Full Coverage: Comcast and Net Neutrality

Nov. 12, 2014 9:11 AM PT

The net neutrality issue has been inextricably bound up with the aggressive expansion of Comcast, the nation’s biggest Internet service provider, and its indulgent treatment by the FCC. Here’s a pacakage of stories about the issue and the company.

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Entertainment & Arts

The war between Netflix and Comcast bursts into the open

It was obviously a little soon for everyone to claim that February’s deal between Netflix and Comcast, assuring the video streaming service more direct connections to Comcast’s home customers, resolved the issues between them.
March 24, 2014
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Archives

Comcast-Time Warner Cable: How a monopoly can get even worse for you

A remarkable amount of cynicism is being expressed in connection with Comcast’s $45-billion offer for Time Warner Cable, a deal that will cement Comcast’s position as the dominant cable operator in America.
Feb. 13, 2014
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Entertainment & Arts

What we can learn from a close look at Comcast’s troubling past

Most of the coverage of Comcast’s audacious acquisition bid for Time Warner Cable has glossed over its record of flouting the public interest in its quest for influence and profit.
Feb. 14, 2014
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Archives

Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords

Advocates of a free and open Internet could see this coming, but today’s ruling from a Washington appeals court striking down the FCC’s rules protecting the open net was worse than the most dire forecasts.
Jan. 14, 2014