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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 27, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notified M2Z Networks, Inc. (M2Z) and its Silicon Valley investors including Kleiner Perkins, Charles River Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures, that it has terminated the AWS-3 spectrum (2155-2180 MHz) public interest rulemaking, thereby closing off the possibility of providing free nationwide broadband service in the United States for the foreseeable future. The FCC has been considering...

A technical industry group hosted a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of the open Internet. Public advocacy groups said these types of dealings were detrimental. The meeting follows the publication of a controversial plan laid out by Google and Verizon that allows net providers to have certain types of Internet traffic to be given priority over others. Consumer bodies said those proposals are an "Internet killer."About 100 people marched to Google's headquarters in...

A group of Democratic congressmen is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move forward with their own Net Neutrality rules rather than accept a proposal from Google and Verizon, various media outlets are reporting.Four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee-- Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Anna Eshoo of California, Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania and Jay Inslee of Washington--sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday, asking him to "maintain a...

Google on Thursday denied selling out on the idea of insuring all data is treated equally when it comes to routing traffic on the Internet. A legal agenda for "net neutrality" proposed this week by Google and US telecom giant Verizon has led to "myths" about the Internet firm's devotion to the other cause, said Google media counsel Richard Whitt in a blog post. According to Whitt, Google has not "sold out" when it comes to net neutrality and the proposal would not exempt wireless Internet...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) closed the official public comment period today on what may be the most important decision in its history - imposing massive first-time federal regulations on the Internet. Having been told by the Courts that they are not legally authorized to regulate the Internet, the FCC is considering a legally risky path, advocated by radical left groups such as Free Press, to unilaterally force the Internet into...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Verizon/Google legislative proposal is a constructive addition to the debate over net neutrality. Global Crossing has long preferred market solutions to government regulation of the Internet and the Verizon/Google proposal strikes a reasonable balance. However, the ultimate success or failure of any net neutrality proposal, including the Verizon/Google proposal, hinges on the ability of service providers to establish the necessary...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) voices its opposition to plans by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change the status of broadband Internet Service from a lightly-regulated "information service" to a more heavily regulated "telecommunications service." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091014/ALECLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091014/ALECLOGO) At its meeting late last week, ALEC's...

In a policy statement released on Monday, Internet search giant Google and US telecom titan Verizon proposed a legal outline to safeguard "˜net neutrality' but said the rules shouldn't apply to wireless broadband Internet connections. "We both recognize that wireless broadband is different from the traditional wire line world, in part because the mobile marketplace is more competitive and changing rapidly," the companies said in the joint statement. "In recognition of the still-nascent...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Google and Verizon's new joint broadband proposal pays lip service to the idea of "net neutrality," but actually would completely undermine the open and free Internet we enjoy, Consumer Watchdog said today. There are two fundamental flaws, said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with the nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group: "First, it sets up a two-tiered structure. There would be a so-called 'Public Internet,' but then the...

As Google and Verizon privately neared an agreement that would determine how Internet traffic moves across land lines and to wireless devices, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday announced that they were abandoning their efforts to broker a similar "net neutrality" deal."We have called off this round of stakeholder discussions," Edward Lazarus, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's Chief of Staff, told reporters in a statement. "It has been productive...