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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 April 19, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Offers DSL Straight Up The carrier allows existing subscribers to switch to mobile or VoIP providers for voice service while retaining Verizon DSL.
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 November 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neut. Delays AT&T-BellSouth Vote Again FCC remains deadlocked over attaching additional network neutrality conditions to deal.
Knowledge@Wharton March 12, 2003	The FCC's Latest Telecom Ruling: Far-Reaching, Yes, But Also Far From Clear A recent vote on deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission left many questions unanswered and none of the players in the telecommunications industry entirely satisfied.
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 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 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 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 December 8, 2006 Roy Mark	McDowell Cleared for AT&T-BellSouth Merger Vote Federal Communications Commission General Counsel Sam Feder cleared Commissioner Robert McDowell late Friday afternoon to participate in the AT&T-BellSouth merger vote.
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 March 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Verizon, AT&T Headed For Monopoly Bliss? Without a re-evaluation of the broadband commercial marketplace by the Federal Communications Commission, Internet Service Providers claim incumbent carriers like Verizon and AT&T will hold a virtual monopoly.
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 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 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 October 31, 2005 Roy Mark	Final Fed OK to Telecom Mergers FCC signs off on telecom mergers as SBC and Verizon agree to sell standalone DSL, adhere to network neutrality and continue Internet backbone peering.
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 August 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Wiretaps For VoIP The FCC gives broadband and VoIP providers 18 months to build in network wiretap accessibility.
InternetNews October 16, 2006 Roy Mark	AT&T Makes Network Neutrality Concessions In hopes of winning approval to merge with BellSouth, AT&T says it will follow FCC principles for 30 months.
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 23, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Begins Net Neutrality Inquiry The FCC launches a period of public comment on need for network neutrality provisions.
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Roy Mark	VoIP Has New Guidelines From FCC The agency issues a ruling on Pulver's request to be regulation-free and starts to frame new policy for the VoIP sector.
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Colin C. Haley	BellSouth Realignment Continues The carrier's Q2 profits rise amid a shift from traditional phone service to wireless and broadband offerings... company adds satellite service from DirecTV to better compete against Comcast, Time Warner.
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 December 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Citizen Groups Cry Foul Over FCC Vote The move to break deadlock on AT&T-BellSouth merger is called a 'violation of public trust.'
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 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.
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 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 October 13, 2005	Naked DSL to Impact Telecom Mergers? Critics of the Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T deals urge FCC to require standalone DSL as a condition of approval. Critics fear the mergers will lead to fewer choices and higher prices for consumers.
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 December 19, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC's McDowell Stands By Recusal on Merger Vote Decision leaves the FCC deadlocked over deal that would create world's largest telecommunications company.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Resigns From FCC Regulatory chief leaves controversial legacy on telecom and Internet issues.
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 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 November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Decide VoIP Fate Next Week The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
InternetNews October 12, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Delays AT&T-BellSouth Merger Vote AT&T and BellSouth hoped the Federal Communications Commission would approve their merger plans Thursday morning, but late Wednesday night the FCC announced it was delaying the vote until at least Friday.
InternetNews August 29, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC on Verizon's DSL Fee Case The Federal Communications Commission wants some answers from Verizon about a new fee it imposed on its DSL customers.
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 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.
PC World September 2005 Jeff Bertolucci	Proposed DSL Rules Threaten Small ISPs FCC may release phone companies from obligation to let other ISPs lease DSL lines, leaving small ISP companies are worried about their future.
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 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 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.
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 May 4, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon to Enhance DSL Service Carrier plans to boost speeds and add VoIP to bundles to build on a record quarter for broadband sign-ups.
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Covad, Qwest Enter New Line-Sharing Era The DSL provider and Baby Bell sign the first commercial line sharing agreement since the FCC voted to phase out mandates.
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 June 7, 2005 Roy Mark	BellSouth Crams For Wireless Broadband Test BellSouth plans to test market wireless broadband service in Athens, Ga., this summer with hopes to expand the trials to selected areas of Florida by year's end
InternetNews August 4, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Says VoIP Subject to Wiretap Laws The preliminary decision will force Voice over IP providers to comply with the same law enforcement rules as telephone carriers.