 |  | | | Top Stories - March 28, 2016 | Cover Story: Wired-Less World 
| | Verizon Communications, a little more than a decade after it launched its Fios TV and Internet service, is moving quickly toward what it believes is the future of the video industry. more | WHY THIS MATTERS: For the past year, the New York-based telco has been on a tear to remake itself into a powerhouse for what it sees as a 5G-powered mobile video future.
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| | Zero-Rating Plans Don't Rate With Net-Neutrality Groups | | Zero-rating plan foes got together over the weekend to collect signatures on a letter they plan to send today (March 28) to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler urging him to crack down on zero-rating plans before they "break the Net." more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Referring to the Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile plans being vetted by the FCC, the groups say the services "distort competition, thwart innovation, threaten free speech and restrict consumer choice." Those are all harms the FCC's Open Internet rules were meant to prevent, they argue, and allowing them would be "a serious threat to the Open Internet." |
| | ACA Calls for FCC Investigation Into Edge Practices | | The American Cable Association, which represents small and midsized ISPs, came out strongly against Netflix's capping of bit rates for some wireless services, calling for the FCC to launch an inquiry into edge provider practices. more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Saying the FCC's approach to net neutrality "is horribly one-sided and unfair because it leaves consumers unprotected from the actions of edge providers that block and throttle lawful traffic," ACA president Matt Polka invoked Sec. 706 of the Communications Act, which the FCC has invoked to take a host of broadband-related actions from net-neutrality rules to preempting state laws limiting municipal broadband buildouts. (Get more coverage of Netflix's throttling under NEWS, below.) |
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