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11 Aug 2020, 11:55 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Charter Communications has claimed to the Federal Communications Commission that broadband users enjoy having Internet plans with data caps, in a filing arguing that Charter should be allowed to impose caps on its Spectrum Internet service starting next year. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 3:55 am
Not only did it play a pivotal role in both houses of Congress during debates over proposed communications reform legislation; it also emerged as a key consideration during the Federal Communications Commission consideration of the recent SBC-AT&T, Verizon-MCI, and AT&T-BellSouth mergers. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 9:12 am by Jon Brodkin
A Federal Communications Commission order granting Amazon's application was released Thursday. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 9:01 pm by Kali Borkoski
The second oral argument of the day is in Federal Communications Commission v. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 10:32 am by Jon Brodkin
In an order released Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission granted SpaceX's application to operate consumer and enterprise Earth stations in motion (ESIM) throughout the US. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 10:25 am
"Americans gather their information about the world, purchase products and services, work, and communicate largely through the wired and wireless information infrastructure," Senator Al Franken's (D-MN) 24-page letter to the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice contends. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 6:00 pm by Jon Brodkin
Title II gives the Federal Communications Commission power to regulate telecommunications providers as utilities or "common carriers. [read post]
12 Apr 2019, 2:04 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Mark Wilson ) A committee that advises the Federal Communications Commission on consumer-related matters now includes a representative of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies against municipal broadband, net neutrality, and other consumer protection measures. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 8:40 am
The bill would provide a copyright exemption to certain nonprofit organizations for displays of "a performance of a professional football contest intended to be received by the general public, originated by a radio or television broadcast station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission, or if an audiovisual transmission, by a cable system or satellite radio, if `(i) no direct charge is made to see or… [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 9:26 am by Jon Brodkin
Today, 43 municipal broadband providers asked the Federal Communications Commission to avoid reclassifying them as common carriers, a move that would expose them to net neutrality rules and potentially other requirements under Title II of the Communications Act. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 3:29 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Census (the American Community Survey), Ookla Speedtest results, Measurement Lab (M-Lab) speed test results, Microsoft, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Department of Education and internal NTIA data resources. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 12:55 pm by Jon Brodkin
Republican members of Congress today made their case for legislation that enforces net neutrality rules while limiting the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 11:06 am by Jon Brodkin
Grewell, founder and general manager of Smart Way Communications, had heard from some of his customers that the Federal Communications Commission's new broadband map falsely claimed fiber Internet service was available at their homes from another company called Jefferson County Cable. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 8:28 am by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission will face a lawsuit if it tries to invalidate state laws that restrict the ability of cities and towns to offer Internet service, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler yesterday. [read post]
3 Aug 2020, 1:27 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The Federal Communications Commission today asked the public for responses to the Trump administration's attempt to punish social media websites for alleged anti-conservative bias. [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 10:30 am by Jon Brodkin
NCTA Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler today stated what is obvious to US Internet users: for broadband speeds fast enough to serve modern homes, competition simply does not exist in most of the country. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 2:32 pm by Jessica Mendelson
Blumenthal and Schumer called on the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) to investigate whether such practices violate federal anti-discrimination laws and the United States Department of Justice to investigate whether such practices violate the Stored Communication Act (“SCA”) or Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”). [read post]
30 May 2007, 4:57 pm
Court of Appeals recently ruled against the SEC's exemption, and outcry ultimately caused the Commission to abandon an appeal, that the exemption ended. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 1:55 pm by Neil Schoenherr
And the Department of Energy has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to subsidize and otherwise protect uneconomical coal and nuclear plants from cheaper sources of electricity. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 6:01 am by Deb Givens
Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said in a court filing that mobile chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. should not be allowed to put a sweeping antitrust ruling against it on hold as it pursues an appeal. [read post]