Tag: Net Neutrality
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California Passes a Strong New Net Neutrality Law
Late last week one of the toughest net neutrality bills currently being considered in the United States passed through California’s legislature. Now it is just waiting for the governor of California to sign. California’s new net neutrality law prohibits slowing down or blocking access to content and a ban on zero rating. The zero-rating ban…
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A New Net Neutrality Bill Has Been Introduced in The House of Representatives
Since the FCC announced that they planned to no longer regulate the internet as a Title II service but as a Title I service many have pushed to restore Net Neutrality. The goal has been to have the FCC regulate the internet, not the FTC as would happen with a Title I service. There have been…
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Cord Cutting This Week #30 – Net Neutrality Ends, Fire TV Malware, & More
This week we take a look at net neutrality end and how it affects cord cutting. We look at fire TV malware and Roku’s shocking growth. Also, we chat about AT&T’s Time Warner deal. You can watch our Cord Cutting This Week #30 show here: Story #1 https://cordcuttersnews.com/the-att-time-warner-merger-clears-the-way-for-atts-new-15-streaming-service/ Story #2 Fire TV Malware https://cordcuttersnews.com/malware-is-infecting-fire-tv-devices/ #3…
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Comcast Says They Remain “Committed To an Open Internet” After Net Neutrality Ends
Today marks the official end to the FCC Net Neutrality rules. Now control over regulating the internet moves from the FCC to the Federal Trade Commision FTC. Before 2015 The FTC had control over regulating the internet and it was only for the three years that the FCC had control. This change has raised fears…
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Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead Today… Now What?
Today is the official end of net neutrality rules that had previously been imposed by the FCC. With this change, the internet moves from being a Title II service to a Title I service. This, in short, returns the internet to the rules it operated at prior to 2015. Now The Federal Trade Commision (FTC)…
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California’s Senate Just Passed One of The Toughest Net Neutrality Laws
Today one of the toughest Net Neutrality bill currently being considered in the United States passed through California’s Senate. This puts the bill about halfway to becoming law in the state of California. Senate Bill 822 would prohibition slowing down or blocking access to content and a ban on zero-rating. The zero-rating ban would be…
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The US Senate Just Voted to Restore Net Neutrality
Today the United States Senate voted to restore the FCC Net Neutrality rules through the CRA rules. Through the Congressional Review Act the Senate can force the FCC to reverse their ruling on the net neutrality rules, and only 51 votes will be needed to restore the FCC rules. The vote just barely passed with 52 senators voting…
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Net Neutrality Rules End June 11th
Back on December 14th, 2017 the FCC voted to end the so-called Net Neutrality rules. The vote was 3-2 party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal the controversial utility-like oversight of internet service providers that was put in place by Democrats in 2015. “The internet is the greatest free-market innovation in history,” Ajit Pai, the Republican who took over…
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The US Senate Will Vote to Restore Net Neutrality Next Week
Yesterday it was announced that the United States Senate will hold a vote under the Congressional Review Act to restore net neutrality rules. Through the Congressional Review Act the Senate can force the FCC to reverse their ruling on the net neutrality rules, and only 51 votes will be needed to restore the FCC rules.…
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Connecticut Passes Bill to Restore Net Neutrality
Joining a growing list of states this week Connecticut passed a bill to bring net neutrality to Connecticut. The bill is not law yet and there are a few more steps left but it is expected that Connecticut will be one of the next states to officially put a net neutrality law on the books.…