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8 Sep 2014, 11:53 am by Jon Brodkin
Comcast AT&T and Verizon have asked the Federal Communications Commission not to change its definition of broadband from 4Mbps to 10Mbps, saying many Internet users get by just fine at the lower speeds. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 1:55 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuri_Arcurs) New privacy rules that protect the Web browsing data of broadband subscribers went into effect just two weeks ago, but they could be overturned shortly after Republicans gain a majority at the Federal Communications Commission. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 9:47 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: T-Mobile) T-Mobile USA will soon meet with the Federal Communications Commission about whether its controversial “Binge On” program violates network neutrality rules. [read post]
16 Apr 2018, 11:37 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Internet service providers celebrated four months ago when the Federal Communications Commission voted to eliminate nationwide net neutrality rules that prohibit blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 12:10 am
  Here is how an e-mail described this brief:This Amicus Brief filed today on behalf of NACDL and the Federal and Community Defenders of the Third Circuit ... address[es] in detail the failure of the Sentencing Commission to comply with statutory mandates relative to probation, as applied in particular to tax and other white collar cases, concluding that under the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Gall and Kimbrough judges should be especially free to… [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 12:17 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | LdF) The Federal Communications Commission wants SpaceX to give up a portion of the $885.51 million in broadband funding it was awarded in a reverse auction in December 2020. [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 8:45 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) Two lobby groups representing small and medium-sized Internet service providers have taken the first step toward suing the Federal Communications Commission over a ruling designed to boost competition. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 3:30 pm
Senators Al Franken, Charles Schumer, Michael Bennet, and Mark Begich wrote an open letter to Facebook on Tuesday, urging the company to take "swift and productive steps" to make user information more private and warning that the Federal Trade Commission may get involved if certain concerns aren't addressed soon. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 9:10 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge / Proponents of net neutrality protest against Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai outside the American Enterprise Institute on May 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 1:15 pm by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission passed the current net neutrality rules, via the Open Internet Order, in 2010 during Obama's first term. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 9:12 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Free Press) Net neutrality advocacy group Free Press is gathering signatures on a petition to "fire" Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, who needs a re-confirmation vote from the Senate in order to continue serving on the FCC. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 1:02 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Linda Braucht) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai should explain why he's taken a series of actions that help the business of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Democratic lawmakers said in a letter to Pai on Monday. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 9:49 am by Dan Goodin
A Wi-Fi service provider has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission $750,000 for blocking personal mobile hotspots used by convention visitors and exhibitors so they could avoid paying the company's $80-per-day fee. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 10:41 am by Jon Brodkin
This comes more than two years after AT&T's attempt to buy T-Mobile was dropped because of opposition from the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 9:05 am by Jon Brodkin
AT&T’s lawsuit claims that the ordinance is preempted by Federal Communications Commission pole attachment regulations and violates AT&T’s 58-year-old pole attachment contract with Nashville. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 11:37 am by Jon Brodkin
The bill is short and simple—it would fully reinstate the rules implemented by the Federal Communications Commission under then-Chairman Tom Wheeler in 2015, reversing the repeal led by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in 2017. [read post]
3 Aug 2020, 9:03 am by Jon Brodkin
SpaceX in March received a Federal Communications Commission license for up to 1 million user terminals (i.e. satellite dishes) in the United States. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 5:47 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Jon Brodkin) When President Obama nominated Tom Wheeler to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in May 2013, there was widespread concern the new chairman would push the interests of telecommunications companies instead of standing up for the American people. [read post]
25 Feb 2021, 8:14 am by Jon Brodkin
T-Mobile was third with $9.34 billion as the three biggest wireless carriers accounted for the vast majority of the $81.17 billion in winning bids, the Federal Communications Commission said in results released yesterday. [read post]
24 Sep 2019, 12:03 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Mike Mozart) Sprint has been caught taking millions of dollars in government subsidies for "serving" 885,000 low-income Americans who weren't using Sprint service, the Federal Communications Commission said today. [read post]