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Charter-Time Warner Cable deal headed for FCC approval
2016-03-16 21:47:04| Telecom - Topix.net
If its takeover of Time Warner Cable goes through, Charter Communications would become the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California. If its takeover of Time Warner Cable goes through, Charter Communications would become the largest pay-TV provider in Southern California.
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FCC Chairman Calls For New Consumer Privacy Regulations Of Internet Service Providers
2016-03-16 06:18:21| Telecom - Topix.net
On March 10, 2016, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission , Tom Wheeler, announced his proposal to empower consumers' control over how their information is used by Internet Service Providers . The Chairman made the announcement in a Huffington Post blog with a corresponding fact sheet of the proposal terms posted to the FCC's website.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. FCC Internet privacy proposal could harm broadband providers - Moody's
2016-03-15 18:42:37| Telecom - Topix.net
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Services said on Tuesday that a proposal by U.S. communications regulators to impose privacy restrictions on broadband providers like Verizon Communications Inc, AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Charter Communications Inc was "credit-negative." U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Thursday proposed barring providers from collecting user data without getting consent as part of a privacy proposal for internet use.
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I'm "Guilty Until Proven Innocent," Claims the FCC Order
2016-03-14 10:40:16| Telecom - Topix.net
Imagine you are in a kangaroo court and the judge and those across the aisle are in bed with each other and have decided -- you are guilty first, even if you didn't actually do anything -- but they also claim that since you could do something in the future, you are guilty. According to Wikipedia, this goes against the long held concept of the 'presumption of innocence' , which harkens back to Roman law: The sixth century Digest of Justinian provides, as a general rule of evidence: Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat 'Proof lies on him who asserts, not on him who denies'.
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Wi-Fi Hotspot Blocking Persists Despite FCC Crackdown
2016-03-13 12:22:49| Wireless - Topix.net
An anonymous reader writes: An examination of consumer complaints to the FCC over the past year and a half shows that the practice of Wi-Fi hotspot device blocking continues even though the agency has slapped organizations such as Marriott and Hilton more than $2 million in total for doing this. Venues argue they need to block hotspots for security reasons, but the FCC and consumers say the organizations are doing this to force people to pay for pricey Internet access .
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