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FCC accuses stealth space startup of unauthorized satellite deployment
The FCC has denied a space startup permission to launch a collection of communications satellites after discovering that it had already launched some — after being told not to. Swarm…
Senator Markey officially introduces legislation to reestablish net neutrality
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has introduced legislation to reverse the FCC’s recently published order and reestablish 2015’s net neutrality rules. Although the bill has little chance of reaching the president’s…
The FCC’s revamped internet speed map lets you covet nearby exotic broadband
A big part of the FCC’s mandate is to ensure broadband is rolled out all over the country, and it issues regular reports along those lines — but there’s nothing…
The FCC’s order gutting net neutrality is now official — but the fight is just getting started
The FCC’s “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, which vastly curtails the agency’s 2015 net neutrality rules, has officially taken effect in the Federal Register. It may sound like the end of…
SpaceX is planning to send up a pair of its own satellites in this weekend’s launch, in order to test a proposed space-based broadband internet service. But if you want…
US representatives pile questions on the FCC regarding net neutrality comment process
The order to roll back net neutrality may have been made (though it’s not quite in effect yet), but the fight to restore it is ongoing. Twenty-four members of Congress…
FCC gets ready to kick off $2 billion rural broadband fund
The FCC has taken the final steps toward opening its Connect America Fund 2, which will disburse $2 billion in federal money over 10 years to support broadband infrastructure in…
Details and solutions emerge for missile threat false alarm in Hawaii
A preliminary report from the FCC has revealed additional details about the situation that caused a false missile threat alarm in Hawaii earlier this month. It really was human error,…
There’s no way the government is building its own 5G network
A report this weekend by Axios cited documents from within the National Security Council describing the possibility — nay, inevitability — of a 5G network built and operated by the…
The FCC looks back on a disastrous year through rose-tinted glasses
From the furore engulfing the FCC this last year you might think that the agency had accomplished little but appalling privacy advocates and dancing for its patrons, the telecoms. But…
AT&T’s ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ idea is just a power play against Google and Facebook
AT&T has placed a few full-page ads explaining that it is pro-net neutrality, it has always been pro-net neutrality and that Congress once and for all should enshrine net neutrality…
The GAO will investigate potential fraud in the FCC’s net neutrality comments… in 5 months
The Government Accountability Office has accepted a Congressional request to investigate the possibility of fraud and identify theft in the comments for the FCC’s net neutrality rollback. Several members of…
FCC report keeps faster definition of broadband and separates mobile from fixed connections
The FCC’s yearly report of broadband deployment keeps some crucial definitions in place that some feared would be changed or eliminated to ease the responsibilities of internet service providers. The…
With all 49 Democrats on board, Senate leaders sound off on plan to restore net neutrality
Democrats in the Senate have achieved unanimous party support of the plan to undo the FCC’s recently passed order gutting net neutrality. All 49 Democratic Senators and one Republican are…
It’s time to chart a course for 5G success
The global race is on — and it is time for the FCC to get out of the starting gate, schedule an auction and chart a course for 5G success.
FCC Commissioner Clyburn guts anti-net neutrality order in extended dissent
FCC Commissioner Clyburn’s passionate dissent at last month’s meeting left no room for guesswork on her position on the Commission’s plan to eliminate net neutrality. But it wasn’t all she…
FCC issues final version of order eliminating net neutrality rules
The FCC has released the final text of the order it voted on last month that is set to undo the net neutrality rules established in 2015. This is the…
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s CES appearance has been canceled
If you hoped to attend a “candid conversation” with the FCC’s Ajit Pai at CES, I have bad news: he won’t be there. In a tersely worded statement, CTA head…
The FCC is still tweaking its net neutrality repeal (but that’s normal)
You may think, from the pomp accompanying the FCC’s vote in December to repeal net neutrality, that the deed was done. Not so. In fact, the order hasn’t even reached…
There’s no magic bullet for reversing the FCC’s net neutrality decision
Huge numbers of people are upset at the FCC’s decision to undo its own highly popular net neutrality rules. But the grand plans to undo this mischief being announced left…
The FCC disproved its own claim that net neutrality was an Obama plot
Among the many incorrect claims made by the FCC in promotion of its order eliminating 2015’s net neutrality rule was the idea that the Obama administration had exerted major influence…
Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, California Health Department warns
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning against the hazards of cellphone radiation this week. Yes, the thing we are all addicted to and can’t seem to…
Crunch Report | FCC Kills Net Neutrality
The FCC kills net neutrality, Snapchat launches Lens Studio and Squarespace reportedly raises $200 million. All this on Crunch Report.
New York attorney general announces a multi-state lawsuit challenging the net neutrality vote
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a leading voice in the fight against the FCC’s net neutrality rules repeal, has stepped forward with one of the first legal challenges to…
The FCC just repealed net neutrality. What happens next?
The FCC voted this morning 3:2 to nullify 2015’s Open Internet Order and its strong net neutrality rules, substituting a flimsy replacement with a deeply (and deliberately) incorrect technical justification.…
The FCC officially votes to kill net neutrality
Despite overwhelming opposition from Congress, technical experts, advocacy organizations and, of course, the American people, the FCC has voted to eliminate 2015’s Open Internet Order and the net neutrality protections…
39 senators tell FCC: ‘Abandon this radical and reckless plan’
In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, 39 senators (all Democrats, though Republicans have also voiced concern) urge the agency to stop its plan to eliminate net neutrality rules.…
Comcast reiterates a shifting promise of ‘no paid prioritization’
Comcast has promised before that it does not and will not engage in paid prioritization, and today the company has reiterated that stance — after being called out for having…
Commission Impossible, part two: How enemies gathered around net neutrality
One would think that the classification of internet providers as telecoms or not, and which federal agency has authority over them, is about as in the weeds as it gets.…
More Republicans in Congress criticize FCC’s net neutrality plan
2017 has been a year of bitter partisanship, but it’s nice to see that with some issues, politicians can put aside their differences to oppose something that’s harmful — and…