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InternetNews August 23, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Extends Discounted Line Sharing Agency builds in 15 percent rate hikes if FCC can't successfully redraft rules bounced by courts.
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Order Doesn't Alter FCC High-Speed Rules While stirring up a controversy over discount line pricing for long distance carriers, court upholds FCC broadband regulations.
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.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Resigns From FCC Regulatory chief leaves controversial legacy on telecom and Internet issues.
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.
InternetNews August 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Bells Challenge FCC's Latest Line-Sharing Rules Verizon and Qwest rushed to court Monday to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's latest ruling on line sharing and access fees between incumbent telcos and their competitors.
InternetNews June 14, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Line-Sharing Stay High court leaves in place June 16 mandate forcing long distance carriers to negotiate with incumbent telcos at market rates.
InternetNews October 14, 2004 Roy Mark	SBC High Tails Fiber Buildout Within an hour of the Federal Communications Commission's broadband ruling today, SBC Communications said it would "dramatically accelerate" its plan to build a new fiber-optics network.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Freed From 'Naked' DSL The FCC decision pre-empts efforts by states to force regional carriers to offer 'naked' DSL (i.e. service without any bells and whistles like voice service).
InternetNews July 13, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC's Powell Joins Blogger Roll The chairman jumps into give-and-take world of blogging and gets an ear full from telecom.
InternetNews May 19, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Mandates 911 VoIP Service Agency orders incumbent carriers to make their 911 networks available to Internet telephone companies.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Roy Mark	Abernathy Resigns From FCC Republican Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's departure may leave Democrats temporarily in control as Senate considers Bush nominations to the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews February 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Rips FCC Delay on Connection Fee Reform After four years of study, FCC votes to keep thinking about it.
PHONE+ November 17, 2009 Kelly M. Teal	CLECs: Section 271 `A Necessary Response to Forbearance' Eight competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), fed up with getting the short end of the competitive stick, are asking the FCC to force the Bells to open their networks as dictated by Section 271 of the 1996 Telecom Act.
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.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Last Minute Plea For Line-Sharing Rule Long distance provider AT&T leads charge to convince high court to stay decision forcing long distance carriers to negotiate line access at market rates.
Knowledge@Wharton March 12, 2003	The FCC's Latest Telecom Ruling: Far-Reaching, Yes, But Also Far From Clear A recent vote on deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission left many questions unanswered and none of the players in the telecommunications industry entirely satisfied.
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move Will voice over IP benefit from the government's decision to forgo a Supreme Court appeal of telephone line-sharing rules?
InternetNews August 4, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Says VoIP Subject to Wiretap Laws The preliminary decision will force Voice over IP providers to comply with the same law enforcement rules as telephone carriers.
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell's Last Mile as FCC Chairman At his last public meeting, Michael Powell praises agency, laments personal attacks, and punts on his legacy.
InternetNews June 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	Powell: 'Hot' Future for Telecom The FCC chairman reiterates his mantra of innovation over regulation.
InternetNews October 31, 2005 Roy Mark	Final Fed OK to Telecom Mergers FCC signs off on telecom mergers as SBC and Verizon agree to sell standalone DSL, adhere to network neutrality and continue Internet backbone peering.
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Wiretaps For VoIP The FCC gives broadband and VoIP providers 18 months to build in network wiretap accessibility.
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 November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Adelstein Gets The Nod for Another FCC Term President Bush nominated Democrat Jonathan Adelstein Tuesday for a new five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans a Thursday confirmation hearing on the nomination.
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 March 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Level 3 Drops VoIP Rate Request The VoIP wholesaler withdraws petition seeking FCC ruling on interconnection fees.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Rejects SBC's VoIP Bid Agency rules its broader IP review pre-empts SBC's petition to free broadband networks from legacy telecom regulations.
InternetNews April 15, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Covad, Qwest Enter New Line-Sharing Era The DSL provider and Baby Bell sign the first commercial line sharing agreement since the FCC voted to phase out mandates.
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Roy Mark	VoIP Has New Guidelines From FCC The agency issues a ruling on Pulver's request to be regulation-free and starts to frame new policy for the VoIP sector.
InternetNews January 25, 2005 Roy Mark	Speculation Over Powell Replacement Begins Current FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin is among a number of folks being bandied about to fill the top spot. Whoever the president appoints, analysts predict there will be no major policy changes at the FCC.
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 November 10, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Nomination Tips Scales to Right President Bush plans to nominate Tennessee utility regulator Deborah Taylor Tate to fill one of the vacant Republican slots on the five-person Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Rings New Round of Regulatory Uncertainty The Federal Communications Commission's rules on Voice over IP wiretapping accessibility is likely to set off another round of regulatory uncertainty, all in the name of regulatory certainty.
InternetNews January 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Questions States' VoIP Appeals Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said today that states appealing the FCC's November decision ruling Voice over IP an interstate service "pretty much makes zero sense to me."
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.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Catherine Yang	Getting Real At The FCC Unlike Michael K. Powell, the next chairman must put ideology aside to foster new services. The new chairman must safeguard basic communications services and promote new entrants who'll create competition.
InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Stands Firm on VoIP Wiretap Order With a court date looming over its authority to do so, the FCC again orders VoIP providers to comply with CALEA.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Qwest Revives MCI MCI strikes deal with Qwest for local phone access.
InternetNews July 31, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Approves Spectrum Auction Rules The Federal Communications Commission backed the concept of open access networks today in approving rules for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction.
InternetNews December 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Tate, Copps Near Confirmation for FCC Federal Communications Commission nominees Deborah Taylor Tate and Michael Copps are likely to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate within the next two weeks, Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens said Tuesday.
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 February 4, 2005 Roy Mark	SBC Blasts Level 3's VoIP Proposal The Internet telephony carrier is accused of seeking a self-serving quick fix to interconnection fees.
InternetNews November 9, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Rules VoIP an Interstate Service Voice over IP services are interstate in nature and not subject to traditional state public utility regulation, the Federal Communications Commission decided today.
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 April 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Martin Skips VoIP in First FCC Meeting The new FCC chairman plans to push mandatory 911 VoIP services at next month's meeting.
InternetNews October 20, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Mulls November VoIP Vote In the absence of congressional action, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has taken over the direction of Voice over IP policy in the Capitol, at least for the time being.
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 December 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Telcos Granted Video Franchising Relief Divided FCC votes to streamline telephone companies' marketplace entry into triple play race.
InternetNews January 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Tauzin Presses FCC for VoIP Decision The House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman wants the agency to rule on access fees for long-distance calls using the new technology.