MAY 8, 2010 Julius Caesar of the Internet The FCC puts another industry under political control. A federal appeals court ruled last month that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate the Internet. No worries, mate. This week the Obama Administration chose to “reclassify” the Internet so it can regulate the Web anyway. […]
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MAY 6, 2010 New U.S. Push to Regulate Internet By AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—In a move that will stoke a battle over the future of the Internet, the federal government plans to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks. The decision, by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is likely to
April 7, 2010 Court blocks push to regulate internet traffic Kara Rowland and Stephen Dinan THE WASHINGTON TIMES A federal appeals court on Tuesday undercut the government’s push for “net neutrality” when it said the Federal Communications Commission does not have the authority to tell Internet service providers how to manage the traffic on their
Washington Times Originally published , March 31, 2010 MOYLAN: Spare us the broadband plan Andrew Moylan As a little-noticed part of last year’s economic “stimulus” legisla-tion, Congress mandated that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) create a National Broadband Plan. Launched amidst last week’s health care hysteria at the FCC’s broadband.gov Web site, the plan is
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APRIL 7, 2010 The FCC Loses—Again A victory for the rule of law and more Internet innovation. To the surprise of no one, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks. This validation of the rule of law over bureaucratic
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MARCH 15, 2010 Broadband Trojan Horse Health care isn’t the only policy arena in which the Obama Administration aims to ram through controversial new rules. The Federal Communications Commission is set to unveil a “national broadband plan” opposed by industry and without any of the five commissioners voting on it. Last year, Congress directed the
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