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Comcast web traffic management under FCC investigation

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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January 18 2008

Responding to claims that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, blocks or otherwise interferes with certain peer-to-peer (P2P) and similar applications used by subscribers on its Internet network, the FCC requested comment Monday on a declaratory ruling that would address whether Comcast’s actions violate the FCC’s policy statement on net neutrality and whether those actions constitute “reasonable network management” that the FCC would deem as permissible

Google details plan for opening TV white spaces to unlicensed use

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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March 28 2008

A week after coming up empty-handed in the FCC’s auction of broadband wireless licenses in the 700 MHz band, Internet search giant Google turned its attention toward ongoing FCC proceedings on the use of unused TV “white space” spectrum, as it urged the FCC on Monday to open up white space channels on an unlicensed basis for wireless Internet use

Comcast to modify web traffic management practices

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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April 4 2008

In a development that won the praise of the FCC, consumer groups, and members of Congress, Comcast said it would change its approach to web traffic management to employ techniques that are “protocol agnostic” and that would not involve the blocking of traffic from specific web sites, such as BitTorrent, that use large amounts of broadband capacity

Martin tells Senate panel that FCC will continue to probe Comcast web management

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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April 25 2008

Appearing as a last-minute witness at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on net neutrality and the future of the Internet, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin showed that the FCC is taking Comcast’s recent pronouncements on web network management with a grain of salt as he voiced his belief that the FCC and lawmakers should evaluate the practices of Comcast and other broadband service providers “with heightened scrutiny.”

Congress adopts seven year extension of internet tax ban

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 2 2007

Web users throughout much of the U.S. will be free of taxes on Internet access for at least seven more years, under compromise legislation that was adopted within the past week by both houses of Congress and signed by President Bush on Wednesday

Sprint, Clearwire call off WiMax partnership

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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November 16 2007

Four months after joining forces with the goal of rolling out broadband WiMax services throughout the U.S., Sprint Nextel and Clearwire Corp. have ended their partnership, citing their inability to “resolve complexities” associated with the project

T-Mobile launches VoIP service

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 3 2008

Yesterday, T-Mobile USA became the first wireless carrier in the nation to venture into voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) market with the launch of a new service, dubbed T-MobileHome, that will enable T-Mobile subscribers with a broadband Internet connection to place local exchange and long distance calls via the T-Mobile network with their existing fixed line phones

Proposed FCC order would force Comcast to stop blocking P2P traffic

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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July 18 2008

Under a proposed decision outlined by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Comcast the nation’s largest cable operator would be forced to abandon its policy of blocking or otherwise hindering file transfers between peer-to-peer (P2P) websites

Senate Communications Subcommittee is revived with Kerry as chairman

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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February 20 2009

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) announced plans last week to reconstitute the Senate Communications and Technology Subcommittee that had been disbanded since 2005

Web network management examined at FCC forum

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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December 11 2009

At the first of a series of workshops that are intended to help FCC officials better understand how traffic is managed across Internet service provider (ISP) networks, panelists from the broadband industry and academia agreed generally that effective network management is needed to stem the growing tide of congestion on ISP networks, although divergent viewpoints were expressed with respect to methodology