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Cable industry backs broadband bill

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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