Sentence examples for open access rules from inspiring English sources

But consumer groups charged that Comcast was using a loophole to circumvent the open access rules.

In Europe and Japan, "open access" rules require network operators to lease parts of their networks to other firms on a wholesale basis, thus boosting competition.

Lindberg added, however, that an increasing amount of research is being paid for by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, which are not subject to the open access rules.

Officials said that the commission's decision to invite comments from the industry over the so-called open access rules had been prompted by conflicting court opinions on the subject and did not necessarily mean that new rules would be issued.

At the heart of the matter is a philosophical debate over whether Internet service is a utility akin to telephone service, and should be governed by the same type of open access rules, or whether Internet service is an information service subject to little or no federal regulation.

LL: What we've seen internationally is an explosion of companies competing to provide a commodity, just as we saw in the United States when "open access" rules [which once forced network operators to lease their wires to competitors] encouraged a world of 6,000 ISPs.

"Google's intent was to win the open access rule, and that's what its bidding is about," said Blair Levin, a former senior F.C.C. official who is now an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus.

The scientific publishing world is all atwitter about Representative John Conyers's (D MI) battle this week with defenders of the "open access" rule at the National Institutes of Health.

This open access rule will force service providers to compete on quality and price, not just on exclusive contracts with in-demand products.

The Commission's open access rule is clear that C Block licensees "shall not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice…." The rule also is explicit that C Block licensees may not "disable features on handsets it provides to customers".

Patient advocacy groups have also pushed for open-access rules.