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Congress has asked some of the country's largest broadband providers and tech companies to testify at an upcoming hearing about Net Neutrality. Watchdog Free Press Action Fund criticized Rep. Greg Walden for apparently failing to invite small companies or consumer advocates to the hearing.

Trump’s FCC chief, Ajit Pai, was in the hot seat Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Democratic lawmakers are not happy with President Trump's top telecom regulator, former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai. And that's putting it mildly.

It’s hardly surprising that Sinclair would face speculation over its plans for the future. The company is already the nation’s largest owner of TV stations, and it will grow to an unprecedented size if the FCC approves its bid for Tribune Media. And Sinclair has drawn more and more fire from critics — notably HBO’s John Oliver — for the increasingly conservative tilt to its local newscasts through “must-run” commentary segments and coverage decisions mandated at the corporate level.

Faced with reports that it was slowing down mobile video streams, Verizon acknowledged on Friday that it was testing a new traffic-management system.

I've been thinking about news that surfaced last week around Verizon throttling speeds for video content on its wireless network. Customers reported seeing their speeds capped at about 10 megabits per second for Netflix and YouTube streaming, and some suggested the caps were causing performance issues by degrading video quality.

Critics of the Sinclair-Tribune merger, including Free Press, a Washington advocacy group, have accused Sinclair of trading sycophancy for favorable regulation.

Grassroots effort to tap into cash from the sale of public airwaves will continue through the summer and into 2018 if need be, Free Press Action Fund organizers say.

Make no mistake: Net Neutrality is one of the defining workers’ rights and civil rights issue of our time. We all know the internet is driving changes in culture, politics and the economy. It is also one of the key spaces where workers can organize.

If you like being able to access any website you choose and have it load at the same speed as any other site, then guess what? You are a fan of Net Neutrality.

Remember the old days of dial-up, when it could take hours, sometimes days, to load a video clip online? Well, get used it — that could once again be the reality of surfing the web if Net Neutrality regulations are abolished.