The Washington Post
Net neutrality supporters say they want the FCC to formally reclassify broadband as a Title II service under the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which they argue will allow the agency to apply common-carrier rules to the service and protect the Internet...
Through at least the end of 2020, it will stop withholding access from families who have debt less than a year old (it had previously stopped denying service for debt older than that). In March, it boosted the speed of its plan by 10Mbps to 25Mbps, now meeting the FCC thresho...
The bill does not, however, reclassify Internet as a utility, or adopt the most progress recommendations set forth by legislators, tech companies, and the FCC alike. In addition, the bill would remove the FCC from the decision-making process entirely, and the agency would simply act as a l...
“If we’re dismantling the FCC because of Trump, can one boon, can one silver lining be that we get to say shit and fuck? It would bring a sketch to the next level. Shit and fuck are so comedically powerful.” “Political and economic turmoil may slow down clean energy, but the ...
The FCC's power to enforce such rules only applies to common carriers, and according to the FCC's own rulings, ISPs are not considered to be common carriers. A common carrier is a company that is regulated by the government to provide a service without discrimination. In exchange, these ...
What I didn’t see, though, and is almost never mentioned, is the original rationale for the prior regulatory regimes of the broadcast industry. When the FCC regulated TV and radio under the original “fairness doctrine”, the justification was the limited bandwidth of the RF spectrum- you ha...
“If we’re dismantling the FCC because of Trump, can one boon, can one silver lining be that we get to say shit and fuck? It would bring a sketch to the next level. Shit and fuck are so comedically powerful.” “Political and economic turmoil may slow down clean energy, but the ...
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By Greg Hunter’sUSAWatchdog.comI think the problems we face as a nation are much more important than building a mosque in lower Manhattan. The only reason I am writing about this is because it is an issue that I feel is being used to distract the country from thePROFOUNDfinancial problems...