Now is the time to tell the FCC to ignore all this whining and move forward with its common-sense plans to encourage transparency and accountability.
HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.09.2012
The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced a new plan to expand broadband Internet access by modernizing a program that pro...
Daniel Kent | Posted 12.26.2011
On Oct. 12, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete, a national program to promote broadband adoption and digital literacy. It's a big step in the right direction.
AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 10.02.2011
WASHINGTON — The major providers of residential broadband services in the U.S. deliver Internet connections that are generally 80 percent to 90 ...
Mike Smith | Posted 07.19.2011
A Brookings Institution report says 99% of smartphones will have WiFi capability within the next two years. Goodbye TV? In South Korea 23 million people use digital mobile broadcast. They watch content and TV programs on smartphones.
AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Comm...
GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011
Today leaders in media, government, policy, and nonprofit organizations are gathering in Aspen, Colorado to explore efforts towards universal broadban...
AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections – wading into a bitter policy disp...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections. It's a bitter policy dispute that could...
The Hill's Hillicon Valley | Posted 05.25.2011
The FCC's two Republican members on Thursday said Chairman Julius Genachowski's broad proposal to regulate broadband "risks the credibility" of the co...
washingtonpost.com | Cecilia Kang | Posted 05.25.2011
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, according to sources, even as a f...
Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 05.25.2011
This week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals dealt what looked like a deathblow to "net neutrality," the principle that Internet providers shouldn't get...
AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Fede...
Huffington Post/AP | Joelle Tessler | Posted 05.25.2011
The FCC has taken the wraps off of an ambitious broadband plan that seeks to raise internet connection speeds and increase the number of households wi...
Reuters | REUTERS | Posted 05.25.2011
The U.S. government wants to set minimum home Internet speeds to make the United States the world's largest market of high-speed Internet users, the F...
wsj.com | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 05.25.2011
The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, outlining the hurdles...
Craig Aaron | Posted 04.08.2012