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FCC
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Net Neutrality Advocates Looking for Routes to Upend FCC Rollback
Trade and advocacy groups are among the wide variety of supporters of net neutrality looking for a way…
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Net Neutrality Rollback Plan Draws Strong Responses on All Sides
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai this week revealed his plan for rolling back the open internet regulations pushed through…
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FCC’s Landmark Broadband Privacy Rules Draw Praise, Criticism
While advocacy groups cheered the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to limit how broadband providers share consumer…
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FCC’s Set-Top Box Plan Draws Array of Reactions
An FCC plan to replace the set-top box provided by cable operators with an app-based approach was seen…
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Cable Industry: Let’s “Drop the Box” Altogether
Smarting from a controversial FCC proposal involving set-top boxes, the cable industry offered an alternative that gets rid…
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Net Neutrality Court Ruling Strongly Favors FCC; Groups Respond
In the latest twist in the long-running saga involving open internet regulations, an appeals court ruling this week…
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FCC Turns Eye to Business Broadband Regulations
Two decisions last week by the FCC could have wide-ranging effects on business broadband services for both corporations…
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FCC’s Cable Set-top Box Plan Draws Industry Ire
A proposal the FCC approved last week would allow outside companies to sell cable set-top boxes to consumers,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Hilton Latest to Be Fined in FCC’s WiFi Probe
The FCC has accused the hotel chain of obstructing its investigation into WiFi blocking, leading the commission to…
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FCC Probe Questions Business Broadband Practices
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would scrutinize business internet pricing practices, which critics say…
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FCC Fines Vendor $750K for Blocking Wireless Hotspots
In its second major move on the issue, the Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday that it was fining…
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Consumer Groups Cheer After FCC Restricts Robocalls
Advocacy groups such as Consumers Union are cheering a rule change by the Federal Communications Commission that will…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tom Wheeler: The FCC Chairman’s Tense Keynote
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler goes into the lion’s den for his latest keynote speech at the National Cable…
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FCC Open Internet Order Ignites Association Passion
The commission’s long-expected ruling net neutrality in favor of reclassifying internet service as a public utility drew strong…
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Net Neutrality: Groups Respond to FCC Plans With Praise, Frustration
The FCC’s shift on open-internet regulations—coming after advocates criticized a plan released last year—won praise from advocacy groups,…
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FCC Robocall Initiatives Put Business, Advocacy Groups at Odds
Consumer advocates are urging the commission to reject requests from the banking industry to allow so-called robocalls to…
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Hotel Industry Wants Stronger WiFi Signals From FCC
In the wake of a six-figure fine against Marriott for the use of signal-blocking devices, the FCC is…
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Hybrid Theory: FCC’s Net Neutrality Debate Shifts Again
A new net neutrality approach being floated by the Federal Communications Commission tries to give both tech groups…
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Associations Speak Up on FCC Net Neutrality Plan
With the first phase of the comment period on the agency's open-internet proposal closing this week, trade groups…
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Public Broadcasters Express Concern Over FCC Wireless Auction
While the wireless industry is ready to embrace a Federal Communications Commission ruling that sets up an auction…
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Net Neutrality: FCC Approves Fast Lane Proposal, Opens Comment Period
The Federal Communications Commission, which has drawn much criticism in recent weeks for a proposal seen by some…
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FCC’s Tom Wheeler Tries to Clarify Net Neutrality Stance, Again
Less than a week after facing a public backlash on proposed open-internet rules that would allow for a…
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FCC’s Proposed Net Neutrality Changes Draw Opposition, Clarification
Early reports on the Federal Communications Commission's open-internet plans drew a roar of response due to changes that…
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FCC Chair Outlines New Net Neutrality Approach
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler says that the agency is still committed to proposing open internet rules…
