Gigi Sohn

About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

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Broadcasting & Cable: T-Mobile’s Legere: No Huawei Tech Going in 5G, Period

T-Mobile CEO John Legere told the House Judiciary Committee that his network does not now include technology from Chinese Telecom Huawei, that a new T-Mobile-Sprint 5G network would not contain such tech—something that concerns many on Capitol Hill—and that he would even help others try to clear their networks of the technology. That came…

Posted on March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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C-SPAN: House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on T-Mobile/Sprint Proposed Merger

A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing with the top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint to discuss the potential impact of their proposed merger on the wireless industry, consumers and 5G mobile networks. Other witnesses included several law professors along with officials from the Communications Workers of America, the Rural Wireless Association, and…

Posted on March 12, 2019March 22, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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The Washington Post: The Technology 202: Democrats hope ‘Save the Internet’ will reap political dividends

A measure from congressional Democrats to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules is most likely dead on arrival. But the party’s top brass is throwing its weight behind the effort anyway — signaling it’s an issue the party's betting might resonate with 2020 voters. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck…

Posted on March 8, 2019March 10, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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Bloomberg: U.S. Pauses T-Mobile-Sprint Review in Sign of Fresh Turmoil

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday paused its review of T-Mobile US Inc.’s proposed purchase of Sprint Corp., adding to an already protracted battle to win approval to combine the third- and fourth-largest U.S. wireless providers. The move from the Republican-led agency created fresh turmoil for the $26.5 billion merger, which has been under…

Posted on March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 by Kip Roderick

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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

Speaking

“Social Justice or Inequality: The Heart of the Net Neutrality Debate”

Prepared Remarks of Gigi B. Sohn. University of Pittsburgh Law Review 80th Publishing Anniversary Symposium: The Net Without Neutrality: Economic, Regulatory and Informational Access Impacts. Thank you, Dean Wildermuth, for that wonderful introduction. Thank you, Ted Hages and Mike Madison, in absentia, for inviting me to this terrific symposium. It’s…

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