When the FCC rolled back net neutrality protections in December, advocates for the free, open internet came out in masse. Although the decision has been made, the fight isn’t over yet, and that’s what FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn reiterated today at the 5th annual Lesbians Who Tech conference at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. “What the FCC did was to depress —… Read More
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It’s time to chart a course for 5G success
The global race is on — and it is time for the FCC to get out of the starting gate, schedule an auction, and chart a course for 5G success. Read More
FCC Commissioner Clyburn’s extended dissent guts anti-net neutrality order
FCC Commissioner Clyburn’s passionate dissent at last month’s meeting left no room for guesswork on her position on the Commission’s plan to eliminate net neutrality. But it wasn’t all she had to say. Today, released alongside the final text of the “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, is an extended statement that goes into further detail and strikes at the… Read More
FCC Commissioner Clyburn takes down Chairman’s net neutrality doom and gloom
Back in 2015, then-Commissioner of the FCC Ajit Pai submitted a lengthy paper detailing his reasons for voting against the incoming net neutrality rules. He made a lot of predictions about harm those rules would cause — predictions that, as fellow Commissioner Clyburn points out today, pretty much all failed to come true. Read More