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Network Neutrality and Internet Regulation: Warranted or More Economic Harm than Good?

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Net Neutrality, Nausea & Political Theater at Its Worst

Submitted: February 17, 2011 - 9:41am
Last updated: February 17, 2011 - 9:44am
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Recommendation:
2

What's worse than the thousands of pages of rhetoric and willful misunderstanding contained in the network neutrality comments that were submitted to the Federal Communications Commission while it spent more than a year setting its network neutrality rules? Watching Congress express the same grandstanding and willful misunderstanding of the order for more than three hours. It’s nauseating, and less fun even than reading pitches for the latest GroupOn clone.

Network Neutrality and Internet Regulation: Warranted or More Harm than Good?

Submitted: February 16, 2011 - 8:55pm
Last updated: February 17, 2011 - 11:56am
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Recommendation:
3

The House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep Greg Walden (R-OR), convened a hearing on the Federal Communications Commission's recently-adopted open Internet/network neutrality rules. The five FCC Commissioners testified about the rules that regulate how Internet service providers can mange their networks.

FCC's Genachowski still supports D Block auction

Submitted: February 16, 2011 - 8:41pm
Last updated: February 16, 2011 - 8:45pm
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Recommendation:
2

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski expressed support for auctioning off the D Block of spectrum as a way to raise money for a public safety network.

Rep Dingell: Spectrum auctions might be a 'shot in the brains' for broadcasters

Submitted: February 16, 2011 - 8:39pm
Last updated: February 16, 2011 - 8:43pm
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Recommendation:
2

Longtime broadcasting backer Rep John Dingell (D-MI) expressed strong concerns about a proposal to offer incentives to television broadcasters to auction off spectrum they now use.

McDowell: Deal Desperation Fueled Comcast Acquiescence to Net Rules

Submitted: February 16, 2011 - 8:32pm
Last updated: February 16, 2011 - 8:35pm
Location:
Comcast, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-2148, United States
Recommendation:
1

Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell said that Comcast told him the reason it agreed to voluntarily abide by the FCC's network neutrality rules whether or not they were overturned by the courts was because it was desperate to get its deal to buy NBC Universal approved.

Network Neutrality Oversight Hearing Preview

Submitted: February 15, 2011 - 10:40pm
Last updated: February 16, 2011 - 9:23am
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
Recommendation:
2

The House Communications Subcommittee will hold a network neutrality oversight hearing on Feb 16, but a preview of what will be said is available.

House Republicans question why FCC exempt Google, Skype from Net regs

Submitted: February 14, 2011 - 4:04pm
Last updated: February 14, 2011 - 4:10pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States
Recommendation:
2

Republican members of the House Commerce Committee are concerned that the Federal Communications Commission has picked "winners and losers" on the Internet by shielding companies including Google and Skype from network neutrality regulations.

The Real 'Government Takeover Of The Internet'

Submitted: February 12, 2011 - 10:57am
Last updated: February 12, 2011 - 11:05am
Location:
Capitol Building, East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Recommendation:
2

Next week, the “government takeover of the Internet” meme will be on full display in the U.S. Congress.

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Date: Feb 16 2011 - 9:30am - 2:00pm
Location:
House Commerce Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20003, United States

Network Neutrality and Internet Regulation: Warranted or More Economic Harm than Good?

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
House Commerce Committee
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
9:30am

The five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission will be called to testify about the controversial network neutrality rules that put the commission in charge of how networks are managed, how technology partnerships are formed, and how the private sector invests in communications to provide new services and options to consumers.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker

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