T-Mobile should stop claiming it has “Best Unlimited Network,” ad group says
T-Mobile won speed tests but didn't prove it had best coverage and reliability.
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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FCC will take public comments on Sinclair-Tribune merger until at least July 12
The FCC will be restarting the informal 180-day shot clock on its review of the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger after it reviews the latest and information from the most recent filing.
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FCC Establishes A Portal for ISP Disclosures
As required by the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, with this Public Notice, FCC establishes a portal for Internet service provider (ISP) transparency disclosures.
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Senators tell FCC that Kids TV Mandate Must Stay
Led by children's TV legislation author Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) a group of Democratic senators have called on the Federal Communications Commission to leave its kids TV mandates in place.
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Chairman Pai’s policies harm Internet users, Commissioner Clyburn says on exit from FCC
In an interview with ars technica, Clyburn says Broadband regulators should actually regulate broadband.
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The Pros of Public Internet Networks (and Lessons Learned)
Incumbent telephone and cable companies, as well as a variety of anti-government think tanks, frequently label community broadband networks as failures. The truth is that the vast majority of community broadband networks, particularly fiber-to-the-home networks, have tremendously benefited their community.
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Telecom industry books major win in municipal-broadband fight
It's been a tough slog for cities and towns that want to build ultra-fast fiber internet networks to benefit residents, businesses and their local economies — so tough, in fact, that virtually none has managed to do it. In May, a ruling by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority further diminished their odds.
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Facebook's Terragraph hopes to replace fiber broadband beginning with 2019 trials
It could replace DSL and cable, or it could lose it all to 5G.
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The left turns up the heat to break up Facebook
A collection of progressive groups will launch a six figure digital ad offensive May 21 telling the Federal Trade Commission to break up Facebook’s social networking empire.
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Treasury Sec Mnuchin urges antitrust review of big tech amid Google scrutiny
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin encouraged the Department of Justice to review major technology companies like Google over concerns related to the potential harm they pose to market competition.
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UK Unlikely to Block Comcast’s Proposed Sky Takeover, Top Official Says
Britain’s culture secretary said that he was unlikely to block the American cable giant Comcast’s proposed takeover of the British satellite broadcaster Sky, the latest twist in a merger battle between Comcast and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox.
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In rural America, digital divide slows a vital path for telemedicine
[Commentary] Telemedicine — the delivery of health care services using communications technology — can be a critical tool for making Americans healthier.
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Boost Mobile Founder Peter Adderton is against the T-Mobile-Sprint merger: Here's why.
The founder and former CEO of Boost Mobile USA says the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger should not happen. Certainly not unless Boost, which is currently owned by Sprint, and MetroPCS, a unit of T-Mobile, are spun off.