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InternetNews November 4, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Expedites DTV Tuner Mandates The Federal Communications Commission Thursday ordered all television sets sold in the United States contain digital receivers by no later than March 1, 2007.
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Tunes in IPTV The Baby Bells converge on Capitol Hill today to sell a Senate panel on clearing the regulatory decks for a rollout of IPTV.
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InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	House Democrats Blast FCC Policies Democrats found fault with the FCC's handling of the AT&T-BellSouth merger, broadband penetration rates, the digital television transition, cable franchise rules and lack of interoperability among first responders.
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005	The FCC's Front Man Talks Kevin J. Martin discusses family-friendly programming, the importance of deploying new tech fast, and how Hurricane Katrina has changed his job.
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 June 19, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	FCC Calls For More And Less Competition FCC Chairman Kevin Martin thinks his commission is on the right path, but a more competitive environment for video, broadband and wireless connectivity across the U.S. is needed.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Spencer E. Ante	Thinking Globally, Stuck Locally Weary of going town to town to get into the TV biz, the Bells want Washington's help.
InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
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.
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.
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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.
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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 September 16, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ Switches On TV Strategy With Hire Verizon taps a TV programming vet as it readies its video over fiber offerings to battle cable.
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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 March 5, 2006	AT&T, BellSouth Join Forces in $67B Merger AT&T announced Sunday it would merge with BellSouth in a $67 billion stock deal, a merger that creates a telecommunications giant with more than 70 million customers across 22 states.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	U.S. Broadband Lines Jump 15 Percent The number of home and business broadband lines in the United States jumped 15 percent to 32.5 million during the first half of 2004, according to new data released by the Federal Communications Commission.
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 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 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.
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.
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InternetNews April 8, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ Joins FCC in Cable Case The agencies ask a court to hold off on enforcing a ruling that could force cable companies to open broadband networks to rival ISPs.
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InternetNews August 29, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC on Verizon's DSL Fee Case The Federal Communications Commission wants some answers from Verizon about a new fee it imposed on its DSL customers.
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InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Consumer Groups Balk at 'New Cartel' Consumer groups urged Congress today to pass legislation barring broadband providers from engaging in what the groups call potentially discriminatory pricing for high speed Internet service.
InternetNews June 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Regulating The Internet Not So New Opponents to a law mandating network neutrality use it all the time, noting Americans should just say no to government regulation of the Internet.
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