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The government’s US Ignite partnership aims to push the growth of next-generation broadband networks, teaming up with over 100 start-ups, universities and existing tech companies like HP, Comcast and Verizon for the project. The President is set to sign an executive order today that aims to cut the cost of broadband construction across federal roadways and properties by up to 90 percent.
The only way we’re going to win back Net Neutrality is if FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler finds the courage to do the right thing. And a message from Google’s Larry Page, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg carries a lot of weight in Washington.
Google should follow through on its claim to provide a “different kind of Internet” by becoming a different kind of ISP.
The Federal Communications Commission has moved forward with plans to include broadband under its Lifeline program, which currently subsidizes landline and wireless phone services for those in low-income situations. The reform will have a comments period before it is reviewed and possibly put into law.
What do an environmental group in Ohio, a small military radio program, and a network of rural hospitals in Texas all have in common? They appear on a list of coalition members for a group pressuring the government to abandon net neutrality—rules to prevent broadband providers from creating Internet fast and slow lanes—but claim they did not intend to sign up for any such advocacy.
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“There’s no longer any question that Tom Wheeler has the political support to do the right thing. And the right thing is reclassifying broadband access providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. Senator Reid makes clear that when Wheeler reclassifies that the Senate leadership will have his back.”
Rep. Bob Latta has just introduced a bill (H.R. 4752) that would stop the FCC from taking the necessary step to protect REAL Net Neutrality.
This move borders on insulting and actually forbids the FCC from doing what millions of people (LIKE YOU!), companies, innovators, artists and organizations have been urging it to do: reclassify broadband providers as common carriers.
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We’ve known from the start that the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger would be bad for prices, competition and the future of the Internet. Now we have the facts to back it up.
HUGE NEWS: Democrats in Congress have introduced new legislation that would restore Net Neutrality!
Tell Congress: Keep the Internet WEIRD — and SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
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