Neowin News Feed for: Neutrality

FCC will Act on Web Neutrality if Needed

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:15:20 +0000

The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday he is "ready, willing and able" to stop broadband providers that unreasonably interfere with subscribers' access to Internet content. The comment by FCC Chairman... Read more...

Clinton Defends Net Neutrality Position

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:13:34 +0000

Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign said Nov. 15 her long silence on network neutrality should not be interpreted as waning support for the idea of mandating that broadband providers treat all network use in a nondiscriminatory... Read more...

FTC abandons net neutrality

Steven Parker — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:49:57 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to abandon net neutrality and allow telecoms companies to charge websites for access. The FTC said in a report that, despite popular support for net neutrality, it was... Read more...

Network Neutrality Critics Say If Net Ain't Broke, Don't Fix

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:01:08 +0000

Opponents of network neutrality are criticizing a bill introduced this week by Senators Olympia Snowe, (R-Maine) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2007 would prevent broadband service providers from prioritizing some... Read more...

AT&T reluctantly adopts net neutrality

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:14:04 +0000

The US's largest internet provider has enshrined the principle of internet neutrality in an agreement to treat all web traffic equally. The move has reignited the debate about net neutrality. AT&T's agreement comes as part... Read more...

PowerUser.TV e49: Net Neutrality, Fast Gaming Memory & More!

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:30:12 +0000

Microsoft is hit with a second lawsuit over their "Windows Genuine Advantage", meanwhile OS X is phoning home too. A new challenger to YouTube arrives on the scene and offers to pay people for their... Read more...

House Panel Votes for Net Neutrality

Sun, 28 May 2006 23:25:18 +0000

By a 20-13 vote Thursday that partially followed party lines, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would require broadband providers to abide by strict Net neutrality principles, meaning that their networks must be... Read more...