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The FCC this week is expected to approve on a party-line vote chairman Tom Wheeler’s long-gestating plan to impose new net neutrality rules by reclassifying internet access as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act, setting in motion a process by which the world will finally get to see the full text of Read More …
As ISPs, both large and small, gear up to sue the FCC over its forthcoming net neutrality order, even strong supporters of net neutrality have begun pointing to potential legal problems with the proposal outlined by FCC chairman Tom Wheeler earlier this month. One of biggest potential problems, as far as OTT providers are concerned, Read More …
Now that we know the broad outlines of the FCC’s forthcoming open internet order the next phase of the battle over net neutrality rules is getting under way. It will be fought out on at least three fronts: in the courts, on Capitol Hill and within the FCC itself. The main front will be in the Read More …
Taken literally, Chen appears to be arguing that OS providers should be prohibited from developing proprietary applications for their platforms, which is obviously untenable, both legally and practically. But he’s absolutely correct that a platform without Netflix and other highly popular services is at a competitive disadvantage to platforms that have them. Read More …