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Ted Cruz: Net neutrality is ‘Obamacare for the Internet’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

COOPER: Endless craving for Internet control

By Seth L. Cooper

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon participates in a news conference, at United Nations headquarters. More than 120 world leaders convene Tuesday, Sept. 23, for U.N. summit aimed at galvanizing political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015. Environmentalists will take to the streets Sunday, Sept. 20, in what is being billed as the largest march ever on global warming. Celebrities, CEOs and climatologists will appear at a string of events as part of New York Climate Week. DiCaprio has been tapped to talk about the cause of rising seas.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

EDITORIAL: U.N. hands off the Internet

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Marriott fined $600,000 for jamming guests’ Wi-Fi

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - Associated Press

FILE -- This is a Sept. 20, 2009, file photo showing fans in Jacksonville Municipal Stadium stadium during an NFL football game between Arizona Cardinals and the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

FCC votes to end sports blackout rules, but NFL could maintain policy

By Jennifer C. Kerr - Associated Press

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FCC fights back against Internet providers on net neutrality

Associated Press

Reel tender Mo Laussie watches fiber-optic cable as he helps install the cable onto telephone poles in 2001 in Louisville, Colo.

Golden Hammer: Chattanooga chokes on too much fiber

By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler eyes new rules that threaten the survival of black-owned TV stations. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The Internet ‘slowdown’ power grab

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Wed., Aug. 27, 2014 photo provided by ABC, Diane Sawyer signs off on her last broadcast as anchor of "World News," in New York. Sawyer told viewers that it has been wonderful to be the "home port" of the network's news team each weeknight. She will be replaced next week by David Muir. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

EDITORIAL: It’s cable viewers vs. broadcasters on ‘local choice’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Scene from the movie Office Space.

Porn-surfing feds blame boredom, lack of work for misbehavior

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Federal Communications Commission is setting out to unravel the mystery behind the Internet traffic jams bogging down the delivery of Netflix videos and other online content. The inquiry announced Friday, June 13, 2014, by Wheeler will dissect the routes that video and other data travel to reach Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

WILLIAMS: A play for power over the Internet

By David Williams

FILE - In file photo taken Aug. 21, 2010, a Verizon sign is shown at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed that the FCC had authority to create open-access rules. But in a setback for the Obama administration's goal of Internet openness, the court ruled that the FCC failed to establish that its 2010 regulations don't overreach. Under so-called net neutrality rules adopted in 2010 by the Federal Communications Commission, wired broadband providers such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon were barred from prioritizing some types of Internet traffic over others.(AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

GATTUSO: Will net neutrality rules crash the Internet?

By James L. Gattuso

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Federal Communications Commission is setting out to unravel the mystery behind the Internet traffic jams bogging down the delivery of Netflix videos and other online content. The inquiry announced Friday, June 13, 2014, by Wheeler will dissect the routes that video and other data travel to reach Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FCC forced to push back comment deadline on net neutrality rules

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FRISKIES - Friskies&#174; &#8220;official spokescat,&#8221; Grumpy Cat helped announce the third annual &#8220;The Friskies&#8221; awards, for the best Internet cat videos of the year, during VidCon at the Anaheim Convention Center, Friday, June 27, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. Fans can enter "The Friskies" at www.TheFriskies.com. (Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies)

EDITORIAL: Captioning cat videos

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. John Thune, South Dakota Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GOP: The telecom agenda of a GOP Senate

The Washington Times

Karla Santi of Blend Interactive tells how her Web design and development company uses the Internet in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Joining her from left are Michael Beckerman with The Internet Association, Sen. John Thune, and Federal Communications Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly. (AP Photo/Carson Walker)

Thune takes high tech companies, FCC on a tour

By CARSON WALKER - Associated Press

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler eyes new rules that threaten the survival of black-owned TV stations. (Associated Press)

TELFORD: A stubborn devotion to Internet regulation

By Erik Telford

FILE--In this April 18, 2012, file photo, David Tucker, executive director of Vermont's Enhanced 911 Board, holds a smart phone in Montpelier, Vt. Tucker says the state is the first in the country where customers of the four major wireless carriers can send text messages to 911. As of Monday, May 19, 2014, T-Mobile customers in Vermont are now able to text 911. Verizon, AT&amp;T and Sprint began the service earlier. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)

Text 911: Calling for help without making a call

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler eyes new rules that threaten the survival of black-owned TV stations. (Associated Press)

Net neutrality plan meets with bipartisan skepticism

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times