Some ISPs aren't doing enough to reduce "massive congestion" between them and Cogent, and if that doesn't change soon, they may face FCC net neutrality complaints threatened by the backbone provider (see 1504060026), CEO Dave Schaeffer said in an interview Friday. Verizon likely won't face such a complaint at the points where that telco's network and Cogent's interconnect, because the two agreed to an interconnection deal, he said. While some cable operators including Charter and Cox never had congestion with Cogent, AT&T, CenturyLink and Time Warner Cable do and that affects those broadband providers' residential customers, Schaeffer said.

Some ISPs aren't doing enough to reduce "massive congestion" between them and Cogent, and if that doesn't change soon, they may face FCC net neutrality complaints threatened by the backbone provider (see 1504060026), CEO Dave Schaeffer said in an interview Friday. Verizon likely won't face such a complaint at the points where that telco's network and Cogent's interconnect, because the two agreed to an interconnection deal, he said. While some cable operators including Charter and Cox never had congestion with Cogent, AT&T, CenturyLink and Time Warner Cable do and that affects those broadband providers' residential customers, Schaeffer said.

The FCC may join European regulators in at least looking more closely at Google’s dominant position in the Internet search market, in light of the agency’s new net neutrality rules, observers said in recent interviews. The FCC is intensifying its look at privacy issues, with a workshop Tuesday on broadband consumer privacy, to be opened by Chairman Tom Wheeler.

The FCC may join European regulators in at least looking more closely at Google’s dominant position in the Internet search market, in light of the agency’s new net neutrality rules, observers said in recent interviews. The FCC is intensifying its look at privacy issues, with a workshop Tuesday on broadband consumer privacy, to be opened by Chairman Tom Wheeler.

Privacy advocates are concerned about the commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems, said comments posted on the NTIA’s website Friday as a preliminary part of its multistakeholder process on privacy, transparency and accountability issues of drones. Comments were due Monday (see 1504200045). More than 50 individuals and organizations filed, including Amazon, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and TechFreedom. Though some backed stringent privacy guidelines to protect privacy, others said Americans are apprehensive when new technologies are introduced and strict rules shouldn't be written for drones because they may hamper innovation.

Privacy advocates are concerned about the commercial and private use of unmanned aircraft systems, said comments posted on the NTIA’s website Friday as a preliminary part of its multistakeholder process on privacy, transparency and accountability issues of drones. Comments were due Monday (see 1504200045). More than 50 individuals and organizations filed, including Amazon, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and TechFreedom. Though some backed stringent privacy guidelines to protect privacy, others said Americans are apprehensive when new technologies are introduced and strict rules shouldn't be written for drones because they may hamper innovation.