Verizon's motion.… Continue Reading
Guest-blogger and lobbyist Catherine McCullough takes a look at new committee assignments in the 112th Congress and their likely effect on communications policy.… Continue Reading
