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<title>Public Knowledge blasts AT&amp;T over FaceTime network limits</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/20/fcc.talking.with.att.about.limiting.facetime.to.certain.plans/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345520847_attstoreiphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[One of the new features in Apple's iOS6 release due this fall is an enhancement to the FaceTime video call feature, allowing it to function on any cellular network. Friday, AT&amp;T announced that the privilege only extends to users on its new "Mobile Share" programs, and not for users grandfathered on the unlimited or tiered data plans. Public Knowledge, a nonprofit Internet law group, believes that ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon: net neutrality laws violate free speech protections</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/03/carrier.blasts.fcc.over.neutrality.proposals/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/motodroidx-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon has stepped up its rhetoric against the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality proposals, arguing that such rules represent a violation of free speech and property rights. In a US Court of Appeals filing, as part of an ongoing lawsuit focusing on net neutrality regulations established in 2010, the carrier further claims that the FCC lacks the authority to impose or enforce the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ investigates cable providers over Netflix complaints</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/13/itunes.hulu.netflix.traffic.allegedly.discriminated.against/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339626643_departmentofjustice-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Justice Department is allegedly in the midst of a large-scale antitrust investigation focusing on potentially anticompetitive practices by cable companies that compete with online video purveyors such as Apple's iTunes store, Hulu, or Netflix. Regulators are said to be attempting to determine if Comcast violated a net-neutrality agreement to not discriminate against competitors that send data ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Netherlands first EU country to pass net neutrality law</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/09/bars.deep.packet.inspection.wiretapping.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1336594192_dutchsenatethumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The government of the Netherlands has become the first European country to pass a net neutrality law. The legal precedent prevents internet service providers from traffic management except in the cases of congestion and network security, and also includes restrictions on ISPs performing deep packet inspection and other similar wiretapping techniques....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 23:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon cleared to sue FCC, try to stop net neutrality </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/02/decision.could.strip.fcc.of.any.regulatory.clout/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/motodroid4-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon and MetroPCS will be able to move forward with their lawsuit against the FCC and its net neutrality rules. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the case. The FCC had argued that the court didn't have jurisdiction in the matter....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beastie Boys' Mike D pushes AT&amp;T to embrace net neutrality</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/14/sec.allows.issue.to.come.to.shareholder.vote/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1201/att_hq_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly ordered AT&amp;T, Verizon and Sprint to allow net neutrality proposals to be included in annual shareholder votes. The move is said to be partially inspired by pressure from shareholder groups such as Trillium Asset Management, which represents high-profile AT&amp;T investors including Mike D of the Beastie Boys and his wife Tamra Davis, director of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Republican spectrum proposal cuts net-neutrality provisions</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/14/terms.would.complicate.unlicensed.wireless.space/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/housesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A set of proposals drafted by House Commerce Committee Republicans in the US House of Representatives aims to overcome the looming spectrum crisis, however many of the authors' specific strategies have been met with criticism. The discussion draft includes new rules for spectrum auctions, licensed and unlicensed spectrum, and net neutrality for wireless networks....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FCC to give broadband rollouts failing grade again</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/26/may.renew.conflict.over.net.neutrality.rules/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/congress-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[For the second time in as many years, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to issue a report critical of the way broadband service is being extended. Last year's annual "706" report was the first time the commission gave the industry a failing grade for the implementation of broadband service. Those findings were used as part of the rationale for net neutrality regulations proposed by...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK ISPs to adopt voluntary net neutrality transparency code</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/10/companies.to.be.clear.on.restrictions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1006/firefox4-proposal.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Most Internet providers in the UK are reportedly ready to adopt a set of principles that aims to ensure transparency surrounding throttling and other traffic management systems. The UK government think-tank Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) suggests the large majority, if not all, of the country's ISPs will agree to the proposal....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al Franken blasts the FCC over net neutrality, Comcast deal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/19/fcc.accused.of.creating.two.internets/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/comcastcablemodem-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Senator Al Franken has publicly bashed the FCC over several recent decisions, including the NBC/Comcast merger and new regulations for net neutrality. In a speech at a Netroots Nation event, Franken declared that the latest net-neutrality rules are "not strong enough" without stricter terms for wireless networks and paid prioritization....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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