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FCC Chief: Yes, Let’s Reclassify the Internet and Save Net Neutrality

It’s game time for net neutrality. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is proposing new rules to protect the internet, recommending that telecom companies be treated like a public utility and thus overseen by the government. This is a blow to big cable and the push to create a tiered system of internet delivery. Wheeler…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Feb 4

The FCC Will Finally Decide on Net Neutrality in February

After countless months of hemming and hawing, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will reportedly vote on new net neutrality rules in February. Unnamed sources at the FCC told The Washington Post as much today. Specifics remain vague, but here’s hoping Tom Wheeler and friends listen to the president’s advice. Update (01/07/2014): FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 2

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Is Trying To Bring Wi-Fi to More Schools

Tom Wheeler, the FCC Chairman who’s been a bit of an internet villain lately, is expected to announce a pretty good idea later today. He reportedly wants to raise federal funding for in-school Wi-Fi by a whopping $1.5 billion. That brings the annual cap on helping kids learn via Wi-Fi up from $2.4 billion to…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 17

What Obama’s Net Neutrality Plan Gets Right

Yesterday, President Obama gave internet-lovers a virtual exploding fist bump in the form of a powerful statement on net neutrality. More than that, he gave the outline of a plan, and despite what some political opportunists would have you think, it’s a good one. Whether you’ve been following the net neutrality battle or not, the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Nov 11

The FCC Is Trying to Do Something Good For Once(?!)

In a blog post, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler recently promised the American people that his agency will intervene if more states pass laws that limit community broadband networks. It’s a nice promise. But remember: It’s just a promise. Wheeler’s blog post is an enlightening if tardy salute to Chattanooga, Tennessee, a small town that built…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jun 11

How to Fight the Battle for Net Neutrality

It’s game time, people. After months—some might say years—of contentious deliberation, the FCC is moving forward with a set of open internet rules that basically destroys net neutrality as we know it. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The real deliberation begins now. While folks on both sides of the debate have speculated…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes May 16

The FCC Won’t Delay Its Net Neutrality Vote After All

Despite a plea from one of its commissioners and much of the public to delay the decision, the FCC will forge ahead with its widely criticized plan for net neutrality—though the plan hardly seems neutral. Chairman Tom Wheeler explained the logic in a letter to over 150 tech companies, begging them to trust the agency…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes May 9

FCC Commissioner Wants to Postpone Net Neutrality Rules

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said on Wednesday that she wants to slow down the review process for the net neutrality rules due to the public backlash. “For this reason, I think we should delay our consideration of his rules by a least a month,” she said. “I believe that rushing headlong into a rulemaking next…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes May 7

The Cape’s first season is cut short — and Summer Glau-centric episodes may be sacrificed

You’re going to have to start reading aloud from the comic-book version of The Cape yourself, because the television show isn’t sticking around for as long as originally planned. NBC has slashed its order for the show’s first season from 13 episodes to 10 episodes. Add to that the show’s continuing weak ratings, and it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 2

FCC Chief: Yes, Let’s Reclassify the Internet and Save Net Neutrality

The FCC Will Finally Decide on Net Neutrality in February

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Is Trying To Bring Wi-Fi to More Schools

What Obama’s Net Neutrality Plan Gets Right

The FCC Is Trying to Do Something Good For Once(?!)

How to Fight the Battle for Net Neutrality

The FCC Won’t Delay Its Net Neutrality Vote After All

FCC Commissioner Wants to Postpone Net Neutrality Rules

The Cape’s first season is cut short — and Summer Glau-centric episodes may be sacrificed

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