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Is Google Banning AdSense On Sites It Thinks Have Infringing Content? techdirt.com Stop fanning the WiMAX vs. LTE flame fiercewireless.com FCC chairman wants USF to apply to broadband fiercebroadbandwireless.com Motorola Survey Reveals Shift in Media Consumption Habits Across ...
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The weekend has arrived, so please -- take off your shoes, put up your feet, and share your thoughts in our comment section below. read comment(s)
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For years, ISP lobbyists and their hired mouthpieces have pushed the bogus concept of the "Exaflood" , or the idea that bandwidth demand is growing so quickly, ISPs can't possibly keep up unless they get X . Usually X in this equation is fewer consumer protections, no price caps, the right to ...
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Last summer, Teresa Dixon Murray at the Cleveland Plain Dealer did a great job highlighting a phantom $1.99 fee Verizon Wireless was hitting consumers with -- even when phones were off, phone batteries were dead, Internet access was blocked, or the phones couldn't go online. Many of you at ...
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For years now, the battle against piracy has gone a little something like this: based on sometimes accurate evidence, intelligence firms working for the entertainment industry send the IP address information of users who've shared a copyrighted file to ISPs, who then forward a DMCA warning ...
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Most consumers have made it pretty clear that they don't like the idea of having their online browsing activity tracked, stored and used to sell them additional crap -- particularly without their consent. That hasn't stopped ISPs from quietly selling your clickstream data (then denying it ), ...
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Given they're in bankruptcy because of their botched deal with Verizon, it's not particularly surprising that Fairpoint Communications is working with a bit of a tight purse. Still, while they've not been able to pay their bills, they've still been able to recently hire two new top tier PR ...
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A few weeks ago, you might recall that Verizon decided they were going to raise their early termination fees for smartphone users from $175 to $300 . You might also recall how this annoyed Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar , who wrote to both the FCC and Verizon to complain that the ...
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Clearwire the industry darling again fiercebroadbandwireless.com Sprint drops PTT over EV-DO Rev. A fiercebroadbandwireless.com Mobile broadband technology 'still finding its way' cable.co.uk Will Verizon s LTE require you to buy a 3G contract? muniwireless.com Is Netflix's CEO ...
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Broadband stimulus moves at dial-up speeds physorg.com Consumers aren't dissatisfied enough with broadband, says analyst broadbandgenie.co.uk FCC Requests Information On How Set-Top Boxes Can Spur Internet Viewing multichannel.com Comcast promises not to lock Hulu behind paywall ...
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The FCC has issued a public notice (pdf) requesting input on precisely what it would take to migrate the nation from its legacy circuit-switched phone systems to an all-IP voice network. "In identifying the appropriate areas of inquiry, we seek to understand which policies and regulatory ...
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Whether it breaks the core functionality of the Internet or not , there's very few ISPs left who aren't using DNS redirection advertising. The "service" essentially creates an entirely new revenue stream for ISPs, by presenting users with an ad-laden search portal instead of the traditional ...
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Earlier this week Sprint found itself at the center of a privacy firestorm , after a blogger posted an audio recording of a Sprint executive discussing a new Sprint portal designed to easily hand off GPS-tracking data to authorities. Whereas some companies simply would have clammed up and ...
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Mike Dano over at Fierce Wireless does a nice job running down the specifics for each wireless carrier when it comes to tethering -- or using your phone as a modem. Specifically amusing is T-Mobile, who tells Dano they don't offer tethering and won't support it. This despite the fact that ...
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We've discussed how a significant number of states passed new state level video franchise laws at the behest of phone company lobbyists, but didn't really realize what they were signing up for . Bills that consumers were told would result in lower TV prices by making it easier for phone ...
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AT&T
Comcast and General Electric sent out announcements to the press this morning saying that the long-expected Comcast and NBC Universal deal is official. According to the companies, Comcast and NBC Universal are creating a new joint venture 51% owned by Comcast and operated by Comcast. In ...
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Europe's ISPs object to secret copyright treaty talks theregister.co.uk AOL's New Strategy Is To Fill The Internet With Crap? techdirt.com Will ubiquitous wireless change the nature of urban spaces? muniwireless.com Level 3: Will Acquisition Rumors Come True? seekingalpha.com ...
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While it veers astray from our normal subject matter of broadband-related news, users in our security forum are indicating that Avast antivirus appears to have gone seriously off of the rails. According to users, the application has suddenly decided to flag many safe applications, ...
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While it veers off astray from our normal subject matter of broadband-related news, users in our security forum are indicating that Avast antivirus appears to have gone seriously off of the rails. According to users, the application has suddenly decided to flag many safe applications, ...
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Congress Asked To Preempt State VOIP Regulation multichannel.com Is Allen Stepping Down As Charter Chairman? multichannel.com Carriers split on support for tethering fiercewireless.com Groups urge changes to broadband stimulus programs networkworld.com FCC to Broadcasters: You ...
