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10 Mar 2008, 5:46 pm
Today’s news about the case being brought by a number of Irish record companies against Eircom (the former State-owned telco and still a very significant player in voice, broadband and other services) is unexpected in terms of its timing, I suppose, but also long ‘overdue’ in that it has been discussed and wondered about for some time. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 10:16 am by Ernesto Falcon
New York retained its authority and expert state regulator over broadband, and was going to literally kick out their cable company for failing to deliver to its residents—forcing the ISP to invest in the state and upgrade its facilities as part of its settlement. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 9:00 am by Barbara van Schewick
Here’s my statement: “I’m pleased that the FCC started the process to bring back net neutrality for all Americans and restore its oversight over the companies we pay to get online. [read post]
” States have also been experimenting with broadband rate regulation in the form of “affordable broadband” mandates. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 10:09 am
  Now these very same companies want to shake down app creators with downloading surcharges and retail broadband subscribers with throttled service or higher fees. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 12:27 pm by lennyesq
LYNCH New York state’s attorney general is probing whether three major Internet providers could be shortchanging consumers by charging them for faster broadband speeds and failing to deliver the speeds being advertised, according to documents seen by Reuters. [read post]
13 Aug 2016, 7:39 am by Corynne McSherry
They should take advantage of this work to create a network of conduits, and then let any company that wants to route their cables through that network, cutting the cost of broadband deployment. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 9:34 am by Katharine Trendacosta
(In particular, the incorrect claims that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would be an adequate safeguard and that companies are unable to compete under the current laws). [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 4:57 am by ernesto
So far that public pressure has been overriding the opposition from major cable and telephone companies (although many ISPs based in California actually support the privacy rules) as the bill continues moving forward. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 12:00 pm by ernesto
However, it has been stalled in the Senate Rules Committee – likely due to opposition from major cable and telephone companies. [read post]
14 May 2015, 6:36 am
  Instead of pursuing new profit centers through vertical integration, such as advertising platforms, Verizon has to acquire AOL due to competitive necessity: “A company with a stranglehold on the connection to the customer wouldn’t need to buy AOL. [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 3:53 pm by Jarod Bona
The cable companies offering broadband (Comcast and Time Warner, and possibly the combined company). [read post]
2 May 2007, 5:32 am
Lawmakers May Refocus Rural Internet Financing - pdf Members of a House committee charged yesterday that a five-year, $1.2 billion program to expand broadband Internet services to rural communities has missed many unserved areas while channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidized loans to companies in places where service already exists. [read post]
29 Dec 2023, 11:31 am by Chao Liu
Next year will bring more fights around broadband implementation. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 7:48 am by Mitchell Lazarus
In part by consulting authorities familiar with actual Internet consumer usage: cable TV companies! [read post]
25 Dec 2019, 10:40 am by Ernesto Falcon
And in Colorado voters are repeatedly approving community broadband solutions with Fort Collins deploying municipal gigabit broadband at $60 a month. [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 10:46 am by Jon Brodkin
A May 2018 report from IEEE Spectrum provided evidence that a satellite company called PointView Tech LLC is a subsidiary created by Facebook to pursue broadband plans under the code name "Athena. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:45 pm by Jon Brodkin
Taramisu Thirty-three companies that make equipment used by Internet service providers today called on the US to avoid regulating Internet service as a utility. [read post]
9 Jun 2006, 8:29 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [PDF text] the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) [text; FCC materials], which requires telecommunications companies to allow law [read post]
2 May 2007, 8:08 pm
  As you guessed it, what that means is the market is still early and there are plenty of opportunities for innovative companies to help move some of that $60b spent on television ads online. [read post]