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InternetNews February 26, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ Wireless, Nextel Play Hardball Over Spectrum License VZ Wireless says Nextel's proposal to pay the government $850 million in a spectrum deal amounts to a 'multi-billion-dollar give-away' and urges the FCC to open an auction. Nextel fires back.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court to Hear Broadband Access Case Justices will review the 9th Circuit decision that overturned the FCC on cable modem providers sharing their fiber optic lines with ISPs.
InternetNews July 8, 2004 Colin C. Haley	FCC Approves Spectrum Swap The Federal Communications Commission has approved a controversial spectrum swap with Nextel to alleviate congestion of airwaves used by police and fire departments.
InternetNews August 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Nextel Spectrum Swap: Calm Before Legal Storm The FCC says it is acting in the interest of first responder networks but others call the deal a spectrum windfall at taxpayer expense.
InternetNews August 30, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Case Challenges Open Access Rules Supreme Court to hear case questioning 2002 FCC decision declaring cable modems an information service.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Questions FCC Cable Modem Regs Cable industry, FCC tell high court it's lawful to deny ISPs access to cable broadband lines.
InternetNews June 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Court Backs Cable in Brand X Case The Supreme Court ruled that cable broadband providers do not have to share their lines with independent Internet service providers.
InternetNews August 1, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Chief Pushing For DSL Deregulation New FCC chairman circulating proposal to give telcos' broadband the same status as cable modems.
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Independent ISPs Vow Open Access Fight New political and lobbying group plans to rally subscribers to pressure Congress into making cable lines open to competition.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	FCC Gives Nextel More Spectrum Credits The Federal Communications Commission has increased the value of spectrum that Nextel is exchanging with the government by $452 million
InternetNews February 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Nextel Finalizes Spectrum Swap The carrier signs off on an FCC plan that gives public safety agencies 90 additional two-way channels.
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark	ISPs Challenge FCC Broadband Rules A group of Internet service providers including EarthLink and Time Warner Telecom, went to court Friday to challenge Federal Communications Commission rules that free wireline telecom carriers from line-sharing obligations.
InternetNews November 2, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon, Nextel Make Spectrum Peace The carriers prefer to work together to protect customers from the 'harmful' regulation of their cellular ways.
InternetNews September 20, 2004 Colin C. Haley	No Hanging Up Spectrum Scrap Verizon Wireless complains that Nextel is trying to cut the price tag in its controversial airwaves deal with the FCC.
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark	EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Rich Duprey	No Jams on Info Freeway The Supreme Court says cable Internet operations are information providers, not telecoms. Information services will inevitably evolve over time, and this ruling will help foster new developments.
InternetNews March 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Verizon, AT&T Headed For Monopoly Bliss? Without a re-evaluation of the broadband commercial marketplace by the Federal Communications Commission, Internet Service Providers claim incumbent carriers like Verizon and AT&T will hold a virtual monopoly.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones	United States Establishes "Level Playing Field" in Broadband--Or Does It? Reversing a longtime stance, the FCC no longer maintains that offering consumers broadband services on attractive terms requires there to be competing providers of digital subscriber line, or DSL, service.
InternetNews July 9, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Snags More Spectrum The carrier wins NextWave's airwaves with a $930M bid, the second big industry move in as many days.
InternetNews April 13, 2004 Roy Mark	ISPCON Rallies Around Open Access Independent Internet serviced providers seeking ways to break into broadband business.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cable in Talks With Sprint Nextel? Cox Communications, Comcast and Time Warner are reportedly weeks away from signing a wireless phone agreement with Nextel.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Rich Duprey	Controlling Interest in Net Access Supreme Court hears the case of opening cable Internet access to competition and regulation. The decision will have important consequences that may become irrelevant if satellites, power lines or other means of transmission become more prevalent. Investors, take note.
InternetNews June 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Spectrum Comments Flood FCC Should telecom and cable companies be barred from participating in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction of spectrum?
InternetNews December 23, 2010	Net Neutrality 2010: How Did We Get Here? The year ends with the Federal Communications Commission putting the first net neutrality rules on the books, and what a long, winding path it took to get there.
InternetNews April 9, 2010	FCC Details Broadband Plans After Legal Setback Federal Communications Commission chairman argues that court ruling has little bearing on its broadband agenda for the rest of the year, which will tackle spectrum, universal service and a host of other issues.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
Salon.com June 7, 2002 Jeffrey Benner	Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Reactions Split up The Middle Did the Supreme Court add regulatory certainty to the broadband market or confuse the situation even more?
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers.
InternetNews August 9, 2006 Roy Mark	For Sale: Spectrum Bidding begins today for largest chunk of airwaves ever offered by FCC.
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Wiretaps For VoIP The FCC gives broadband and VoIP providers 18 months to build in network wiretap accessibility.
Home Theater May 28, 2009	Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	Who Will Control Your Broadband? The Cable-Telecom skirmish is beginning to hit home for apartment and condo dwellers. If the FCC has its way, they may soon be able to freely choose their broadband providers.
InternetNews March 12, 2004 Roy Mark	Telecom Lawyers Wary of FCC Proposals The agency's proposed rules could expose Internet telephony firms and ISPs to access fees.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Praises FCC VoIP Ruling Both sides of the Voice over IP divide weighed in on yesterday's Federal Communications Commission ruling that stipulates the interstate nature of VoIP services.
InternetNews April 14, 2008	FCC to Look Into Firms' Use of Customer Data Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Net Neutrality Is Back In Court Again Net neutrality is back in court again -- and this decision could undo federal regulations that protect the principle.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Roger O. Crockett	Why Sprint And Nextel Got Hitched They bought themselves enough time and size to play with the big boys -- for now. But in a telecom world ruled by the Bells, scrappy competitors like Sprint and Nextel remain underdogs. Alone or together, they still face a tough fight.
InternetNews February 6, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Address VoIP Issues At next week's meeting, the agency will weigh regulating the emerging technology in general, and Pulver's Free World Dialup in particular.
InternetNews September 29, 2008 Judy Mottl	Verizon-Alltel Not On FCC Agenda Just Yet Sprint-Clearwire project also not on next month's meeting list.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 David Lee Smith	Cable Companies, Why Don't You Like Technology? While the triple play is luring customers, cable will still need wireless to compete.
InternetNews August 4, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bless Sprint-Nextel Merger The FCC will require the merged company to offer advanced wireless broadband services within four years.
InternetNews July 13, 2007 Roy Mark	Bad Week for Wireless Incumbents FCC chairman proposes cutting telcos out of broadband deal; House panel knocks wireless incumbents' access policies.
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Copper Remains Golden for Legacy Networks Baby Bells, others agree to call a truce and produce an industry consensus rate reform solution to the FCC.
InternetNews August 16, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Federal Court Denies Unbundling Review A federal appeals court denied EarthLink's request to review an FCC ruling exempting Baby Bells from sharing broadband lines with rivals.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	Comcast Gets Patriotic Comcast is filling an important hole in its New Jersey coverage. Now it has to get beyond a new FCC ruling. Investors, this one warrants watching.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC: 'Net Neutrality' For All U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) urges Congress to make FCC's principles of open networks part of telecom reform.