Congressional Internet Censorship?
The Internet could change right before our eyes while we try to navigate the web as we know it. Currently under consideration in Congress, and soon the Senate, are two bills that would in effect censor the web in all new ways. SOPA was introduced in October with strong support from the Chamber of Commerce, [...]
FCC Unveils Connect to Compete Plan
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday announced the “Connect to Compete” venture at the Pew Charitable Trust in Washington D.C. Connect to Compete will be overseen by One Economy, a leading non-profit focused on wide scale access to the Internet. According to the website statement “Connect to Compete is a national private and nonprofit sector partnership [...]
GPS Industry Versus LightSquared Technology
LightSquared published an open letter blaming the GPS industry for their company’s difficult attempts in successfully rolling out their nationwide LTE (4G) wireless network. In the letter LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja claims that recent concerns have been raised that the use of LightSquared technology could interfere with current GPS systems, namely systems used by emergency [...]
LightSquared And Broadbands Future
The Virginia based broadband startup LightSquared has experienced highs and lows on their road to revolutionizing the wireless industry. In two rulings, the FCC gave its blessing to Phil Falcone for the purchase of the company LightSquared on March 26, 2010, and for a waiver of FCC rules on Jan. 26, 2011. Since that time some [...]
Spectrum Debate and Government Debt
Congressional leaders have been debating the budget and debt ceiling issues for much longer than any of them care to admit. Those negotiations have been spread over the media air waves and broadcast through the Internet for all to witness, at least as much as congressional leaders care to share. It may come as a [...]
FCC Eliminating Barriers To Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward in their effort to reduce the red tape and local government blocking of broadband implementation. On Wednesday the FCC launched an initiative to increase broadband deployment and eliminate these barriers. The Broadband Acceleration Conference being held on Wednesday will bring together federal, state and local governments as well [...]
White Spaces and the Future of Broadband
In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) are asking the FCC to prioritize actions on broadband white space while adhering to the scheduled Broadband Action Agenda. The National Broadband Plan consist of a total of 360 recommendations, the broadband white space issue is one of [...]
Court Ruling Claims FCC ‘Exceeded Mandate’
Net Neutrality may have taken a heavy hit on Tuesday when a Federal appeals court overturned an FCC ruling that would have forced Comcast Corp., to give equal treatment to all traffic flowing through their network. The U.S. court of appeals for the D.C. circuit ruled unanimously in favor of Comcast Corp. saying, the “FCC [...]
Free Broadband In The Future?
Next week the Federal Communications Commission will be publicly presenting the National Broadband Plan to Congress. In their presentation, the FCC will ask Congress to “consider use of spectrum for a free or very low cost wireless broadband service”. The FCC gave no specific details for this request. Many speculate this request could be a [...]
The Nations Top ISP’s Against Net Neutrality…
This week the nations largest Internet service providers, AT&T and Verizon, warned the FCC that any possible move that would position their companies further under the agency’s jurisdiction would be met with resistance. In a 14 page letter to the agency, AT&T and Verizon were joined by trade groups CTIA and the National Cable and [...]
