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InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Sets Ambitious Tech Schedule Signaling its intent to focus on Internet and telecom issues next year, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold 14 hearings on a wide variety of technology topics between January and March.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Stevens Seeks USF Expansion to Broadband Alaskan senator seeks new funds to subsidize telecom services to rural and high-cost areas.
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Network Neutrality: Telecom Reform Spoiler? Lawmakers now face the tough election year question of killing telecom reform for an issue they admittedly don't understand.
InternetNews June 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform? Don't Bet On It Republicans are proposing subsidies and Democrats are offering tax incentives, and it's both good news and bad news for technology.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	VoIP Bills Set to Increase In a long anticipated move, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today Voice over IP services must contribute a portion of their revenues to the Universal Service Fund
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Michael Hickins	Juneau Something New 'Bout Net Neutrality? Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' dedication to the Universal Service Fund raises the likelihood of passing net neutrality provisions.
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 January 18, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Returns With Crowded Tech Agenda Congress kicks off 2006 legislative season with 14 tech-related hearings in two months.
InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Kills Net Neutrality After almost two hours of often contentious debate, the Senate Commerce Committee defeated a measure to insert controversial network neutrality provisions into the panel's ambitious telecom reform legislation.
InternetNews June 7, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neutrality Time on The Floor The moment of truth for network neutrality may arrive as early as tomorrow in the U.S. House of Representatives.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
InternetNews February 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Ensign to Chair Senate Tech Subcommittee The new group will target Universal Service Fund reform and VoIP as key issues.
InternetNews July 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Major Reform of Telecom Act Proposed Legislation calls for eliminating many current state and federal rules for delivering advanced communications services.
InternetNews June 9, 2006 Roy Mark	House K.O.'s Net Neutrality Legislative language to make the controversial concept of network neutrality the law of the land failed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
InternetNews March 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Critics: Telecom Bill Guts Net Neutrality House Republicans previewed a fast track telecom reform bill Monday that promotes greater choice and lower prices in the pay television market but guts broadband network neutrality, according to consumer and advocacy groups.
InternetNews November 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session.
InternetNews November 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Will VoIP Ante up For USF Dues? Lawmakers hope a new plan would expand payment obligations to VoIP providers and cable companies offering Internet telephone services.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC.
InternetNews August 3, 2005 Roy Mark	VoIP Providers Targeted in Rural Broadband Fund New bill seeks to make all two-way voice services contribute to a fund financing rural broadband rollout. The intent of the bill is to ensure all Americans have access to high-speed Internet.
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Compromise in Works For Net Neutrality? Act II of the network neutrality saga opens today on Capitol Hill with possible compromise on the issue in the air.
InternetNews November 20, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Taxpayers Not Keen To Fund Broadband Subsidies A poll of American taxpayers found little support for expanding telephone Universal Service subsidies to include Internet broadband.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Stumping For Telecom Reform at CES Telecom reformers will barnstorm the Consumer Electronics Show -- not for votes, but for help shaping telecom policy.
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Showing Little Interest in Net Neutrality The network neutrality debate resumed today in the U.S. Senate the way it ended in the House of Representatives Thursday night: apparently dead on arrival.
InternetNews May 4, 2005 Roy Mark	GOP Blames Dems for Slow Tech Agenda Texas Republican Tom DeLay says the Democratic party is only paying lip service to high tech issues.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Roy Mark	USF Reform Hits House Two U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation last week to extend Universal Service Fund contributions to Voice over IP and broadband services.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark	GOP Defeats Dem's Net Neutrality Moves House Republicans Wednesday strengthened net neutrality provisions in their working telecom reform legislation but turned back tougher measures demanded by Democrats.
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.
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.
InternetNews March 22, 2004	The Price of a Phone Call The cost burden of telecom services is much higher for very small businesses than for large businesses. A SBA study finds that smaller firms pay four times more per employee for local and long distance services than large businesses do.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
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InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Fresh Start For Net Neutrality? Both the House and Senate will take up legislation today on the increasingly contentious issue of just what is - or is not - network neutrality.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Qwest Revives MCI MCI strikes deal with Qwest for local phone access.
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Failing Grade For FCC's E-Rate Program Lawmakers promise reform legislation to clean up program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.
InternetNews May 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Broadband Policy Show Moves to House Lawmakers see the latest high-speed technology devices during a hearing on telecom regulation reform.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Yang et al.	The Shifting Telecom Landscape With AT&T and MCI going, the Bells will compete with cable and tech companies.
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InternetNews September 29, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Rekindles Hope for Pretexting Bill House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman claims anti-pretexting legislation has a good chance to hit floor before Saturday adjournment.
InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform Debate Enters Third Day While delaying network neutrality vote, lawmakers deal with a vast array of amendments to overall bill.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	Lawmakers Float Bill to Boost Rural Broadband House panel set to consider legislation to shift federal funding to broadband service.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews September 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	IPTV Franchises Waived on in Texas Gov. Rick Perry puts pen to paper on a bill that frees the Bells to provide IPTV in the state more quickly. If the bill become law, it will likely be challenged in the courts.
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 June 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Verizon: IP Video Key to Telco Reform Verizon moved to Capitol Hill in its campaign to reduce entry barriers for incumbent telephone companies pushing new video services.
InternetNews October 7, 2005 Roy Mark	The Hype in The Broadband Pipes Politicians' bold talk of telecom reform is so far just so much hot air. Next year, though, is an election year, so appealing voter issues such as anti-spyware and data-breach disclosure laws will take center stage.
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