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» Net Neutrality Supporters Have First Amendment Upside Down - Big Government - 0 views

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net neutrality first amendment National Cable and Telecommunications Association

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  • kkholland on 09 Mar 10
     
    Discusses framing of Net Neutrality as contested First Amendment terrain, with comments by Kyle McSlarrow, President of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
chris_seaman

Liberty Global to Sell Stake in Japan's Jupiter to KDDI - WSJ.com - 0 views

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consolidation concentration cable europe japan international

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    "International cable company Liberty Global Inc. has reached a deal to sell its stake in a Japanese telecommunications-services provider for $4 billion, a transaction that will help it focus on consolidation of the European cable-TV industry."
chris_seaman

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 1 views

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broadcast ownership licensing FCC minority

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    David Honig, Executive Director of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, criticizes the rates of minority licensee ownership and suggests potential remedies.
kkholland

Ramon Nuez: Why Are ISPs Terrified of Being Reclassified - 0 views

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fcc regulation cable industry reclassification ISPs universal service common carriage

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    This blog post explores reasons behind industry reluctance for ISPs to be reclassified under common carriage and Telecommunications regulation.
michael curtin

Cellphone and Entertainment Fees Add Up for Families - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Telecommunications cable nytimes 2010

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    Telecom and subscription fees continue to rise for families. Avg. telecom and cellphone fees approach $2000 per year.
kkholland

Could Court's Campaign Finance Ruling Affect Net Neutrality? - PCWorld - 0 views

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Net Neutrality citizens united free speech Internet Service Provider ISP

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  • Under the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules, broadband providers would be prohibited from discriminating against any legal Web content and applications. Some net neutrality opponents have argued that the FCC, by forcing them to carry other content, would violate their free-speech rights, and the Citizens United ruling makes that a stronger argument.
  • An FCC spokeswoman declined to comment on the Citizens United case, but Wendy is not alone in making this free-speech argument against net neutrality. Even before the Citizens United ruling, some conservative think tanks, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe have made similar
  • Free Press' Wright said those arguments confuse the role that ISPs have as Web site publishers with their role as network operators. She acknowledged that broadband providers have limited functions, such as publishing their own Web sites or blogs, that enjoy free-speech rights.
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  • But the net neutrality rules as proposed would create no limits on the ability of ISPs to publish their own Web sites, she said. The arguments that the ISPs' traffic-carrying role is speech is "so fundamentally at odds with the facts in the law," Wright said.
  • kkholland on 01 Feb 10
     
    Will the Citizens United ruling impact net neutrality? This article explores the arguments on both sides, as well as the role of an ISP.
michael curtin

As More Phones Stream Video, Networks Are Slowed - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Apple tablet Telecommunications broadband nytimes 2010

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  • michael curtin on 28 Jan 10
     
    iPad escalates data demands. Video a huge data hog.
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