Net neutrality
The net neutrality deal by Google and Verizon has created ripples over the future of Internet Services.
WHAT HAPPENED: The Federal Communications Commission is abandoning efforts to negotiate a compromise on so-called "network neutrality" rules intended to ensure that phone and cable TV companies cannot discriminate against Internet traffic traveling over their broadband lines.
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are abandoning efforts to negotiate a compromise on so-called "network neutrality" rules intended to ensure that phone and cable TV companies cannot discriminate against Internet traffic traveling over their broadband lines.
THE COURT DECISION: The Federal Communications Commission lacks authority to order cable TV provider Comcast Corp.
WASHINGTON - A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Federal Communications Commission and could even hamper the government's plans to expand broadband access in the United States.
