The FCC's rules regulating Network Neutrality split the Internet. No more is it the Internet, singular; it’s the Internets, plural. Or more precisely, it’s the two Internets: The wired and the wireless. And the new rules leave the latter virtually unprotected. With the rules soon to come into affect this fall, and public interest and industry groups aligning for lawsuits, here's what the fight is all about.

New Media Rights and its affiliates Utility Consumers' Action Network and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse filed Reply Comments to the California Public Utilities Commission investigation into the AT&T - T-mobile merger.  After attending the innovation and consumer workshops, and reading a mountain of additional paperwork, we're more convinced than ever that the CPUC should recommend denial of the merger.

We talk about specific reasons why in our comments, and also suggest that in the event the Commission does choose to recommend to the FCC to approve with the merger, some significant conditions should be placed in California.

Please join me in welcoming our newest Advocate, Shaun Spalding, to the New Media Rights team.

Shaun has a video production and creative background to go with his legal skills, which he has contributed already as a Legal Intern with New Media Rights.

He is a recent graduate of California Western School of Law with a passion for internet and intellectual property law. We are thrilled to have Shaun on the team helping us provide assistance to the hundreds of internet users and creators that rely on New Media Rights for assistance.