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FCC to promote high-speed broadband competition

By Edward Wyatt Sep. 5, 2014

WASHINGTON — Americans lack real choices among providers of high-speed Internet service, with fewer than 1 in 4 homes having access to two or more providers of the broadband speeds that are quickly becoming “table stakes” in modern communications, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.

World and Nation

FCC could allow fast lane on web in net neutrality policy shift

By Edward Wyatt Apr. 25, 2014

WASHINGTON — The principle that all Internet content should be treated equally as it flows through cables and pipes to consumers looks all but dead.

World and Nation

Cable TV merger would also join Internet giants

By Edward Wyatt Feb. 14, 2014

On the face of it, the merger of the two largest U.S. cable companies would seem like a non-starter, given its steep regulatory hurdles and skepticism from consumer watchdogs.

World and Nation

Court rejects FCC rules on equal Internet access

By Edward Wyatt Jan. 15, 2014

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out Federal Communications Commission rules that require Internet service providers to give all traffic equal access through their networks.

World and Nation

House passes bill that raises the bar for lawsuits over patents

By Edward Wyatt Dec. 6, 2013

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill protecting technology companies and their customers from nuisance patent-infringement lawsuits by shell companies that exist merely to gather dormant patents and threaten lawsuits against suspected violators.

World and Nation

Senate passes startups bill, with amendments

By Edward Wyatt Mar. 23, 2012

WASHINGTON — Depending on who is speaking, a bill approved by the Senate on Thursday to make it easier for small companies to raise money will either improve the economy by creating jobs or cause unwitting investors to get swindled.

World and Nation

Verizon, MetroPCS challenge to net neutrality shot down by court

By Edward Wyatt Apr. 5, 2011

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected as “premature” a lawsuit by Verizon and MetroPCS challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s pending rules aimed at keeping Internet service providers from blocking access to certain websites or applications.

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Legislators mull Internet freedom, privacy measures

By Edward Wyatt Dec. 3, 2010

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers examining the Federal Trade Commission’s recommendation for a “do not track” mechanism to restrict the monitoring of Internet users said they supported stricter safeguards for consumer privacy, but raised questions on how the system would work.

News

Wiretaps used in fraud, trading cases

By Edward Wyatt Nov. 30, 2010

WASHINGTON — Secret, court-approved wiretaps put in place more than two years ago are now being used by prosecutors in a widening inquiry of securities fraud and insider trading involving hedge funds and consultants that provide industry research, according to court documents and interviews with people close to the investigations.

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