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Obama asks FCC for strong net neutrality laws

May 23, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

President Barack Obama took a strong stance on Monday on new 'net neutrality' regulations being drafted by the Federal Communications Commission, saying the agency should reclassify broadband to regulate it...

U.S. FCC votes to refocus Internet subsidy for schools

May 23, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday voted along party lines to begin to transition E-Rate, the largest U.S. educational technology subsidy program, to focus on high-speed Internet and...

U.S. Senate committee advances bill on cell phone unlocking

May 23, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved bringing before the full Senate legislation that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them...

AT&T tells lawmakers DirecTV deal won’t guarantee lower prices

August 25, 2021 at 1:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers grilled AT&T; Inc and DirecTV on Tuesday over a proposed merger that some Democrats and public interest groups fear will result in higher costs and...

U.S. FCC to vote in July on Internet subsidy changes for schools

May 23, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on July 11 on proposed changes to a subsidy program aimed at improving wireless Internet in schools and...

Mobile ‘net neutrality’ faces new day of reckoning at FCC

August 25, 2021 at 12:46 a.m.

By Alina Selyukh and Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surge in mobile Internet usage has U.S. regulators considering whether to apply the same rules to fixed and wireless Internet...

EEUU investiga la lentitud en las descargas en Internet

August 25, 2021 at 12:44 a.m.

Por Alina Selyukh y Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Los reguladores estadounidenses revisar ¡n los acuerdos entre Netflix, Verizon, Comcast y otros proveedores de contenidos en Internet para averiguar si...

Obama writes to homeless poet on ‘Commentary to a Black Man’

May 14, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most mornings, David Denny ambles around a Metro stop in downtown Washington D.C., in the signature neon-yellow vest of a vendor selling Street Sense,...

Amid protests, U.S. FCC to vote on new ‘net neutrality’ proposal

November 3, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications regulators will vote on Thursday on whether to formally propose new "net neutrality" rules that may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster...

Amid protests, U.S. FCC to vote on new ‘net neutrality’ proposal

December 23, 2018 at 5:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications regulators will vote on Thursday on whether to formally propose new "net neutrality" rules that may let Internet service providers charge content companies for faster...

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