Federal Communications Commission Open Internet Order (2010)

Joint Statement by CAGW President Tom Schatz and ITPC Executive Director Deborah Collier on the Latest Net Neutrality Proposal

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

The issue of net neutrality was resolved in December 2017, when the Restoring Internet Freedom Order was adopted at the FCC overturning the 2015 Open Internet Order (OIO).

Key Points: 
  • The issue of net neutrality was resolved in December 2017, when the Restoring Internet Freedom Order was adopted at the FCC overturning the 2015 Open Internet Order (OIO).
  • The OIO led to reduced private sector investment and innovation and slowed down broadband deployment.
  • Warnings that it would be the end of the internet as everyone knew it if net neutrality was repealed proved to be false.
  • Rather than calling it the Open Internet Protection order, it should be called the Close the Internet Order.

Citizens Against Government Waste Releases Statement on Effort to Rescind Internet Freedom

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Today, Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel (D) announced plans to bring back heavy-handed net neutrality rules to regulate the internet by rescinding the Restoring Internet Freedom Order.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel (D) announced plans to bring back heavy-handed net neutrality rules to regulate the internet by rescinding the Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
  • Any effort to undo this progress and restore net neutrality through Title II regulations as they existed under the Open Internet Order will stifle innovation, harm consumers and taxpayers, and provide an opportunity for other countries to take over America’s position as the global leader in telecommunications.
  • While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had been operating in a bipartisan manner, Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has decided to begin the partisan process of rescinding the RIFO.
  • The proceeding will be a waste of taxpayer dollars that should be opposed by every American who wants less government control over telecommunications and more efficient, effective broadband deployment to businesses and households throughout the country.”
    CAGW is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.

Comcast Bringing Internet Service Powered by the Xfinity 10G Network to Arcadia

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Arcadia is the latest community in Florida to roll out these Xfinity 10G Network enhancements, setting the stage for the introduction of new symmetrical multi-gigabit internet options that can be delivered across Comcast’s existing networks with less cost.

Key Points: 
  • Arcadia is the latest community in Florida to roll out these Xfinity 10G Network enhancements, setting the stage for the introduction of new symmetrical multi-gigabit internet options that can be delivered across Comcast’s existing networks with less cost.
  • Comcast expects to complete the network expansion by the end of the summer, making services available in the City of Arcadia, and parts of other areas in DeSoto County, including Nocatee and Lake Suzy.
  • The Xfinity 10G Network with the next-generation Xfinity gateways deliver the most advanced WiFi technology carrying three times more bandwidth to power streaming, gaming, videoconferencing, and more, simultaneously.
  • Most Reliable Connection: Comcast is scaling the nation’s largest and most reliable network – the Xfinity 10G Network – that passes 60 million homes and businesses and counting.