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AT&T encourages employees to speak out against net neutrality

AT&T's top policy exec - aka lobbyist - has turned to AT&T employees for a last-chance campaign to flood the FCC with anti-net neutrality messages. In a memo that's starting to circulate around the Internet, Senior Executive VP Jim Cicconi tells encourages the employees, their friends and family to "join...

Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cicconi, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

AT&T says cooperation in NSA spying was legal

AT&T says cooperation in NSA spying was legal"We have simply complied with those laws," he saidSo did hitlers soldiers. Filthy cowardly bastards.Booo!!! Hisss!!!![Cicconi may have been referring to an obscure section of federal law, 18 U.S.C. 2511, which permits a telecommunications company to provide "information" and "facilities" to...

Tags: Government, Electronic Frontier Foundation, AT&T Corp., NSA, Cicconi

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

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Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part

Apple, AT&T and Google have responded to an Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the Google Voice app flap. Apple says Google Voice apps interfere with iPhone functionality. AT&T says it had no role in the App Store approval process. If you recall, Google Voice related applications were booted from Apple's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Federal Government, Smart Phones, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-21

FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters)

The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry over AT&T and Apple's rejection of Google Voice and related applications. The FCC sent letters to all three companies (Techmeme, FCC site). The crux of the inquiry revolves around whether and how AT&T was consulted on the matter. The...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Section, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Letter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

ISPs sending RIAA letters - but swear they won't suspend users

Comcast and AT&T have started issuing copyright infringement to Internet subscribers. The question is, is this part of the RIAA's litigation-free "graduated response"? Or just business as usual? Denials are flying fast, but what's really going on is a little less clear. Let's rely...

Tags: Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-25

AT&T is first ISP to bully music pirates for RIAA

updates below It looks like the Recording Industry Association of America has deputized its first Internet Service Provider to police the Internet for music pirates. CNET reports that AT&T is the the first to team with the RIAA following reports in December that the...

Tags: Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, AT&T Corp., Piracy, Music Pirate, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Net neutrality battle will restart in January

The battle over net neutrality is back on. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will introduce a bill in January to preserve neutrality, Reuters reports. Dorgan feels legislation is "definitely necessary," said Frannie Wellings, telecom counsel to Dorgan. But others think the matter could be effectively handled by the FCC. The...

Tags: Byron Dorgan, Net Neutrality, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-14

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ATAre not profits used for re-investment within the company?Anymore?Or ever?RE: ATYou have to be kidding me, he is failing to take into account advancements in network, and IPV6, never mind the software side, especially advancements in compression of video. Does this guy realize that the telecommunications industry changes and advances...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, government, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

AT&T ready to become Internet cop

So Comcast says it is not blocking but slowing certain kinds of traffic in order to preserve the viability of its network. As a cable provider, Comcast is much better able to offer downstream bandwidth than upstream, therefore mostly what it blocks is upstream peer-to-peer traffic, primarily BitTorrent. ...

Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Google ready to bid on wireless spectrum - but their way

Google will bid $4.6 billion -- and no doubt much more -- in next year's auction of wireless spectrum. But there's a catch -- Google will only bid if winners are allowed to lease part of the airwaves to other companies seeking to offer high-speed Internet and other services, reports...

Tags: Google, FCC

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Google dangles a $4.6 billion carrot

Google's $4.6 dollar carrot comes in the form of a potential bid for spectrum in the upcoming 700mhz auction -- but only if the U.S. Government meets all their demands. I am not an expert in the field, but I am guessing Google's promised participation in this auction is...

Tags: Google

Blog posts 2007-07-20

No iPhone for me, thanks to AT&T!

Not content to simply spy on Americans without a warrant, AT&T has taken a bold move forward and decided to work with the MPAA and RIAA two of the most hated organizations on the planet, to eliminate copyrighted materials being transmitted between parties on their network.Tip o' the hat to...

Tags: Apple, Copyright, DRM, Internet Companies, VOIP, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Tech Policy Summit: Silicon Valley missing in action

Earlier this week I attended the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose at the Dolce Hayes Mansion, a southern tip of Silicon Valley. Speakers included top government officials, such as Jon Dudas, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Greg Garcia, the Department of Homeland Securitys cybersecurity czar; Congressman...

Tags: Broadband, General, Government, Green Tech, Legal, Telecommunications, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless

Blog posts 2007-02-28