"We have encountered no new additional barriers to investment or deployment," more than 40 ISPs tell regulators.

The ANA is seeking to rally opposition to a proposed California law that would require broadband providers to obtain consumers' opt-in consent before drawing on their online browsing history for ad purposes.

Facebook is pressing a judge to dismiss claims by marketers who are suing the company over inflated video metrics.

Requiring Web platforms to filter out "terrorist speech" would "interfere with users' right to communicate and receive information," digital rights groups argue.

The average speed of U.S. Internet connections came to 18.7 Mbps in the first quarter of this year, Akamai reports.

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission proposed fining AT&T $100 million for failing to tell customers with "unlimited" data that they could be slowed to a crawl.