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Variety: Democrats Unveil New Net Neutrality Legislation

Democrats are making a big push to pass net neutrality legislation that would restore rules of the road for the internet, after the the Trump-era FCC repealed most of the 2015 Obama-era regulations. The three-page bill would reinstate provisions to prohibit internet service providers from the blocking or throttling of web content, or from selling “fast…

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Vice-Motherboard: Democrats Unveil New Bill to Fully Restore Net Neutrality

House and Senate Democrats Wednesday morning introduced a new three-page bill that would restore the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules. Dubbed the Save the Internet Act, the proposal would also restore FCC authority over internet service providers, stripped away in the wake of last year’s controversial repeal. The original FCC rules prohibited…

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Gizmodo: Democrats’ Net Neutrality Bill Would FOrce Ajit Pai to Actually Do His Job

Top congressional Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation to restore the open internet rules repealed by the Trump administration in December 2017. Democrats in the House and Senate introduced companions bills aimed at reinstating the Obama-era net neutrality rules that prohibited broadband providers from blocking or throttling websites or offering preferred…

Posted on March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Verge: Democrats push new bill to write net neutrality into law, but can it pass?

Today, Democrats officially launched their efforts to save net neutrality once and for all. Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have announced bills with the intention of reinstating the net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission moved to repeal back in 2017. The dual bills share the title…

Posted on March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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REVISED: Gigi Sohn Statement on Introduction of Save the Internet Act

This morning, Democratic Leaders of the House and Senate unveiled the Save the Internet Act, which would reverse the Trump FCC’s repeal of the 2015 net neutrality rules and the FCC’s authority to protect consumers and promote competition in the broadband market. The Act would codify the protections in the…

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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CNET: Justice Department won’t appeal AT&T-Time Warner decision.

The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T's merger with Time Warner has lifted. A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Variety: Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in Favor of AT&T-Time Warner Merger.

A federal appeals court upheld AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, rejecting a Justice Department effort to reverse a lower court decision that cleared the way for the transaction. In a 3-0 decision, the appellate judges found the government’s claim, that the lower court “misunderstood and misapplied” economic principles, “unconvincing.” The government is…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Verge: Justice Department loses appeal looking to reverse the AT&T-Time Warner merger.

The Justice Department has lost an appeal seeking to reverse the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, another defeat for the agency that has repeatedly pressed to stop the massive deal. After the two companies announced their intention to merge, the Justice Department sued last year to halt the deal,…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Reuters: AT&T defeats U.S. in merger fight to buy Time Warner.

A U.S. appeals court approved wireless carrier AT&T Inc’s deal to buy media company Time Warner on Tuesday, a defeat for the Trump administration which had argued the $85.4 billion merger would mean higher prices for consumers. AT&T’s second major court victory against the Justice Department sets the stage for…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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NBC News: Race is on for global 5G dominance – and Trump is cheering from the sidelines.

President Donald Trump on Thursday brought renewed national attention to what has emerged as one of the most hotly debated technological and geopolitical challenges — the race to build a next-generation 5G wireless internet network. The president used his Twitter account to broadcast the need for American companies to “step…

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