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VoIP community sees incoming FCC chief Martin as open-minded

Incoming FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin will have a lot to say about VoIP regulation - or lack thereof.So far, the VoIP community seems to be somewhat upbeat. Can't really tell if the sentiments are more out of courtesy or a sense of ideological compatibility - but they do sound sincere.Here's...

Tags: VoIP, Commissioner Martin

Blog posts 2005-03-18

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Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposal

FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin has dropped plans for porn filtering from his proposal for free broadband Internet, the chairman told Ars Technica writer Matthew Lasar. "I'm saying if this is a problem for people, let's take it away," Martin said. "A lot of public interest advocates...

Tags: Commission, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Sales Force Management, Networking, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-30

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?

Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...

Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Also on Nov. 4, FCC passes White Spaces

Little reported amid the torrent of news and analysis on easily the most significant election since Ronald Reagan in 1980 (and given the economic crisis, perhaps the most significant since FDR in 1932), the FCC Tuesday voted in favor of White Spaces, delighting the tech industry and those in favor...

Tags: FCC, Microphone, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-05

FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable

Andrew Orlovsky delivers a scathing attack on the FCC decision against Comcast. Orlovsky's sources tell him the FCC's statement PDF was drafted and then redrafted after the vote, resulting in a self-contradictory document. But the evidence Orlovsky quotes for this alleged schizophrenia is contained not in...

Tags: FCC, Commission, Comcast Corp., P2P, Andrew Orlovsky, Orlovsky, Martin, Orvolsky, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04

FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedent

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday ruled 3-2 that Comcast overstepped its network management authority by blocking BitTorrent peer to peer traffic, but stopped short of fining the cable company. The move clarifies the boundaries a bit for other carriers and sends the message that the FCC enforces network neutrality...

Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality, Network Neutrality Rule, Deborah Taylor Tate, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Dishing It Out

There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...

Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

The Wall Street Journal says in an editorial that FCC chair Kevin Martin is about to screw things up again on the public wireless Internet front. The first time around Martin tried to rig the D block auction to hand 700MHz spectrum over to Frontline Wireless, formed by former commissioner...

Tags: FCC, Auction, Journal, M2Z, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-06

The panelist's nightmare

The panelist's nightmareTuxedo and brown shoesThat pretty much sucks. What was that old "Lonesome George" Gobel quip to Johnny Carson from years back, after following Bob Hope and Dean Martin on the Tonight Show: "Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a...

Tags: Federal government, Larry Lessig, FCC, panelist

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Frontline Wireless folds but Martin 'hopeful' public safety network will survive

Whither the next-generation national public safety network? Frontline Wireless, which had been trumpeting a proposal for a public/private partnership for public safety, announced a few days ago that it was "closed for business." The problem? FW couldn't raise the $128 million bond required to bid on spectrum expected to cost...

Tags: FCC, Network, Auction, Wireless, Safety Network, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-10

Outrage: Verizon Wireless wants to sell your personally identifiable data: here's how you can stop this

  Last week, it was revealed that Verizon Wireless is mailing a notice advising wireless subscribers that if they fail to Opt Out within 30 days, Verizon will begin SELLING their Customer Proprietary Network Information CPNI to "third parties and affiliates". CPNI information includes...

Tags: FCC Commissioner, FCC, Chairman, Verizon Communications Inc., Network Instruments, Verizon Wireless, Customer Proprietary Network Information Information, Federal Government, E-mail, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Online Communications, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-24

FCC: Build wireless emergency broadband network

The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a national wireless, IP-based, broadband emergency network to be built by private companies, the BBC reports. "Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to hear local public safety personnel recount their experiences on the ground during the tragic events of...

Tags: network, FCC, Government technology, Mobile/wireless, Emergency

Blog posts 2006-12-22

FCC Commish's reservations on voting in AT&T-BellSouth merger cheer net neutrality advocates

Turns out that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell wont vote on the AT&T-BellSouth merger.I have to tell you I am surprised. In the last six years, we havent seen all that many Republicans buck the "free market" mantra enthusiastically championed by the GOP. And it is not common that regulators...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Federal government, McDowell, Net Neutrality, Gigi Sohn, FCC, merger

Blog posts 2006-12-19

According to a Washington Post article, the Department of Homeland Security violated a congressional funding ban when it continued to develop a computerized program that creates risk assessments of travelers entering and leaving the United States. "Clearly the law prohibits testing or development" of such computer programs, said...

Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Blog posts 2006-12-11

EU: Rejection of .xxx proof of US meddling in ICANN

The European Commission yesterday reacted angrily to ICANN's rejection of the .xxx domain, calling it proof of US interference in Internet governance, Reuters reports. An EU executive said the decision underscored the need to make ICANN independent quickly, following unsuccessful demands last year by a group of countries...

Tags: ICANN

Blog posts 2006-05-12

FCC frees Verizon from a host of regs

Verizon has been freed from several unpleasant regulations, including having to post its proposed prices with the government and allowing access to its high-speed data lines to competitors, the Washington Post reports. Depending on whom you ask the move frees Verizon from "overly burdensome regulations" (FCC chairman Kevin...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc.

Blog posts 2006-03-21

FCC chief calls for disaster communications group, but VoIP vendors shut out of monthly meeting

At the top of the list of government failures during Hurricane Katrina was the breakdown of emergency communciations services. Today, FCC chairman Kevin Martin proposed creating a new internal bureau in the FCC to coordinate planning and response for communication systems, reports Advanced IP Pipeline. ...

Tags: Michael Copps, VoIP, FCC, commission

Blog posts 2005-09-15

Feds get set for Net rules

Feds get set for Net rulesAny loss of freedom is too much""What we're arguing about is how much freedom people are going to lose on the Internet," said FEC Commissioner David Mason, a Republican. "If we do it right, they won't lose much freedom." EXCUSE ME MR.MASON did I understand...

Tags: Blogging, blogger, Thomas Jefferson, government

Discussion threads 2005-03-24

NFL Draft Day Football Manager 2004 1.0 (Mobile)

Everyone who has managed one or more fantasy football teams for more than one season recognizes the simple need to be able to draft the best players possible in an atmosphere of pure confusion during draft day. Quite simply whether you are a team manager or the league commissioner,...

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Software downloads 2004-07-06