FCC votes to move forward with controversial net neutrality plan
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to adopt a new notice of proposed rulemaking on a controversial new net neutrality plan that could allow Internet service …
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This is the most ingenious way to protest the FCC’s net neutrality plans
Here’s an absolutely brilliant way to get people to flood the Federal Communications Commission’s phone lines with angry complaints. Ars Technica reports that venture capitalist Brad …
Internet service may soon cost more regardless of FCC’s net neutrality plans
Net neutrality is obviously a very hot issue right now. Legions of web users have taken to Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere to voice their …
This is your chance to ask the FCC about its net neutrality plans
Whichever side of the renewed net neutrality argument you find yourself on, one thing is clear: The FCC’s revised net neutrality proposal is already ruining …
The FCC is pretending to back down from its controversial net neutrality plan
Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler’s plan to let ISPs charge content providers more money to make sure that their traffic gets delivered more quickly is probably …
The FCC can’t handle all the net neutrality calls it’s getting, urges people to write emails instead
The Federal Communications Commission would rather read your thoughts about net neutrality than hear about them. Columbia Law School professor and leading net neutrality activist Tim Wu …
It’s on: Google, Facebook, Amazon and more slam the FCC’s plan for Internet ‘fast lanes’
The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to allow for Internet “fast lanes” has just run into another major roadblock. In a letter sent to the FCC, …
The FCC’s new net neutrality proposal is already ruining the Internet
It may seem melodramatic to say that the future of the Internet in the United States was put in jeopardy earlier this year when a …
FCC chairman Wheeler is just as bad as we thought he’d be
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that former cable lobbyist and current Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler isn’t a cynical shill for big …
Here’s where you can email the FCC to complain about its new net neutrality proposal
A few days ago, we wrote about how you can save the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission has taken a great deal of heat over …
How to save the Internet
Net neutrality died back in January of this year when a U.S. Appeals Court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s 2010 order imposing certain regulations on wireline broadband service …
The FCC will try to bring net neutrality back from the dead in May
As it promised to do earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission is planning to introduce new net neutrality rules that it will unveil next …
FCC votes to end in-flight call ban, but the fight isn’t over yet
The nightmare of in-flight phone calls is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FCC has voted 3-2 …
FCC chairman is fighting to allow cell phone calls on planes
When the Federal Aviation Administration this year announced plans to lift restrictions on the in-flight use of personal electronics, many people cheered. But when word …
FAA mulls letting passengers make in-flight phone calls
Your flights may soon get a whole lot louder. The Wall Street Journal reports that just weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration eliminated electronics restrictions …
FCC unveils new way to keep your carrier honest
You can’t go an hour without hearing an ad from wireless carriers about how they have the fastest, biggest or best 4G network, but do …
FCC chairman Wheeler in favor of legalizing unlocking cell phones
At the risk of stating the obvious, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission thinks that it should be legal to unlock your cell …
Obama’s new FCC chairman isn’t a reflexive shill for carriers, but he’s still a bad pick
When I first learned that President Obama had nominated the former president of CTIA and the National Cable Television Association to be the next chairman of …
Obama poised to name former cable, wireless lobbyist to chair FCC
The chances that the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will investigate ISPs’ use of bandwidth caps now seem decidedly slim. Unnamed sources have …
Activist group demands that next FCC chairman investigate ISP bandwidth caps
Data caps for home broadband services have been one of the less popular innovations ISPs have rolled out over the past couple of years and …
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will step down ‘in the coming weeks’
Julius Genachowski announced on Friday that he will be stepping down as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a position he has held since 2009. …
FCC to investigate cell phone unlocking ban
A new law recently went into effect that made it illegal to unlock a cell phone purchased from a carrier without prior permission. The decision …
Wireless carriers prepare to fight FCC plans for free Wi-Fi [updated]
Given carriers’ past efforts to quash municipal Wi-Fi plans, it isn’t any surprise that they aren’t big fans of a Federal Communications Commission plan to …
FCC plans to free up large block of prime spectrum for Wi-Fi
Good news for everyone who’s tired of shoddy Wi-Fi connectivity in crowded cafes: the Federal Communications Commission is here to help. As CNET reports, FCC chairman …
FCC to auction off an additional 300Mhz of spectrum to mobile carriers by 2015
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday detailed plans to offer additional wireless spectrum to mobile carriers. The agency is on track to free up 300MHz …
FCC potentially frees up more spectrum by approving new auction process
While it likely won’t quench the wireless carriers’ thirst for more spectrum anytime soon, the Federal Communications Commission on Friday took an important step toward …
FCC puts wireless carriers on notice, will start testing their data speed claims
The Federal Communications Commission’s home broadband speed tests have been such a success that they’re now coming to the wireless world. The FCC on Wednesday …
FCC to reevaluate wireless spectrum rules for mergers and purchases
The Federal Communications Commission has apparently taken some industry criticism to heart and is planning to take a long, hard look at how it evaluates …
Next-generation ASUS Transformer tablet revealed ahead of launch
An upcoming tablet from ASUS (2357) recently passed through the Federal Communications Commission’s testing facility equipped with the model number TF500T. Few details are revealed …
FCC smacks Comcast for hiding standalone broadband option
Cable companies just love to sell bundled services for one important reason — it makes them buckets of money — but Comcast last year made …
