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Despite claims that net neutrality officially died this week, the FCC has not officially posted the repeal yet. Continue reading Ajit Pai Is Intentionally Delaying His Net Neutrality Repeal and No One Knows Why
“It’s outrageous that California democrats would produce a document that looks like it was literally written by lobbyists for AT&T and Comcast.” Continue reading California Democrats Want to Weaken Bill That Would Protect Net Neutrality
Citing the infamous b5 exemption, the Federal Communications Commission refused to release emails related to the planning of the net neutrality video. Continue reading The FCC Is Refusing to Release Emails About Ajit Pai’s ‘Harlem Shake’ Video
Marsha Blackburn is trying to jump from the House to the Senate—and is losing by 10 points to a Democrat in Tennessee, a state Donald Trump won by 26 points. Continue reading Congress’s Biggest Opponent of Net Neutrality Is Getting Destroyed in Midterm Election Polls
An FCC commissioner says the agency has become a rubber stamp for Sinclair Broadcasting. Continue reading The Sinclair Horrorshow Is the Result of Decades of Failing to Take Media Consolidation Worries Seriously
The Lifeline program provides subsidized communications services to low-income Americans, many of whom rely on it as their only way to access the internet. Continue reading Congress Is Trying to Stop Ajit Pai from Taking Broadband Assistance Away from the Poor
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants to inhibit U.S. telecommunications providers from buying equipment and services he says could give foreign-government hackers a foothold in U.S. networks. A draft FCC proposal, released Tuesday, would prevent companies from using the commission’s $8.5 billion Universal Service Fund (USF) to buy routers, switches, and other gear from companies that “pose a national security threat to United States communications networks or the communications supply chain,” the FCC said in a statement. Backdoors in networking equipment “can provide an avenue for hostile governments to inject viruses, launch denial-of-service attacks, steal data, and more,” Pai said. The USF helps telecoms companies provide service in high-cost and rural areas in the U.S. The FCC plans to vote on the proposal April 17. The proposal wouldn’t be a blanket ban on buying such gear, because telecoms could use their own funds to do so rather than drawing from the USF, an FCC […]
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A new settlement requires Verizon to replace bad cable, defective equipment, and faulty back-up batteries—and to take down 64,000 double telephone poles or pole stumps. Continue reading Verizon Forced to Repair Broadband Infrastructure It Has Literally Let Fall Apart
Or at least restore it as an election issue. Continue reading Democrats Officially Introduce Bills to Restore Net Neutrality
The Los Angeles Community Broadband Project plans to use advances in wireless tech to compete with big telecom and connect the masses. Continue reading These Guys Plan to Beam High Speed Internet to Los Angeles From the Top of a Nearby Hill