AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarFCC kicks off fight to restore net neutralityverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyHalf a decade after the policy’s repeal under Trump, Biden’s FCC is at full strength and taking a vote. After five years in a shallow grave, the FCC has revived the rules meant to force internet service providers (ISPs) like Comcast and Verizon to treat all traffic equally. The agency voted in favor …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarFCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rulesverified_publisherThe Verge - Jess WeatherbedThe commission is expected to hold an initial vote in October later this year. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet and its information, five years after they were repealed by …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarPresident Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong?verified_publisherThe Verge - Makena Kelly‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission. The Monday before Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, she sat down in her Washington, DC, home with her wife and teenage daughter …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarSenate committee approves nominee to break FCC deadlockverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyAnna Gomez’s nomination to be the third Democratic FCC commissioner will now head to the Senate floor. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Anna Gomez to become the third Democratic commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday. In May, President Joe Biden nominated Gomez, a …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarSomeone please fix the FCC, FFSverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyThe Senate needs to confirm someone already! Since President Joe Biden took office, the Senate has held four confirmation hearings for two separate nominees to break the ongoing deadlock at the Federal Communications Commission. The latest one was yesterday — and it might get the FCC closer to a …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarCan Joe Biden’s latest FCC nominee unjam the agency’s deadlock?verified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyBiden’s FCC has been stuck at 2–2 for his entire presidency. After more than three years without a fully staffed Federal Communications Commission, President Joe Biden nominated longtime telecom attorney Anna Gomez to become the agency’s next commissioner this week. The news comes months after his …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarPresident Biden nominates a fresh face to break FCC deadlockverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyAnna Gomez spent the bulk of her career as an attorney at the FCC and other government agencies. President Joe Biden nominated Anna Gomez, a veteran government telecom lawyer, to serve as the third Democrat at the Federal Communications Commission on Monday. Gomez’s confirmation would unlock a more …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarThe fight for net neutrality is foreververified_publisherThe Verge - T.C. SottekWe’re reflecting on everything from LAN parties to geopolitical squabbles for the 50th anniversary of ethernet: a technology that has enabled the whole world to become connected in ways that once only lived in the realm of fantasy. But perhaps the fundamental story of the internet — the one that …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarWired: 50 years of ethernetverified_publisherThe Verge - Kara VerlaneyWorld wired On ethernet’s 50th anniversary, we’re taking a look at how wiring the entire planet has changed the future forever. Even though so much of our world is now wireless, most of those beautiful signals are still made possible by a worldwide network of hardwired cables — from the huge …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarThe White House might be running out of time to bring back net neutralityverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyA bruising, failed 16-month FCC nomination has left President Joe Biden with little time to staff up the agency before 2024. Shortly after coming into office, President Joe Biden moved to restore net neutrality. He signed a sweeping executive order to promote competition, calling on the Federal …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarDemocrats revive the fight for net neutralityverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyDemocrats put out a new bill to codify the rules Democrats are recharging the fight for net neutrality by introducing a new bill on Thursday that would codify the deeply divisive open internet rules. Led by Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act …
AvatarThe VergeAvatarAvatarDemocrats prepare bill that would codify net neutralityverified_publisherThe Verge - Makena KellyThe FCC rolled back the rules in 2017 Congressional Democrats are preparing to relaunch their fight to restore net neutrality, according to a new report from The Washington Post on Monday. Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are expected to introduce a new bill codifying the Obama-era internet …