Via ars technica, the news that Rep. Eric Massa’s previously mentioned bill to regulate ISP usage caps is now ready for introduction in the House, and available to read as a PDF. Rather than banning usage caps outright, the proposed legislation simply empowers the FCC to regulate the imposition of caps and the prices charged. [...]
Wait, what? Yes, cable companies may be in favor of charging discriminatory fees to stop you from getting your TV from someone else instead of them… but when it comes to TV content providers demanding fees from ISPs, suddenly cable companies decide they’re in favor of net neutrality and go running to the FCC. So [...]
…at least, it is in Minnesota: The local telephone company in an 11,000-person Minnesota town objected when the town decided to lay its own fiber optic network. The telco filed a lawsuit, and then suddenly rolled out its own fiber network while the case was tied up in courts. Today, a state appeals court ruled [...]
