Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey spoke about his recent efforts to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's decision to repeal net neutrality to a crowd of over 500 people at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Wong Auditorium Thursday night.
The Senate Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer Protection proposed protections for Massachusetts media consumers, in response to the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality.
Last December, the Federal Communications Commission repealed net neutrality in a 3-2 vote. The highly contested decision prompted a civil rights debate: should unfettered internet access be a right?
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined 22 other state attorneys general Tuesday in a multi-state lawsuit to review the repeal of net neutrality protections, citing the repeal as being “illegal,”...
I agree we need strong new net neutrality rules (Bet on Net Neutrality, Feb. 6), but they should be enacted by Congress, not the FCC.
The FCC regulations you favor face several difficulties.
For one,...
Net neutrality has been in the news again lately thanks to a proposal by U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler. Wheeler’s proposal would reclassify Internet as a telecommunications...
Internet users are quick to blame their specific Internet Service Providers for slow broadband speeds, but if the government has its way, all Internet speeds will be created equal.
After months of national...
