Comcast Has Victory Over FCC Subscriber Cap
Comcast and their supporters have achieved a victory over the FCC’s regulations calling for a 30% subscriber cap. The cap has been in place since 1992 when the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act went into effect. Since then it has been a source of contention between the FCC and Cable Providers. The CTCPC [...]
FCC Wants Broadband Defined
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has issued a public notice asking for ‘tailored comment’ developing a national broadband plan. The National Broadband Plan notice of inquiry, according to the FCC public notice, can be defined in a ‘myriad of ways’. “A static definition will fail to address changing needs and habits”. (Public Notice, FCC) The [...]
FCC Promises Change on Data Reporting
Since implementing the Telecom Act in 1996, the FCC has traditionally made Broadband policy decisions based on flawed, incomplete data. The Telecom Act required the agency release quarterly reports on the status of broadband deployment. The information in those reports have been useless with the FCC declaring any zip code that has just one served [...]
Broadband Internet Fairness Act
New York Congressman, Eric Massa has introduced a bill called the Broadband Internet Fairness Act. In short, the Congressman was acting in response to Time Warner Cable and their attempts to experiment in certain markets with tiered broadband bandwidth plans. Time Warner found in this experiment that putting caps on bandwidth availability is much [...]
FCC Poised to Approve White Space Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission appears close to approving the use of unlicensed white space within the broadcast spectrum. The expected approval at the November FCC meeting could enable faster networks.
