Archive for the ‘fcc’ Category
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Christopher Kuttruff, Truthout, reports: "The Federal Communications Commission has recently encountered mounting scrutiny in response to its broad deregulatory practices. Public frustration regarding the FCC has peaked at a time of fierce debate on net neutrality."Read the full story
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
Congress investigates when corporations ask: "The cable operators are upset about the FCC's attempt to regulate their industry, along with the Commission's decision last year to nullify many of their exclusive contracts with apartment buildings. The telephone companies aren't thrilled about the FCC's 700MHz auction conditions (Verizon even sued), and ...
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
This is an interesting article that argues that monopoly blended cable packages are good for consumers - and actually would keep the costs down. I disagree but it's a well written sparse argument.Read the full story
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
The company is gearing up to make a serious run at buying wireless spectrum, a chunk of the airwaves that can be used to provide mobile phone and Internet services, in a Federal Communications Commission auction in January. Google is prepared to bid on its own without any partners, say ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
If the FCC quickly proposes new rules, "you know your input was dismissed," said Jonathan Adelstein, one the five-member commission's two Democrats. More than 200 people signed up to testify, almost all of them opposed to the proposed rules.Read the full story
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
The big, surprise, seven-hour public hearing about media ownership, announced suddenly just a week ago by the Federal Communications Commission, is this evening in Seattle at Town Hall. You didn't have any plans tonight, right? Actually, turnout is going to be huge, because ticked off activists have been mobilizing. Could ...
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