net neutrality
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Republicans Fail To Sabotage Net Neutrality In US Government Spending Bill
A new $US1.1 trillion budget bill has excluded Republican-backed efforts to block implementation of the US FCC’s open internet rules, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported earlier this week.
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How Verizon Buying AOL Subverts An Open Internet
US telecommunication companies were up in arms in February after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made net neutrality the law of the land by classifying broadband internet as a utility, seeming to ensure there would be no pay-to-play fast lanes.
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Optus Wants Netflix To Pay For ‘Premium Service’
It begins. The first salvo in the local net neutrality battle has been fired in Australia, with Optus saying it wants Netflix to pay to make sure its streams arrive at customer computers safely.
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The Lamest Official Reactions Against Net Neutrality
Let’s all agree on one thing: The Federal Communications Commission passing the strongest net neutrality rules in America’s history is a step in the right direction. But that didn’t stop an army of naysayers from crowing about an imaginary government takeover of the internet or how the new plan would slash their profits. Some chose…