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30 Jul 2010, 5:20 am by Jason Power, Tampa, FL
  However, we are happy to announce today that the Federal Trade Commission has taken notice of this scam through Shelton & Power’s BLOG and appears to be monitoring this “Southern Franchise Expo,” hopefully so that no other Franchisors or Franchise Suppliers/ Vendors will be deceived by these types of scams. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 4:43 am
Content Makers Are Accused of Exaggerating Copyright In a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, the group, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, said that the National Football League, Major League Baseball, NBC and Universal Studios, DreamWorks, Harcourt and Penguin Group display copyright warnings that are a "systematic misrepresentation of consumers' rights to use legally acquired content. [read post]
26 Sep 2013, 4:45 pm by Cyrus Farivar
But on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made it a little easier for those in the clink to call home by ruling that a VoIP-powered service called ConsCallHome can continue to exist. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 10:07 am by Jon Brodkin
The rules were approved in October 2016 by the Federal Communications Commission's then-Democratic leadership, but are opposed by the FCC's new Republican majority and Republicans in Congress. [read post]
16 Jun 2017, 9:01 am by Jon Brodkin
But Verizon, which is planning to deploy a lot of fiber to support its wireless network, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to allow One Touch Make Ready in states that follow FCC pole attachment processes. [read post]
26 Oct 2017, 11:12 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla) The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on ending a rule that prevents joint ownership of newspapers and TV or radio stations in the same geographical market. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 2:06 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Nakhorn Yuangkratoke/EyeEm) The big four mobile carriers face fines of between $12 million and $91 million each for selling their customers' real-time location data to third-party data brokers without customer consent, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's office announced today. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 1:47 pm by Bruce Carton
As the Law & Disorder blog observes, AT&T filed a massive document with the Federal Communications Commission last week, arguing that AT&T should be allowed to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion because, well, T-Mobile is a pretty unimportant company with uncompelling products and... [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 11:58 am by Jon Brodkin
The awareness campaign comes as the Federal Communications Commission is considering a change to the standard it uses to judge whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. [read post]
6 Jun 2024, 2:40 pm by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) The Federal Communications Commission wants to verify that Internet service providers are strengthening their networks against attacks that take advantage of vulnerabilities in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 11:05 pm
But while enterprise is necessary to drive long-term economic growth, too much of our business community's time, effort and attention is being consumed by glorified compliance agents on behalf of governments, both Federal and State... [read post]
16 Mar 2018, 10:45 am by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Stephen Melkisethian) The biggest lobby groups representing broadband providers will help the Federal Communications Commission defend the repeal of net neutrality rules in court. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 10:17 am by Jon Brodkin
Six US senators today urged the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice to block Comcast's proposed $45.2 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 11:25 am by Jon Brodkin
The Federal Communications Commission received about 2,000 net neutrality complaints from consumers over a one-month period, according to a National Journal article today. [read post]
15 Dec 2017, 10:46 am by Jon Brodkin
The FCC should impose new rules to essentially replace the arbitration conditions that expire in January, cable company RCN told the Federal Communications Commission in a filing this week. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 7:46 am by Jon Brodkin
Photograph by Matt Ortega President Obama today urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify broadband service as a utility and to impose rules that prevent Internet service providers from blocking and throttling traffic or prioritizing Web services in exchange for payment. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 12:48 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Mark Wilson ) The Federal Communications Commission on Friday issued its annual broadband deployment report, finding for the third straight year that broadband is "being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 1:45 pm by Jon Brodkin
(credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection | Gado) Verizon is defending its practice of forcing customers to switch plans to get a government-funded $50-per-month discount, telling the Federal Communications Commission that this is not the same thing as "upselling. [read post]
28 Nov 2017, 11:40 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has consistently argued that FCC regulation of net neutrality is "a solution in search of a problem. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 8:42 am by Jon Brodkin
The US senators from Comcast's home state of Pennsylvania, who have received nearly $185,000 from a Comcast committee and employees, urged the Federal Communications Commission to approve Comcast's purchase of Time Warner Cable "as soon as possible. [read post]