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Increased Costs of AllVid Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DAVID BALTO: The hidden costs of ‘AllVid’

By David Balto

Illustration on threats to Internet freedom by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RANDOLPH MAY: Internet freedom that isn’t

By Randolph J. May

The FCC's Iceberg of Internet Regulations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RYAN RADIA: How to keep the Internet free and innovative

By Ryan Radia

An inmate uses a phone at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, in this June 26, 2014, file photo. The Federal Communications Commission agreed on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, to slash rates on the vast majority of inmate's domestic and international calls to no more than $1.65 for 15 minutes. Fees and other costs, which in some cases have boosted calls to $17 to $25 for 15 minutes, also would be limited. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FCC votes to further cut cost of calls for inmates

By Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2015 photo, Leap commuters use their smartphones during a bus ride in San Francisco. A company called Leap, a bus company that offers rides with spacious seating, free Wi-Fi and attendants who deliver snacks, launched the service last month with morning and evening commutes that follow public bus routes between the tony Marina district and the heart of downtown San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

ADONIS HOFFMAN: The changing media landscape

By Adonis Hoffman

Celebrate Liberty Month: Can Congress save the internet?

By Robert McDowell

More welfare: FCC wants “free” Obama Internet for tens of millions

By Ernest Istook

President Obama takes part in an Internet town hall meeting. (AP Photo)

ERNEST ISTOOK: ‘Free’ Internet service expansion of Obama’s welfare state

By Ernest Istook

FILE - This Feb. 23, 2011 file photo shows three Dish Network satellite dishes at an apartment complex in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

DREW JOHNSON: Stop corporate welfare in wireless spectrum sales

By Drew Johnson

Illustration on Net Neutrality by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CHRISTOPHER COURSEN: Internet no telecommunications monopoly like Ma Bell phone system

By Christopher D. Coursen

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo. South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune speaks at the Performing Arts Center in Rapid City, S.D. First-quarter federal fundraising numbers released Wednesday, April 15, 2015, show Thune brought in roughly $793,000 and that he is sitting on $10.37 million. Thune is up for re-election in 2016. (Chris Huber/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

DREW JOHNSON: ‘Net neutrality’ and how to battle back

By Drew Johnson

Comcast calling off mega-merger with Time Warner: report

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

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JAMES GATTUSO: Net neutrality regulation question awaits answers by FCC, courts, Congress

By James Gattuso

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Dish Network Corp. satellite dishes are attached to a home in Buffalo, N.Y.

DREW JOHNSON: FCC must stop Dish Network’s spectrum auction scam

By Drew Johnson

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on net neutrality. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **

Virginia TV station hit with maximum $325K fine for obscenity

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks during new conference in Washington in this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

TAMMY BRUCE: ‘Net neutrality’ kills First Amendment

By Tammy Bruce

'Net Neutrality' Brings Regulation of the Pulpit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NICHOLAS HAHN: Net neutrality could force regulation of religious sermons

By Nicholas G. Hahn III

Illustration on legal remedy to the FCC's net neutrality regulations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ED FEULNER: Hit ‘delete’ on net neutrality

By Ed Feulner