Net Neutrality

Fire Dept. Rejects Verizon’s “Customer Support Mistake” Excuse For Throttling

August 25, 2018 Jon Brodkin, Arstechnica.com Educate! California, Net Neutrality, Verizon

A fire department whose data was throttled by Verizon Wireless while it was fighting California's largest-ever wildfire has rejected Verizon's claim that the throttling was just a customer service error and "has nothing to do with net neutrality." The throttling "has everything to do with net neutrality," a Santa Clara County official said. Verizon yesterday acknowledged that it shouldn't have continued throttling Santa Clara County Fire Department's "unlimited" data service while the department was battling the Mendocino Complex Fire. Verizon said the department had chosen an unlimited data plan that gets throttled to speeds of 200kbps or 600kbps after using 25GB a month but that Verizon failed to follow its policy of "remov[ing] data speed restrictions when contacted in emergency situations."

22 States Ask Court To Restore Net Neutrality

August 22, 2018 By Jacob Kastrenakes, Theverge.com Resist! Courts, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Attorneys general representing 22 states and the District of Columbia asked a federal court to reinstate net neutrality, saying the Federal Communications Commission failed to properly consider the issues when removing the policy in 2017. In a brief filed last night, the attorneys general argue that the FCC’s decision “will cause [inevitable harms] to consumers, public safety, and existing regulatory schemes” and that the commission “entirely ignored many of these issues” when overturning net neutrality. In particular, the attorneys general say that the commission failed to consider public safety concerns that could come from the loss of net neutrality. That’s a critical problem, they say, because public safety is part of the agency’s forming statute.

Thousands Of Small Businesses Join Day Of Action For Net Neutrality

August 16, 2018 Staff, Popular Resistance Resist! Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality

Thousands of small businesses owners from across the country are coming together to demand lawmakers overturn the FCC’s net neutrality repeal. Join with them as part of the Small Business Day of Action for Net Neutrality. Without strong net neutrality protections, Internet service providers like AT&T or Comcast can charge small businesses exorbitant new fees for privileged “fast lane” access to customers online. This amounts to a new tax on businesses across the country, and would significantly undermine the Internet as a level playing field since massive corporations have the deep pockets necessary to pay the expensive new fast lane fees that smaller competitors simply cannot afford.

Congress Is Set To Grill FCC’s Chairman For Falsely Claiming His Agency Was Hit With a cyberattack — Here’s How It Could Affect The War Over Net Neutrality

August 15, 2018 Troy Wolverton, Businessinsider.com Resist! Congress, FCC, Net Neutrality

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is set to testify Thursday in front of a Senate oversight committee. He's certain to have to respond to questions while there about false statements he and some of his subordinates made to lawmakers about an incident last year in which the agency's computer systems got overwhelmed during the comment period for its then-ongoing net-neutrality proceeding. Pai has tried to distance himself from those false statements, blaming them on the agency's former chief information officer, David Bray. But lawmakers are sure to want to know when Pai knew the statements were false and why he didn't retract them earlier. Perhaps more importantly, lawmakers may well try to delve into the role the incident played in Pai's effort to overturn the FCC's net-neutrality rules.

With Crucial California Bill Back In Play, California Lawmakers Warned: Back Net Neutrality Or “Feel Constituents’ Wrath”

August 11, 2018 By Julia Conley, Commondreams.org Resist! California, Legislation, Net Neutrality

"California assemblymembers won't get a second chance and they need to decide immediately to either side with the public or be willing to pay the price for catering to big telecoms." With the latest version of California's net neutrality bill unveiled by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener this week, open internet defenders are prepared to publicly pressure and shame state lawmakers who plan to appease powerful internet service providers (ISPs) by voting against the proposal instead of standing with their constituents. The advocacy group Fight for the Future urged Californians to demand that their representatives vote in favor of SB 822, which will be considered by the state Assembly's Communications and Conveyance Committee before going the Assembly votes on it later this month. Noting that ISPs like AT&T and Comcast have poured millions of dollars into their campaign to defeat SB 822...

FCC Lied To Congress About Made-Up DDoS Attack, Investigation Found

August 11, 2018 Jon Brodkin, Arstechnica.com Educate! Congress, FCC, Investigation, Net Neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission lied to members of Congress multiple times in a letter that answered questions about a "DDoS attack" that never happened, an internal investigation found. The FCC made false statements in response to a May 2017 letter sent to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). Pai sent a response to Wyden and Schatz the next month but apparently didn't make the false statements himself. Pai's letter to Wyden and Schatz included an attachment in which then-FCC CIO David Bray responded directly to the senators' questions. This part of the letter contained multiple false and misleading statements, according to the FCC Inspector General's report released yesterday. The second half of this article will detail each of these false and misleading statements.

Republicans Who Oppose Net Neutrality Could Pay The Price In November, According To New Poll

August 7, 2018 Lee Fang, Theintercept.com Educate! Electoral Politics, Net Neutrality, Republican Party

REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR the repeal of net neutrality protections may cost lawmakers in key competitive seats, according to a recent survey conducted by Republican pollsters tied to party leadership. In June, the Federal Communications Commission, under the leadership of President Donald Trump-appointed chair Ajit Pai, finalized the repeal of net neutrality — a rule designed to prevent internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast from blocking or slowing down access to websites or streaming services. But a poll from a surprising source suggests that unless House Republicans call for reinstating net neutrality, they could pay a political cost. The new survey was conducted by Republican pollster Bryan Sanders, the spouse of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Bryan Sanders works at IMGE, a firm retained by the Super PACs of both Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Survey: Net Neutrality Could Be Midterm Issue

July 26, 2018 John Eggerton, Multichannel.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Net neutrality could be the midterm election issue supporters of strong rules are hoping for, at least if legislators are looking to capitalize on the issue, positioning is key. That is according to a poll commissioned by the Internet Freedom Business Alliance, an alliance of startups and small businesses advocating for strong net neutrality rules. The poll found that "voters overwhelmingly say they support net neutrality, that a majority say they will take it into account during the election, that independent and undecided voters are more likely to vote for members who act immediately to force a vote to overturn the FCC and restore net neutrality protections, and that such voters are more likely to oppose incumbents when it is pointed out that they have not helped overturn the FCC and restore net neutrality."

Call Congress Thursday For Net Neutrality, Poll Show Issue Could Be Decisive In 2018 Election

July 25, 2018 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! Congressional Review Act, Net Neutrality

Call your representative TODAY and urge them to support the petition to force a vote to restore net neutrality? Let them know that a new poll found that voters overwhelmingly support net neutrality and want lawmakers to use the CRA to trigger immediate action to restore it, but even more significantly in this critical election year, it shows that a majority of voters in battleground districts will consider net neutrality when deciding who to vote for, and that number is even more significant for undecided and independent voters. Use the Call-In Tool at www.battleforthenet.com/call/

How Much Money Anti-Net Neutrality Members Of Congress Have Received From The Telecom Industry

July 24, 2018 Rachel Kraus, Mashable.com Create! Congress, Net Neutrality, Telecommunications

The House of Representatives is sitting on its hands instead of calling a vote to protect net neutrality. But those same members of Congress have had their hands in the pot of the anti-net neutrality telecommunications industry for years. The net neutrality advocacy project BattleForTheNet.com on Monday released an updated interactive scorecard that compares where members of congress stand on a proposed net neutrality protection resolution with how much money they've taken from companies like AT&T and Comcast. BattleForTheNet.com is a joint initiative of progressive organizations Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and Free Press Action Fund.

The Internet Is Keeping Score: Momentum For Net Neutrality Is Building

July 23, 2018 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! Internet, Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality

Telecom companies gave Congress $102 million to destroy #NetNeutrality. Today the web is coming together to plaster that number across the Internet by driving traffic to the BattleForTheNet.com “scoreboard” -- a new tool that makes it easy to find out where your reps stand on net neutrality. Click here to find out if your representative supports net neutrality, and learn what you can do to help out.

First Republican Joins Effort To Reverse FCC On Net Neutrality Repeal

July 17, 2018 Staff, Tumblr.fightforthefuture.org Resist! Congress, Electoral Politics, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Today, Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) announced that he will become the first GOP member of the House of Representatives to sign a discharge petition in an attempt to force a vote on the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to reverse the FCC’s unpopular repeal of net neutrality. With polls showing that Republican voters overwhelmingly want their lawmakers to support the CRA, the move could unleash a landslide of GOP support for the resolution to restore strong protections while Congress debates any potential future legislation.

Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Decided Against Net Neutrality And For NSA Surveillance

July 10, 2018 By Colin Lecher, Theverge.com Educate! Donald Trump, Net Neutrality, NSA, Supreme Court, Surveillance, Trump Administration

After intense speculation, President Trump said today that he has selected Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. In his announcement, the president introduced his nominee as a jurist with “impeccable credentials” and as “a judge’s judge.” Kavanaugh, who was nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit by George W. Bush, where he currently serves, certainly has a notable, if likely controversial, record on tech policy issues. While it’s difficult to anticipate exactly which issues might come before the court, his past rulings suggest a reliably conservative voice on tech. His addition to the highest court in the country could vastly reshape the digital landscape.

California’s Net Neutrality Bill Is Strong Again Because You Spoke Out

July 7, 2018 By Katharine Trendacosta, Eff.org Resist! California, Internet, Legislation, Net Neutrality

After a hearing that stripped California’s gold standard net neutrality bill of much of its protections, California legislators have negotiated new amendments that restore the vast majority of those protections to the bill. The big ISPs and their money did not defeat the voices of the many, many people who want and need a free and open Internet. On June 20, the Communications and Conveyance Committee of the California Assembly, after having rejected proposed amendments to move Senator Scott Wiener’s S.B. 822 and Senator Kevin de León’s S.B. 460 forward as a package, also voted to gut S.B. 822's strong net neutrality protections. It was a move that resulted in a hollowed-out version of S.B. 822 that left huge loopholes for ISPs.

Net Neutrality Makes Comeback In California; Lawmakers Agree To Strict Rules

July 7, 2018 Jon Brodkin, Arstechnica.com Educate! California, FCC, Internet, Legislation, Net Neutrality

A California net neutrality bill that could impose the toughest rules in the country is being resurrected. The bill was approved in its strongest form by the California Senate, but it was then gutted by the State Assembly's Communications Committee, which approved the bill only after eliminating provisions opposed by AT&T and cable lobbyists. Bill author Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has been negotiating with Communications Committee Chairman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) and other lawmakers since then, and he announced the results today. Wiener said the agreement with Santiago and other lawmakers resulted in "legislation implementing the strongest net neutrality protections in the nation."

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