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,…

Media

Statement of Gigi Sohn on Senate Passage of Joint Resolution of Disapproval of December 14 Net Neutrality Repeal

Today, by a bipartisan 52-47 vote, the Senate passed a Joint Resolution of Disapproval of the FCC's December 14 net neutrality repeal order. If passed by the House and signed by the President, the Joint Resolution would repeal the December 14 order and reinstate the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order…

Posted on May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

News

San Jose Mercury News: In a close vote, Senate throws net neutrality a lifeline

Maybe net neutrality isn’t dead after all. The Senate on Wednesday voted 52 to 47 to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the rules, with three Republicans joining the mostly Democratic effort. The issue now heads to the House, where it is likely to have a tougher time because…

Posted on May 16, 2018June 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

Writing

Medium: The Time to Get the Net Neutrality Rules Back is Now

Last December 14th, the Trump FCC repealed the 2015 network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic. In doing so, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressly abdicated its role protecting consumers and competition in the broadband market, leaving powerful companies like AT&T…

Posted on May 15, 2018May 22, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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PopPolitics: AT&T’s ‘Big Mistake’ Came Amid a Scramble to Connect with Trump (Listen)

WASHINGTON — AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says that AT&T’s decision to hire Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, shortly after the inauguration, was a “big mistake.” What wasn’t all that unusual, however, for AT&T and other companies, was the scramble to find any connection to the Trump administration after so many in D.C. assumed that Hillary…

Posted on May 13, 2018June 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

News

CNN Tech: Net Neutrality Set to End June 11

The end of net neutrality is now scheduled for next month. Federal Communications Commission said in a notice filed Thursday that new rules repealing the net neutrality protections are set to take effect 30 days from this Friday, or June 11. "Now, on June 11, these unnecessary and harmful internet regulations will…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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San Jose Mercury News: New hope for net neutrality? Senate launches push to overturn FCC’s repeal

Senate Democrats tried to breathe new life into net neutrality rules Wednesday as they rolled out a new push to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the Obama-era regulations. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, is leading the way by formally forcing a vote on a resolution to try to restore…

Posted on May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

Writing

Wired: PROMISES MEAN LITTLE FOR CONSUMERS IN T-MOBILE-SPRINT DEAL

LAST WEEK T-MOBILE and Sprint, two of the four nationwide mobile wireless network operators, agreed to merge in a deal valued at $26.5 billion. Not surprisingly, the companies are making a lot of promises to gain the support of both the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, both of which must approve the merger.…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

News

NBC News: A merger between T-Mobile and Sprint: Faster data, but at a price

The prospect of a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint was big news on Wall Street Monday, after the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the United States announced plans for an all-stock deal that would bring Sprint into the fold of T-Mobile, the larger of the two companies. The deal is far…

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

News

USA Today: T-Mobile and Sprint: What the merger means for you and your cell phone bill

The potential shift from four major U.S. wireless carriers to three could lead to big changes to your cell phone plans and service. On Sunday, T-Mobile and Sprint announced plans for a $26 billion merger, combining the two companies into what would be a bigger No. 3 network, behind AT&T and Verizon.…

Posted on April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 by Gigi Sohn

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Bloomberg: T-Mobile to Buy Sprint for $26.5 Billion in Bet on Networks

T-Mobile US Inc. agreed to acquire Sprint Corp. for $26.5 billion in stock, a wager that the carriers can team up to build a next-generation wireless network and get a jump on industry leaders Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. The deal follows years of will-they-won’t-they deliberations between Deutsche Telekom…