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InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
InternetNews August 23, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Extends Discounted Line Sharing Agency builds in 15 percent rate hikes if FCC can't successfully redraft rules bounced by courts.
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move Will voice over IP benefit from the government's decision to forgo a Supreme Court appeal of telephone line-sharing rules?
InternetNews August 1, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Chief Pushing For DSL Deregulation New FCC chairman circulating proposal to give telcos' broadband the same status as cable modems.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court to Hear Broadband Access Case Justices will review the 9th Circuit decision that overturned the FCC on cable modem providers sharing their fiber optic lines with ISPs.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Freed From 'Naked' DSL The FCC decision pre-empts efforts by states to force regional carriers to offer 'naked' DSL (i.e. service without any bells and whistles like voice service).
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Resigns From FCC Regulatory chief leaves controversial legacy on telecom and Internet issues.
Salon.com June 7, 2002 Jeffrey Benner	Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access.
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Order Doesn't Alter FCC High-Speed Rules While stirring up a controversy over discount line pricing for long distance carriers, court upholds FCC broadband regulations.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules.
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark	EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones.
InternetNews August 16, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Federal Court Denies Unbundling Review A federal appeals court denied EarthLink's request to review an FCC ruling exempting Baby Bells from sharing broadband lines with rivals.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Praises FCC VoIP Ruling Both sides of the Voice over IP divide weighed in on yesterday's Federal Communications Commission ruling that stipulates the interstate nature of VoIP services.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Reactions Split up The Middle Did the Supreme Court add regulatory certainty to the broadband market or confuse the situation even more?
InternetNews August 30, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs.
InternetNews December 4, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Chairman Wants to Break AT&T-BellSouth Lock Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has ordered agency lawyers to determine if FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell can "unrecuse" himself from the AT&T-BellSouth merger vote.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Roy Mark	Abernathy Resigns From FCC Republican Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's departure may leave Democrats temporarily in control as Senate considers Bush nominations to the Federal Communications Commission.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Catherine Yang	Getting Real At The FCC Unlike Michael K. Powell, the next chairman must put ideology aside to foster new services. The new chairman must safeguard basic communications services and promote new entrants who'll create competition.
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Catherine Yang	Storm Warnings For Kevin Martin Some background on the new FCC chairman, Kevin J. Martin, who will be facing tough issues like indecent broadcasts, media consolidation, and next year's rewrite of the telecom laws.
InternetNews June 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Court Backs Cable in Brand X Case The Supreme Court ruled that cable broadband providers do not have to share their lines with independent Internet service providers.
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Roy Mark	Dumpster Ethics Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin played his hole card the other day to break the FCC's deadlock over approving the AT&T-BellSouth merger that would create the world's largest telecommunications company.
InternetNews April 20, 2004 Roy Mark	Verizon: Old Rules Slow Broadband Rollout The competitive landscape has changed since 1996, but the law governing carriers hasn't, a Baby Bell exec said.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones	United States Establishes "Level Playing Field" in Broadband--Or Does It? Reversing a longtime stance, the FCC no longer maintains that offering consumers broadband services on attractive terms requires there to be competing providers of digital subscriber line, or DSL, service.
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark	ISPs Challenge FCC Broadband Rules A group of Internet service providers including EarthLink and Time Warner Telecom, went to court Friday to challenge Federal Communications Commission rules that free wireline telecom carriers from line-sharing obligations.
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel to Vote on Network Neutrality One committee prepares to vote on a telecom reform bill that Democrats contend lacks effective network neutrality protections, another panel opens hearings on the antitrust implications of just such a scenario.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Ben McClure	Baby Bells' Silver Lining While these might be gloomy days for telecommunications stocks, it's too early to count Verizon, BellSouth, and SBC Communications out.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC: 'Net Neutrality' For All U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) urges Congress to make FCC's principles of open networks part of telecom reform.
InternetNews June 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neutrality Faces Senate Panel Vote The Senate Commerce Committee pushes vote on network traffic management rules to Wednesday morning.
Information Today March 3, 2015 George H. Pike	FCC Approves Net Neutrality The Federal Communications Commission gave a huge victory to Net Neutrality advocates by voting in favor of sweeping new rules that change the way internet services are regulated.
InternetNews June 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	Powell: 'Hot' Future for Telecom The FCC chairman reiterates his mantra of innovation over regulation.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Last Minute Plea For Line-Sharing Rule Long distance provider AT&T leads charge to convince high court to stay decision forcing long distance carriers to negotiate line access at market rates.
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Begins Net Neutrality Inquiry The FCC launches a period of public comment on need for network neutrality provisions.
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon's Broadband Regulatory Relief Verizon Communications scored a major victory Monday when a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission approved the telecom giant's petition to deregulate its commercial broadband lines.
InternetNews December 15, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Grants Bells More Local Relief The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 today to phase out its controversial, eight-year plan to promote local telephone competition by forcing incumbent Bells to lease parts of their networks to competitors at below-market rates.
InternetNews June 17, 2010 Kenneth Corbin	Fight Over FCC Broadband Regulation Begins Commissioners vote to begin process of reclassifying broadband as a regulated telecommunications service, but there's opposition and other ideas on the table.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	VoIP Bills Set to Increase In a long anticipated move, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today Voice over IP services must contribute a portion of their revenues to the Universal Service Fund
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Same Broadband Numbers, Different Conclusions Consumer advocates claim the FCC is misleading public about pace of broadband rollout -- and DSL and cable modem users are paying more because of it.
Wired March 2002 Frank Rose	Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll...
InternetNews April 30, 2010	ISPs Urge FCC to Resist Broadband Regulation A band of cable and telecom firms and their lobbying organizations issue a warning to Federal Communications Commission telling it to keep broadband unregulated.
InternetNews October 14, 2004 Roy Mark	SBC High Tails Fiber Buildout Within an hour of the Federal Communications Commission's broadband ruling today, SBC Communications said it would "dramatically accelerate" its plan to build a new fiber-optics network.
InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Kills Net Neutrality After almost two hours of often contentious debate, the Senate Commerce Committee defeated a measure to insert controversial network neutrality provisions into the panel's ambitious telecom reform legislation.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Case Challenges Open Access Rules Supreme Court to hear case questioning 2002 FCC decision declaring cable modems an information service.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Rosenbush et al.	Broadband: What's The Holdup? The U.S. lags far behind global leaders such as Korea and Japan, where broadband is far faster and cheaper, thanks to more focused national policy, less cumbersome regulation, and more densely populated regions. What's holding up the US with broadband?
InternetNews December 23, 2010	Net Neutrality 2010: How Did We Get Here? The year ends with the Federal Communications Commission putting the first net neutrality rules on the books, and what a long, winding path it took to get there.
Knowledge@Wharton	AT&T: Expect More Static in the Months to Come The turmoil may cause what was once the world's largest corporation to disappear altogether as parts of the company are spun off or sold off and as consolidation begins to accelerate throughout the telecommunications industry in general...
InternetNews October 13, 2006 Roy Mark	AT&T-BellSouth Merger Approval Stalled The Federal Communications Commission delayed a vote on the AT&T and BellSouth merger today and rescheduled the issue for Nov. 3.
InternetNews December 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Telcos Granted Video Franchising Relief Divided FCC votes to streamline telephone companies' marketplace entry into triple play race.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Catherine Yang	Telecom: The Day After Will unleashing the Baby Bells serve to heighten competition -- or stifle it?
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell's Last Mile as FCC Chairman At his last public meeting, Michael Powell praises agency, laments personal attacks, and punts on his legacy.
InternetNews September 9, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Splits on U.S. Broadband Rollout Success Despite the U.S. being ranked eleventh in the world in broadband penetration, commissioners narrowly approve a report to Congress praising deployment rates of high-speed services.