After a decade-long battle, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new rules to keep broadband Internet in the United States “Fair, Fast and Open.” The Internet will be reclassified as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act, which means broadband providers will be banned from creating so-called “fast lanes” to block or […]
The FCC’s seeming willingness to challenge laws in 20 states that restrict city governments from offering broadband Internet services represents a huge potential opportunity. FCC Chairman Wheeler knows well that the established players–mostly the cable and Telco’s– have joined forces to routinely block any attempt any by a city to provide municipal Internet services. State […]
Internet services for the US Court system were taken down Friday afternoon for several hours by a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
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