Verizon is trying to herd the next round of appeals in the Net Neutrality proceeding back before the same panel of judges who slammed the FCC in the Comcast decision. Appellate litigation aficionados take note.… Continue Reading
On January 20, FHH's Paul Feldman will speak on "Exploring the Middle Ground of Net Neutrality" at a reception presented by the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society. Check out this post for more information.… Continue Reading
The Commission is looking to launch a new Open Internet transparency front with an army of consumers equipped with software that will reveal to them precisely what their ISPs' traffic management practices are. Your job, should you choose to accept it, will be to design that software.… Continue Reading
We have combed through the FCC's 194-page Report and Order (and related materials) in the net neutrality proceeding and now provide a more in-depth look at the content and implications of the new net neutrality rules.… Continue Reading
With the ringing endorsement of only one Commission member, net neutrality has become the law of the land . . . at least for the time being.… Continue Reading
The Commission will vote on new net neutrality rules in late December despite shaky legal foundations and opposition in Congress. Here's an overview of the situation as the scheduled date of the FCC's vote approaches.… Continue Reading
Deadlines for comments and replies have been established in the FCC's inquiry concerning two "under-developed" issues inherent in the Net Neutrality/Open Network proceeding.… Continue Reading
With too little basis for regulation having failed in court, and the FCC having earlier rejected too much, the FCC is now trying for the "just right" approach to network neutrality.… Continue Reading
Having unwisely dropped the option of opening broadband facilities to competition, the Chairman may find himself in the awkward position of using a screwdriver to pound in a nail.… Continue Reading
Net neutrality enforcement authority will be assigned eventually. Like a handful of chips thrown into the air on a casino floor, no part of government's power will be left un-gathered and unused. The only question left is who will pick them up.… Continue Reading
Network neutrality seems to be dead, waiting only for someone to close its eyes and straighten its tie. Maybe we can't bring it back to life. But we can do something just as good.… Continue Reading
In the wake of the D.C. Circuit's Comcast decision, where does the FCC go from here if it wants to promulgate net neutrality regulations?… Continue Reading
The powers granted to the FCC by Congress do not include the power to regulate provision of Internet service, according to a federal appeals court.… Continue Reading
Things look bad for the FCC in the Comcast/BitTorrent case. But an FCC loss will only set off the next stage of the larger network neutrality dispute.… Continue Reading
FHH member and noted Net Neutrality maven Paul Feldman recently appeared at the TM Forum's Management World America Conference in sunny Orlando. A video of his presentation on Net Neutrality is now available on the Internet.… Continue Reading
We previously reported that the FCC was planning to open a proceeding looking to adopt formal Net Neutrality rules. True to its word, the Commission has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) doing just that.… Continue Reading
Advocates of net neutrality will tell you that net neutrality is the "First Amendment of the Internet." This is an interesting way of looking at the First Amendment . . . because it is backward.… Continue Reading
