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Net Neutrality Rules Already Forcing Companies To Play Fair

May 22, 2015 Karl Bode, www.techdirt.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Law, Net Neutrality, Telecommunications

The FCC's net neutrality rules don't even go into effect until June 12, but they're already benefiting consumers. You'll recall that the last year or so has been filled with ugly squabbling over interconnection issues, with Level 3 accusing ISPs like Verizon of letting peering points congest to kill settlement-free peering and drive Netflix toward paying for direct interconnection. But with Level 3 and Cogent hinting they'd be using the FCC's new complaint process to file grievances about anti-competitive behavior, magically Verizon has now quickly struck deals with Level 3 and Cogent that everybody on board appears to be happy with. And it's not just Verizon; Level 3 also quickly managed to strike a new interconnection deal with AT&T, and Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer recently proclaimed Comcast has also become suddenly more amicable of late, turning on ports for capacity quickly and when needed.

Comcast Got What It Deserved

May 8, 2015 Mark Plotkin, www.thehill.com Resist! Capitalism, Comcast, FCC, Law, Monopoly

Comcast, the giant cable company, is one of the most reviled companies in America. It is notorious for its terrible and odious customer service. In addition to this infamous reputation, it sought to become ever-bigger and more powerful. Not satisfied with its dominance and near-monopolistic position, it sought to buy Time Warner Cable and become ever more dominant and unmistakably a true monopoly in cable and broadband. To accomplish this goal, it hired legions of lobbyists and public relations flacks. Early on, it looked like it had the clout to win. President Obama made more than one visit to Comcast Vice President David Cohen's home to attend fundraisers. Even more stunning and blatant, the chairman and CEO of the company (and co-founder's son), Brian Roberts, golfed with Obama on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Talk about being well-connected!

Net Neutrality: Trade Group Led By AT&T & Verizon Sues FCC

March 25, 2015 Jon Brodkin, www.arstechnica.com Educate! FCC, Law, Net Neutrality, Telecommunications

The Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules haven't taken effect yet, but they're already facing lawsuits from Internet service providers. One such lawsuit was filed today by USTelecom, which is led by AT&T, Verizon, and others. Another lawsuit was filed by a small Internet service provider in Texas called Alamo Broadband. (The Washington Post flagged the lawsuits.) Internet providers are now common carriers, and they're ready to sue. The net neutrality order, which reclassifies broadband providers as common carriers and imposes rules against blocking and discriminating against online content, "is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion," USTelecom alleged in its petition to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Protects Internet Freedom

March 21, 2015 S. Derek Turner, www.medium.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

The rules themselves are a little less than eight pages long. There are no “surprises” in these rules or in the order because the FCC did what it said it would do, both in the Feb. 4 fact sheet it released leading up to the Feb. 26 vote, and then in the detailed answers and explanations Chairman Wheeler and FCC staff offered at the open meeting on the 26th. And the most important thing the FCC did is the easiest to explain. Above all else, the FCC restored the rule of law. It returned to the will of Congress as written into the Act, and as updated on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis in 1996.

New Civil Rights Advocates Defeated Old-Line Groups On Net Neutrality

March 19, 2015 AOSCRUGGS, www.alldigitocracy.org Resist! Civil Rights, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

The fight over federal regulation of the Internet should have been an easy victory for the big guys, especially when it came to marshaling the communities of color. Major telecom companies like Verizon and Comcast had the groups like the NAACP, the Multicultural Media and Telecom Council or MMTC and Urban League behind them. But the issue turned into a battle between David and Goliath when a coalition of smaller, online civil rights organizations took net neutrality to the virtual streets. By using social media aggressively and persuasively, the online civil rights groups helped convince the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify the Internet as a public utility that would be regulated under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act.

Congress: Popular Resistance Conspired For Net Neutrality

March 17, 2015 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! FCC, Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality, Reclassification

Today at the House Oversight and Government Reform Hearing, they are claiming that Popular Resistance was working with the White House in pressuring Tom Wheeler to enact rules in the public interest to protect the Internet. While we appreciate the attention, the reality is that Popular Resistance was part of a broad coalition of organizations and individuals who pushed for Title II and net neutrality rules. We played our role in protesting at key points throughout the process, helping to develop strategy with the net neutrality coalition, urging people to submit comments as well as writing and reporting about the issue. Near the end of the process when we still thought the FCC was not going to reschedule, and President Obama had remained silent, we also protested at the White House and urged people to call the president and tell him to support Title II. This is how the system is supposed to work. The FCC proposes a rule, seeks comments and listens. Corporate interests are so used to the public being ignored that they, and their puppets in Congress, are startled that a federal agency actually acted in the public interest.

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Published, Restores Common Carriage

March 12, 2015 Staff, www.freepress.net Educate! Common Carrier, FCC, Net Neutrality, Reclassification

The FCC has restored the principle of common carriage for Internet access, the most vital two-way communications platform of our time. These rules provide the nondiscriminatory access and free speech protections that millions of Internet users have called for — and that every Internet user needs. Anyone who believes that Internet users — and not Comcast, Verizon and AT&T — should control online communications should applaud the FCC's action. Now that Congress and everyone else can read the rules, we can continue to have a debate about protecting free speech on the Internet. But we can dismiss the ridiculous claims from the phone and cable companies and their fear-mongering mouthpieces. This is not a government takeover of the Internet or an onerous utility-style regulation. Any claims that these rules create new taxes or harm investment have been completely debunked. These rules are an all-too-rare example of Washington actually working for the people

The Debate Over Public Internet Broadband Is Heating Up

March 12, 2015 David Morris, www.alternet.org Create! FCC, Internet, Law, Public, Taxes

On February 28th the Federal Communications Commission issued two decisions. One concerned net neutrality, the other municipal broadband. The first garnered by far the most attention, as it should. Net neutrality affects everyone and establishes a fundamental new principle for Internet access. But as another presidential campaign looms the FCC decision on municipally owned broadband may offer more fertile ground for a vigorous political debate on the role of government and the scale of governance. The decision arose from a petition to the FCC by Chattanooga, Tennessee and Wilson, North Carolina asking it to overturn state laws that prevent them from extending their highly successful publicly owned networks to surrounding communities eager to connect.

The Critical Fight For Locally Owned Broadband

March 6, 2015 David Morris, www.ilsr.com Create! FCC, Local, Net Neutrality

On February 26th the Federal Communications Commission issued two decisions. One concerned net neutrality, the other municipal broadband. The first garnered by far the most attention, as it should. Net neutrality affects everyone and locks down a fundamental principle for Internet access. But as another presidential campaign looms the FCC decision on municipally owned broadband may offer more fertile ground for a vigorous political debate on the role of government and the scale of governance. The decision arose from a petition to the FCC by Chattanooga, Tennessee and Wilson, North Carolina asking it to overturn state laws that prevent them from extending their highly successful publicly owned networks to surrounding communities eager to connect. The FCC’s decision affects just those two states’ laws but will undoubtedly become a precedent to evaluate most of the other 17 states’ restrictions on municipal broadband.

Act Out!: Internet Mobilizes & Wins; TPP Next

March 5, 2015 Eleanor Goldfield, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! fast track, FCC, Net Neutrality, TPP

Act Out! is a new video series we will be highlighting on Popular Resistance. It has been created by musician, activist and author Eleanor Goldfield and appears on the Occupy.com YouTube channel. In this first installment of Act Out!, Eleanor Goldfield takes on a sprawling corporate trade deal and celebrates the national movement that's mobilizing to protect the Internet from corporate interests. Breaking down the Trans-Pacific Partnership, she highlights the work being done by activists around the country – and shows ways that you can get involved, whether through a phone call, a meme or a late night adventure. In recognition of the recent historic victory of people power vs. corporate power in the FCC decision, Eleanor showcases some of the diverse and creative ways that groups worked to raise awareness and defend Net Neutrality, including dance parties, hand puppets, projections – and showing the award-winning documentary Killswitch. From tweets to marching in the streets, this is Act Out! Episode 1.

Grumpy Cat Claws Comcast

February 28, 2015 Christopher Zara, www.ibtimes.com Resist! Comcast, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality, Philadelphia

Grumpy Cat is giving a big middle claw to Comcast. In celebration of the Federal Communications Commission’s newly approved open-Internet rules, net neutrality supporters on Friday flew a 2,000-square-foot banner featuring the Internet’s favorite feline over Comcast Corporation’s 58-story headquarters in Philadelphia. The massive banner featured a photo of the ubiquitous Internet meme Grumpy Cat along with the phrase, "Comcast: Don’t Mess With the Internet." The phrase was followed by the hashtag #SorryNotSorry. The splashy stunt was sponsored by Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Free Press, three organizations that have been aggressively campaigning for rules that prohibit broadband providers from throttling content or offering Internet “fast lanes.”

Penn Students Attempt To Confront Comcast’s David Cohen

February 27, 2015 Media Mobilizing Project, www.popularresistance.org Resist! FCC, Net Neutrality, Philadelphia, Student Activism

Today, at the opening session of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Board of Trustees Winter Full Board Meeting, more than a dozen Penn students conducted a direct action aimed at David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President of the Comcast Corporation, and Chairman of the Penn Board of Trustees. Captured on video - students interrupted the meeting, dropping a banner that read #Don’tBlockMyInternet, in front of the Penn trustees in attendance. Students demanded that Comcast stop its advocacy and lobbying against Title II net neutrality at both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and in Congress; they also spoke out against Comcast’s push to merge with its biggest competitor, Time Warner Cable. They challenged David Cohen for missing the meeting, prioritizing his efforts to advance Comcast's agenda over the public interest.

Net Neutrality Activists Score Victory In Fight Of Internet Gov’t

February 27, 2015 Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com Resist! FCC, Human Rights, Internet, Net Neutrality, Social Change

Internet activists scored a landmark victory on Thursday as the top US telecommunications regulator approved a plan to govern broadband internet like a public utility. Following one of the most intense – and bizarre – lobbying battles in the history of modern Washington politics, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed strict new rules that give the body its greatest power over the cable industry since the internet went mainstream. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler – a former telecom lobbyist turned surprise hero of net neutrality supporters – thanked the 4 million people who submitted comments on the new rules. “Your participation has made this the most open process in FCC history,” he said. “We listened and we learned.”

Net Neutrality Activists Take Civil Rights Fight To Telecom Giants

February 25, 2015 Sarah Lazare, www.commondreams.org Resist! Civil Rights, FCC, Net Neutrality

In the lead-up to the FCC's pivotal net neutrality vote on Thursday, civil rights and media justice organizations across the United States are taking their demands for an open internet to the store-fronts of the telecommunications giants that continue to aggressively fight the protections. In partnership with the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-net), local organizations began rallying last week to bring the call "Don't Block My Internet" to AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, and Time Warner. Notable actions have already taken place in numerous cities—including Berkeley, California; Urbana-Champaign, Illinois; and San Antonio, Texas—with more slated for the coming days.

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