reader comments 52 with 39 posters participating, including story author Share this story The Federal Communications Commission last week awarded $9.2 billion to 180 broadband providers, saying the money will bring Internet access to 5.2 million “unserved” homes and businesses in rural areas across the United States. But consumer advocates say they’ve found major problems ..
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Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish and equipment in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. reader comments 140 with 104 posters participating, including story author Share this story SpaceX has been awarded $885.51 million by the Federal Communications Commission to provide Starlink broadband to 642,925 rural homes and businesses in 35 states. The satellite provider was ..
reader comments 116 with 83 posters participating Share this story After years of building political pressure for antitrust scrutiny of major tech companies, this month Congress and the US government delivered. The House Antitrust Subcommittee released a report accusing Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook of monopolistic behavior. The Department of Justice filed a complaint against ..
reader comments 56 with 46 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission is taking another round of public comments on Charter’s petition seeking permission to impose data caps on broadband users and charge network-interconnection fees to online-video providers, following a court ruling that may complicate the FCC’s decision. The deadline for comments on ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum van in West Lake Hills, Texas, in April 2019. reader comments 124 with 74 posters participating Share this story Charter can charge Netflix and other online video streaming services for network interconnection despite a merger condition prohibiting the practice, a federal appeals court ruled today. The ruling by the US ..
reader comments 140 with 110 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications has claimed to the Federal Communications Commission that broadband users enjoy having Internet plans with data caps, in a filing arguing that Charter should be allowed to impose caps on its Spectrum Internet service starting next year. Charter isn’t currently allowed to impose ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum van in West Lake Hills, Texas, in April 2019. reader comments 57 with 49 posters participating Share this story Nonprofits and local politicians are lining up to support a Charter Communications petition that would let the ISP impose data caps on broadband users and seek interconnection payments from large online-video ..
Getty Images | DonNichols reader comments 130 with 90 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications is raising the “Broadcast TV” fee it imposes on cable plans from $13.50 to $16.45 a month starting in August, Stop the Cap reported. Charter says the Broadcast TV fee covers the amount it pays broadcast television stations (e.g. ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum van in West Lake Hills, Texas in April 2019. reader comments 61 with 41 posters participating Share this story The Federal Communications Commission is helping Charter avoid broadband competition in New York State with a decision that will block government funding for other ISPs in locations where Charter is required ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle. reader comments 53 with 45 posters participating Share this story Charter is suing Maine to block a new state law that requires prorated refunds when cable customers cancel service mid-month, claiming that the requirement is a form of rate regulation and is preempted by federal law. The preemption question will ..