Federal Communications Commission news from FierceCIO

For any company turning to the Internet to advertise products, attract customers and deliver services, net neutrality is a policy that you need to embrace. Under a new proposal announced Monday,... Read more...

Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski is expected to outline rules on Monday that would require Internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. Central to the plan is... Read more...

Congress took another stab at dealing with the complex issue of net neutrality last week. A number of House members introduced a bill to preserve the open nature of the web, asking the Federal... Read more...

Alaska Airlines launched a trial of in-flight WiFi service last week on some of its Boeing 737-700 planes. The system makes use of Row 44's satellite technology to power the on-board WiFi... Read more...

If there's a chance for tech, President-elect Barack Obama will take it. In one of his latest moves signaling his embedded interest in IT, Obama intends to nominate his technology adviser, Julius... Read more...

> Choosing the right email solution. Article> Will Obama embrace the ‘Smart Card?' Article > White House opposes FCC free Internet plan. Article> Vendors team up to deal with... Read more...

Comcast has revealed the details of its new plan to shift from a protocol-oriented approach to a scheme based on aggregate use of bandwidth instead. This comes on the heels of an FCC decision that... Read more...

Beginning October 1, Comcast, the largest provider of cable broadband in the U.S., will impose a monthly limit of 250 gigabytes of bandwidth on residential users. Customers who exceed the 250 G-byte... Read more...

If reports are to be believed, the majority of FCC commissioners will vote... Read more...

If Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, gets his way, Internet providers will be barred from blocking their customers from downloading large video, music and software... Read more...