Last month, in the face of mounting criticism over the FCC’s efforts to document the reach of broadband across the United States, the agency began investigating new methods of data collection. Now the cable industry has thrown its weight behind a Congressional bill that would force a change.Last month, in the face of mounting criticism [...]
FCC issues Notice of Inquiry into US broadband market
Will the FCC finally face up to the reality of US broadband? At least they’re even looking into it. After years of pretending that the US broadband market is a cheery place for consumers, the FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in an effort to understand the behavior of US broadband market participants [...]
Public Interest Groups to FCC: Save Our Spectrum
A new coalition of consumer and media policy groups is urging the FCC to foster open competition and consumer choice in upcoming spectrum auctions. Try to attend the press conference on Thursday, 5 April 2007. With the Federal Communications Commission about to conduct a multibillion-dollar spectrum auction, a coalition of consumer and media policy groups [...]
Wireless Internet over TV frequencies a possibility
A coalition of large tech companies is pushing the FCC to allow use of certain frequencies that are no longer used by analog TV. Given the success of Wi-Fi using unlicensed spectrum, many believe that freeing up more frequencies for unlicensed use will push even more innovation. The “White Spaces Coalition” comprised of some big [...]
FCC classifies wireless broadband as an information service; MAP responds
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has classified wireless broadband Internet access service as an information service under the Communications Act (Act). The FCC’s action places wireless broadband Internet access service on the same regulatory footing as other broadband services, such as cable modem service, wireline broadband (DSL) Internet access service, and Broadband over Power Line [...]
Commissioner calls for a U.S. national broadband strategy
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein called for a “real national broadband strategy” at the recent Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, D. C. But is there any real hope for one?FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein called for a “real national broadband strategy” at the recent Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, D. C. We’ve not seen any [...]
Microsoft and its allies attempt to get around the incumbents
Microsoft and a group of tech companies that include Google, Dell and Intel are attempting to break the telecom and cable companies’ control over Internet access by submitting to the FCC a device that would, if approved, use the TV “white spaces”. Microsoft has submitted to the FCC a wireless device that will use the [...]
Skype wants FCC to open up cellular networks
Arstechnica reports that Skype has asked the FCC to prohibit cellular operators from banning software like Skype from the mobile phones that the operators sell to their customers: “Skype wants the agency to more stringently apply the famous 1968 Carterfone decision that allowed consumers to hook any device up to the phone network, so long [...]
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- EU data roaming price caps save business people 1000 EUR per year May 14, 2012
- Singapore’s nationwide fiber broadband network close to completion May 10, 2012
- Heartland Institute loses donors over stupid billboard ad May 10, 2012
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- Edgewater Wireless Introduces Next Generation WiFi3 Technology May 7, 2012
- EU opens public consultation on reducing the cost of broadband deployments April 30, 2012
- Cambridge, UK launches city-wide white space wireless network April 26, 2012
- Case Study: Improving Wi-Fi QoS and Performance in Rural Environments April 24, 2012
- Why broadband still sucks in rural areas April 23, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 34: Raising Money for a Wireless ISP Business April 23, 2012
- Are Europe’s mobile operators retreating to their homelands? April 19, 2012
- Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi April 18, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 35: Ubiquiti versus Canopy/Cambium for WISPs May 7, 2012
- Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi April 18, 2012
- Why broadband still sucks in rural areas April 23, 2012
- Edgewater Wireless Introduces Next Generation WiFi3 Technology May 7, 2012
- Not good: moving to a captive, closed world for content and Wi-Fi March 1, 2012
- Smartphone owners prefer Wi-Fi over cellular by a huge margin March 2, 2012
- New York City CTO resigns over public safety wireless network debacle April 15, 2012
- Why I dumped my iPhone February 15, 2012
- PCCW completes commercial trial of Next Generation Hotspot network in Hong Kong February 29, 2012
- Lousy cellular connections push smartphone and tablet users to Wi-Fi May 17, 2012
- Cambridge, UK launches city-wide white space wireless network April 26, 2012
- EU opens public consultation on reducing the cost of broadband deployments April 30, 2012
- Testing lab shows Edgewater Wireless outperforms carrier class access points February 14, 2012
- Case Study: Improving Wi-Fi QoS and Performance in Rural Environments April 24, 2012
- San Jose, CA upgrading downtown Wi-Fi network March 12, 2012
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