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Archives: Broadband / Articles
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Congress Should Avoid Burdening Consumers with New Taxes on Broadband Internet Service
State and federal governments have partnered with the private sector to deploy high-speed broadband internet service across the country, but significant challenges remain to connect all Americans and finally close…
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2024 Solutions Spotlight: Cybersecurity, Broadband Access, Protecting Critical Infrastructure
CYBERSECURITY Bad actors, global and domestic, will continue to attack networks for any number of purposes. State networks are still vulnerable and need to improve their cybersecurity infrastructure as recent…
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Panel on Anti-Trust
Why is Washington looking to break up successful companies? Learn more from Representative Sensenbrenner (WI), Former Representative Comstock (VA) and others in this panel.
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The Wonders of 2020
In a year like 2020 it can be easy to miss the wonder in so much around us, including the amazing innovations happening even during the adversity we have faced.
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Social Media Platforms and Content Moderation
This session considers an ethos for social media to support free expression subject to reasonable community standards applied equally and fairly.
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Solving a Perceived Privacy Problem: How the Market Reacts to Innovate Solutions in the Absence of Government Action
Markets innovate in the absence of government action. The Federal Communications Commission attempted to regulate Internet Service Provider (ISP) privacy during the Obama administration because it claimed that ISPs…
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DC Circuit Affirms Consumer Control Over the Internet
The American Legislative Exchange Council applauds the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to affirm a light-touch regulatory approach for broadband services. The court released its opinion in Mozilla…
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What Do Last Week’s Midterms Mean for the Tech Sector?
Last week’s midterm elections may loom large for technology policy. Since the Democratic Party achieved a majority in the United States House of Representatives, they may hold hearings and propose…
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An Exercise in Futility: California’s New Net Neutrality Law is Preempted by Federal Actions
No sooner did California Governor Jerry Brown sign the state’s disastrous net neutrality bill into law than the Department of Justice filed suit against it. The suit will help…
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FCC Proposes Rules to Help America Win the Race to 5G
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission released a proposed order to help the United States win the race to 5G. The order, if adopted, would limit the types of…
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California is Wasting Taxpayer Funds Enacting a State Net Neutrality Law
California is on the verge of wasting taxpayer money in an effort to make a political statement. State legislators are about to pass legislation reinstating heavy-handed, Title II regulations on…
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Democrats Hope to Restore Heavy-Handed Internet Regulations Through Senate Vote
The United States Senate voted today on a controversial measure designed to apply antiquated telecommunications regulations back on the internet. Democrats in Congress introduced a resolution under the Congressional Review…
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FCC Announces Wireless Broadband Federal Review and Approval Modernizations
Is it possible for government to spur infrastructure spending and growth without spending a dime? That is what the Federal Communications Commission plans to do, according to a proposal…
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FCC Votes to Put the Consumer Back in Charge of the Government
Today’s vote at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) puts individual consumers back in charge of their internet experience. The vote rolled back a 2015 Order reclassifying the internet as a…
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ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom
The American Legislative Exchange Council applauds the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom. The FCC’s proposal, if passed, will reverse the Obama administration’s efforts to take over control…
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Communications & Technology Task Force Files Letter with the FCC Discussing Barriers to Broadband Deployment
The Communications & Technology Task Force recently filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission, along with an op-ed and a copy of the task force’s…
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ALEC Comment Supporting FCC Efforts to Restore Internet Freedom
Last week, the American Legislative Exchange Council went on record, filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission, strongly supporting a return to true internet freedom by supporting the roll back…
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The Net Neutrality Day of Action Was A Flop
Companies large and small across the United States participated in yesterday’s day of action to protest the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposed reversal of Chairman Wheeler’s Title II reclassification of…
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Without Title II, is the Internet the new ‘Wild West’?
Without government regulation, some have argued, the Internet is like the Wild West. The idea is to paint the Internet and the innovators who provide access to it,…
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Report Shows Municipally Owned Fiber Networks are a Losing Proposition for Taxpayers
According to a recent report from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, municipally owned broadband networks simply are not wise investments for localities. The report…