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FCC Hands Down More Fines for Wi-Fi Blocking
2015-11-05 02:01:58| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
"Consumers are tired of being taken advantage of by hotels and convention centers," the FCC says.
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Charter Tells FCC of Commitment to Net Neutrality Regardless of Legal Intrigue
2015-11-04 21:01:24| Telecom - Topix.net
If a $55 billion merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable is completed, the marriage will result in a bigger company that commands about 15 percent of the nation's cable and satellite subscribers and 22 percent of its broadband subscribers. Naturally, concern about the ramifications of consolidation has ensued.
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Monopoly cracking? FCC rules that telecoms can't charge $14 per minute for prisoner phone calls
2015-11-04 03:37:35| Telecom - Topix.net
The Federal Communications Commission is about to get hit with a lawsuit from a gaggle of telecommunications companies who are fighting for the right to charge prison inmates a whopping $14 a minute to call relatives. In a recent decision, [PDF] the FCC voted to cap the prices prisoners pay for phone calls.
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Has FCC "gone off the rails" with latest Wi-Fi blocking fines?
2015-11-04 02:35:34| Wireless - Topix.net
It turns out that critics of the FCC's crackdown over the past year on organizations purposefully blocking consumers' Wi-Fi hotspots might actually have a couple of kindred spirits on the Commission itself. These are the first public statements from commissioners coming out about the FCC's actions against Wi-Fi blocking, which began with a $600,000 fine against Marriott last year and then more recently, against ISP Smart City over the summer.
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Verizon: FCC should avoid creating roadblocks for telcos discontinuing legacy services
2015-10-29 08:20:41| IT Services - Topix.net
As it transitions more of its network from copper to fiber and IP, Verizon says that the FCC should create what it calls a "safe harbor" for discontinuation of legacy TDM-based services. With this safe harbor process in place, service providers would have the certainty and the ability put a plan in place.
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