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InternetNews October 30, 2007	Bill Extending Internet Tax Ban Goes to Bush The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law.
InternetNews November 1, 2007 Christopher Saunders	Internet Tax Ban Gets Extended President Bush signed into law a temporary ban on Internet taxes that had been set to expire today.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Passes 7-Year Extension to Internet Tax Ban With less than a week before a ban lapses on Internet taxation, the U.S. Senate last night approved a seven-year extension.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Brokers Internet Access Tax Deal Senate negotiators said late Wednesday afternoon that they had cleared the way for Congress to approve a new Internet access tax moratorium that will ban tariffs on most dial-up and broadband connections for the next four years.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Likely to Extend Net Access Tax Ban Urged by President Bush to permanently ban connection taxes, lawmakers are likely to extend new ban.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Signs 'Net Access Tax Moratorium President Bush signed into law a new four-year ban on state and federal taxation of Internet connections, legislation the industry said was needed to promote universal broadband.
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband Lamar Alexander calls high-speed connections the most heavily subsidized new technology in America.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Roy Mark	House Approves Internet Access Tax Ban President Bush promised to sign four-year prohibition on connection taxes.
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Revive Net Connect Tax Ban Just months after Congress extends Internet access tax ban by four years, senators push to make measure permanent.
InternetNews June 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Ban: Temporary or Permanent? The nearly decade-long debate in Washington heats up again over taxing internet connections.
InternetNews October 3, 2007 Caron Carlson	SMBs Plead For Permanent Tax Ban Small businesses make their case before Congress, pushing for continued protection from states' discriminatory and access taxes.
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	House Bill Would Ban Connection Taxes Legislation calls for permanent bar on Internet access taxes.
InternetNews February 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary Governors gathering in Washington this week hope to convince Congress to keep any Internet access tax moratorium on electronic commerce and online services temporary. They also want federal lawmakers to keep open a loophole that allows some state and local governments to tax access
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Wyden: Ban Internet Tax For Good Legislation would put an end to extensions but allow grandfathered states to continue to tax Internet access.
InternetNews May 23, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Floats Its Own Internet Tax Bill The ban on Internet access taxes would be extended for another four years under legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate.
InternetNews October 16, 2007	Net Groups Cheer Reps' Move on Taxes Technology industry groups and lobby outfits heaped praise on the U.S. House of Representatives today after it overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the moratorium on Internet taxes for another four years.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Stumps For Internet Access Tax Ban President outlines broadband policy calling for fewer taxes and less regulations to achieve universal access by 2007.
InternetNews May 26, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban: No Compromise in Sight States resist the urge to tax Internet connections in anticipation that Congress will ultimately approve some sort of ban.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Debate Back on House Table Governors warn lawmakers renewal of Internet tax moratorium should be temporary.
InternetNews June 27, 2007 Roy Mark	New Numbers Show U.S. Lag in Broadband The United States continues to lag behind most industrialized nations in broadband speeds, according to a new report by the Communications Workers of America.
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Clash on Net Access Ban Senators charge that opponents who have blocked a bill for a permanent and expanded ban view the Internet as a tax cash cow. Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess Tech trade group accuses states of an election year power play to gain taxing authority over the Internet.
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	House Panel OKs Extending Internet Tax Ban Assuming it passes Congress, a new Act would narrow the definition of "access" to a consumer's Internet connection and also exempts e-mail and instant messaging from taxation by local and state authorities.
InternetNews June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	McCain Bill Would Help Municipal Wi-Fi New bill seeks to block state and incumbent telecoms' efforts to keep cities out of broadband business.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda.
InternetNews August 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Legislation Hypes Rural Broadband Access Lawmakers push legislation designed to protect community ability to build and offer high-speed connections.
InternetNews September 3, 2010	FCC Study Finds Broadband Speeds Lagging In its latest snapshot of the broadband market, Federal Communications Commission finds that less than half of households have sufficient connection speeds.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	New Maneuvers on Internet Access Ban Parliamentary maneuvering bottles McCain amendment for a four-year ban on taxing Internet connections.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	House Bill Opens Door to E-mail Tax As legislators inch closer to passing an extension to state and local Internet access tax ban, a recent vote by the U.S. House of Representatives last week may have inadvertently left the door open for taxation on e-mail and other services.
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.
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Approves Internet Access Tax Ban Compromise four-year measure is narrower in scope than ambitious House version.
InternetNews August 18, 2010	FCC: Public Gets Slower Net Speed Than Promised New FCC report finds consumers aren't getting the top-end Internet speed advertised by most ISPs.
InternetNews October 15, 2009	FCC Broadband Study Argues for Open Access Harvard researchers survey global broadband markets and conclude that shared networks spur competition and drive down prices.
InternetNews September 2, 2009	Major U.S. ISPs Want Low-End Broadband Standards Advocates and the nation's largest Internet providers clash as the FCC weighs the definition of broadband.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Legislation Aims to Stop Muni Wi-Fi A new bill would prohibit state and local governments from competing with private-sector broadband providers.
InternetNews July 9, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Internet Keeps Growing - And Getting Faster, Too Latest Akamai report shows that the economic slowdown isn't slowing down people's migration to the Net - and to broadband.
InternetNews May 25, 2010	Next Steps for FCC's Broadband Plan After striking out in court, the FCC's general counsel plots his next moves to regulate the broadband services sector.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Expected to OK Billions for Broadband A House vote on the stimulus package is likely to fall along party lines, while Senate debate is seen as more conciliatory.
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Roy Mark	McCain Blasts Access Tax Ban Maneuvers Arizona senator calls an amendment to Internet access tax bill a 'parliamentary charade,' as the deadline for compromise looms.
InternetNews April 5, 2010	Battle Lines Take Shape in Spectrum Showdown As it looks to reclaim spectrum for mobile broadband, the FCC is courting a vigorous political fight, with broadcasters, wireless firms and open Internet advocates all to have their say.
InternetNews March 31, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Bush Calls for Universal Broadband by 2007 The president calls for affordable, high-speed Internet access for all Americans. How to get there?
InternetNews April 26, 2011	U.S. Broadband Speeds Up by 9.2 Percent Latest State of the Internet report shows continued growth for U.S. broadband speeds, though they still lag behind Asia.
InternetNews January 27, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Broadband Stimulus Still Falls Short of Goals Group that advised Obama team on broadband's role in job creation sees shortcomings in latest bills, hopes for rewrites.
InternetNews August 26, 2009	Another Poor Showing for U.S. Broadband Rank A new study by the country's largest telecom union has found that the average U.S. Internet connection speed posted a modest increase over the past two years, but that the nation still lags well behind its foreign competitors.
InternetNews January 15, 2010	Report: Utah Has the Best Broadband in the U.S. Content deliver network provider Akamai has issued a report on the state of Internet broadband, and among the facts and figures are some surprising facts about where you will find the best bandwidth in the country.
InternetNews July 20, 2007 Roy Mark	Legislation Would Force New Broadband Rates Senate Commerce Committee approves legislation drilling deeper into broadband penetration rates.
InternetNews August 21, 2009	Feds Want to Know How to Define 'Broadband' As it presses ahead with its work developing a national broadband strategy, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a public notice asking for input on what, exactly, broadband should mean.
InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Seeks to 'Get Our Broadband House in Order' Senator Inouye wants the FCC to devise a better formula for measuring broadband penetration rates.
InternetNews January 12, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Will Congress Give Billions to Broadband? Advocates on the Hill hope for a boost to the nation's digital infrastructure by grabbing a share of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package on the table.