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InternetNews November 9, 2006 Roy Mark |
Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session. |
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 October 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
Unexpected Face Time for Network Neutrality Throughout the U.S. House and Senate debates over network neutrality, Republicans steadfastly insist no federal law is needed prohibiting discrimination in the handling of Internet traffic. |
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Net Neutrality Supporters Find Hope in Tie Vote When is a loss a victory? In the U.S. Senate, apparently, according to network neutrality proponents. |
InternetNews January 26, 2007 Roy Mark |
Markey And His Net Neut Show Verizon and AT&T dodged a major legislative bullet on mandated network neutrality. |
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Democrats Blast FCC Policies Democrats found fault with the FCC's handling of the AT&T-BellSouth merger, broadband penetration rates, the digital television transition, cable franchise rules and lack of interoperability among first responders. |
InternetNews December 26, 2006 Roy Mark |
New Leaders, Old Issues What's Next in Tech: Democratic lawmakers may put a new emphasis on network neutrality and data-privacy issues in 2007. |
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Network Neutrality: Telecom Reform Spoiler? Lawmakers now face the tough election year question of killing telecom reform for an issue they admittedly don't understand. |
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 September 21, 2006 Roy Mark |
Telecom Reform Hopes Fading Telecom reform is dead in the U.S. Senate - until at least a November lame duck session, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said. |
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
GOP Defeats Dem's Net Neutrality Moves House Republicans Wednesday strengthened net neutrality provisions in their working telecom reform legislation but turned back tougher measures demanded by Democrats. |
InternetNews January 4, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems Go Virtual to Promote New Agenda Second Life press conference promotes network neutrality and online posting of bills before votes. |
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark |
Compromise in Works For Net Neutrality? Act II of the network neutrality saga opens today on Capitol Hill with possible compromise on the issue in the air. |
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. |
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
'Clear And Present Danger' For Telecom Reform Bill Big tech urged Congress today to stop telephone and cable operators from extending their market power over broadband access to broadband content. |
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senate Showing Little Interest in Net Neutrality The network neutrality debate resumed today in the U.S. Senate the way it ended in the House of Representatives Thursday night: apparently dead on arrival. |
InternetNews June 9, 2006 Roy Mark |
House K.O.'s Net Neutrality Legislative language to make the controversial concept of network neutrality the law of the land failed in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
InternetNews August 21, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Chief Cool on Net Neutrality Lawmakers should proceed cautiously on passing laws involving network neutrality, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras said today. |
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senate Panel Delays Net Neutrality Vote Harried by time restraints, contentious Democrats and dozens of proposed amendments, the Senate Commerce Committee took a pass Thursday afternoon on network neutrality. |
InternetNews June 20, 2006 Roy Mark |
Dems Rip Net Neutrality Compromise U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, the leading Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, today blasted Republican compromise language on network neutrality. |
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 June 7, 2006 Roy Mark |
Net Neutrality Time on The Floor The moment of truth for network neutrality may arrive as early as tomorrow in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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. |
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Judiciary Approves Net Neutrality Net Neutrality finally won a vote today when the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to turn the issue into an antitrust matter after months of it being dismissed as a matter for further Federal Communications Commission study. |
InternetNews December 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Question FCC Recusal Maneuver Key Democratic lawmakers leveled sharp criticism Tuesday at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's efforts to break the agency's deadlock over approval of the AT&T-BellSouth merger. |
InternetNews March 9, 2011 |
House Subpanel Moves to Block Net Neutrality After a pair of hearings highlighting the partisan gulf on the issue of Internet regulation, Republican subcommittee members send a resolution of disapproval on to full committee. |
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study. |
InternetNews May 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
No Neutral Ground With Net Neutrality Singer Moby joins the debate over telecoms' efforts to charge content owners based on bandwidth use. |
InternetNews March 29, 2006 Roy Mark |
House GOP Kicks Tech on Net Neutrality House Republicans' Latest Stab at Telecom Reform... Big Tech Objects... Just What Washington Needs... FTC Says Let the Online Wine Flow... etc. |
InternetNews December 30, 2010 |
Net Neutrality 2011: What Storms May Come The Federal Communications Commission passed the rules, but that's not going to be the last word. Where will the battle lines shape up in the new year and the new Congress? |
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark |
Fresh Start For Net Neutrality? Both the House and Senate will take up legislation today on the increasingly contentious issue of just what is - or is not - network neutrality. |
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Roy Mark |
EBay Marshals Members For Net Neutrality Online auctioneer eBay raised its bid on network neutrality this week by sending 1 million-plus call-to-action e-mails to its members urging them to bombard Washington with e-mails and calls protesting efforts by broadband providers to create a two-tiered Internet. |
InternetNews April 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
The COPE Gloat The Bells got their way Wednesday and they are likely to smote any opposition when COPE hits the full House for a vote, maybe even as early as next week. |
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 October 7, 2005 Roy Mark |
The Hype in The Broadband Pipes Politicians' bold talk of telecom reform is so far just so much hot air. Next year, though, is an election year, so appealing voter issues such as anti-spyware and data-breach disclosure laws will take center stage. |
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
Senate Returns With Crowded Tech Agenda Congress kicks off 2006 legislative season with 14 tech-related hearings in two months. |
InternetNews May 4, 2005 Roy Mark |
GOP Blames Dems for Slow Tech Agenda Texas Republican Tom DeLay says the Democratic party is only paying lip service to high tech issues. |
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Democrats Put FCC Chairman on Defensive Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin defends statements about the AT&T-BellSouth merger and network neutrality principles. |
InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
Telecom Reform Debate Enters Third Day While delaying network neutrality vote, lawmakers deal with a vast array of amendments to overall bill. |
InternetNews November 10, 2006 Roy Mark |
Will Dems Change Tech Policy? One-party rule in Washington ends next year when the 110th Congress convenes with Democrats taking over the House and the Senate. What does this mean for technology policy? |
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 April 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
New Coalition Finds No Hope in COPE According to the SaveTheInternet.com Coalition, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Efficiency Act of 2006 does not guarantee network neutrality since telephone and cable companies will be able to charge content providers different rates based on bandwidth consumption. |
InternetNews December 23, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Yahoo, U.S. Tech Policy at a Crossroads in '09 Yahoo and a new class of tech leaders in the government seek to dig out from a tempestuous 2008. We rate their chances. |
InternetNews April 26, 2006 Roy Mark |
GOP Gets It Way on Net Neutrality House Commerce Committee Republicans defeated an effort by Democrats today to strengthen network neutrality provisions in the panel's telecom reform bill. |
InternetNews June 1, 2006 Roy Mark |
Regulating The Internet Not So New Opponents to a law mandating network neutrality use it all the time, noting Americans should just say no to government regulation of the Internet. |
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 December 29, 2006 Erin Joyce |
AT&T Bends on Net Neutrality AT&T bemoans the political holdup of its merger deal with BellSouth but offers key concessions. |
InternetNews June 19, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Civility Creeping Into Net Neutrality Debate? Converging Web and telecom sectors may be coming to understand each other, but deep fissures on Net neutrality issue remain. |
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 Catherine Yang |
At Stake: The Net As We Know It If the phone and cable companies that operate broadband networks get their way, today's Information Highway could be laden with tollgates, express lanes, and traffic tie-ups - all designed to make money for the network companies. |
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. |