(1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created...
FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...
FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....
Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...
The FCC is embarking on a review of several innovations that have now gained critical mass, among them, cloud computing, identity management and government data transparency. by Doug Hanchard
how many years now has this rollout been happening???how long has it been "just around the corner"?..isn't WiMax pretty much irrelevant at this point with 4G 100Mb/s LTE networks about to hit in the next 1-2 years.. who in there right mind would invest in this obsolete tech.. if it...
As my teen niece told meSpeech to text? That defeats the whole purpose of texting! It's SUPPOSED to be "secret" - like passing notes. If you want to talk, then CALL them . . .Misleading headline!!The headline on the front page (http://news.zdnet.com/) says "FCC Chair admits driving while texting". ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported in 2008 that driver distraction is the cause of 16% of all fatal crashes - 5,800 people killed - and 21% of crashes resulting in an injury - 515,000 people wounded. by Doug Hanchard
Gov't fix, oh joyUh yeah, the internet is undecidely broken. This has a strong possibility of leading to usage limits. Comcast already has walked that line because they are behind the curve on their backbone upgrades. Why would a company who is being paid not provide better...
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously today to move forward on a process - expected to take 120 days - that could lead to Net Neutrality regulations. The vote came after the two dissenters on the commission - Republicans Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker - went on the record...
No freaking surprise hereThe rockofeller administrator oops obama administration. Will give you billions to expand your network. So let me get this straight AT&T Verizon etc. Are the internet gatekeeper pimps making money hand over fist. And now are &umb #ss goverment is going to give them more to holly...
The report says the same things we all knew: That the U.S. Government wants to subsidize the cost to deploy broadband to rural areas with incentives. That it needs more reports and analyses and that there are a few application forms to fill out to receive grants. by Doug Hanchard
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...
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
Unfortunately, the right ruling in this caseThough I am still totally for the FCC mandating open access to ANYONE who has a reasonable chance of being a competitor to the cable companies lines.RE: FCC and court save the cable companies againI agree. The challenge for the FCC and similar agencies...
Herring Broadcasting wanted access to a network platform and its programming did not have the quality or ratings the cable companies believed were required to make money. by Doug Hanchard
44 major tech companies ask the FCC to be cautioushttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/322375Examples includeCisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and NokiaThese companies understand the severe impact on the economy from heavy handed regulations.http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/dont-outlaw-successful-business-models-on-the-internet/RE: Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open InternetIt's scary to think that Cox and Comcast might get in uber-trouble from...
The Internet's big guns have signed their names to a letter of support for a continued open Internet, sending it to the FCC this morning, just days before the agency is slated to vote on network neutrality rules. The letter is actually from the Open Internet Coalition,...
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