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Democrats Tell FCC Not to Regulate Broadband as a Utility — back in 1998
Today, some Democrats are urging the FCC to regulate broadband as a public utility. But back in 1998, Democratic Senators John Kerry and Ron Wyden...
We tell LA Times and The Verge: FCC Lacks Authority to Ban Paid Prioritization
The movement to ban paid prioritization has a new approach: order the FCC to do things it lacks the authority to do. Senator Pat Leahy,...
80 Years After the 1934 Communications Act, Time for a CommActUpdate
Eighty years ago today, FDR signed the Communications Act of 1934. Congress has tinkered with the Act a few times, but the basic approach remains...
Bipartisan Consensus: Rewrite of ’96 Telecom Act is Long Overdue
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has been outdated since the moment it was signed into law. A rewrite is long overdue, and there has been...
FCC needs real debate in rulemaking process: Berin Szoka in Comm Daily
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund Order is stuck inside the agency, with the 5 commissioners debating edits that some say may change the...
Berin Szoka explains the libertarian approach to Net Neutrality on the Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods addressed Net Neutrality on the latest episode of his podcast The Tom Woods Show, talking with TF’s Berin Szoka about the legal and technical...