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Tag Archives: The Federal Communications Commission
Election Consequences In The Cable Business
A reversal by the FCC shows again that President Obama was right about elections and consequences.
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Deregulating The Cable Box
For cable companies, that set-top box is the gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving.
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ISPs Choose Bankers As Role Models
Abusing customers helped bring down a regulatory anvil on bankers. Now ISPs are following the same path.
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Net Neutrality Does Not Equal Net Utility
If Internet service had been regulated as a utility in 1999, we would still probably connect with state-of-the-art dial-up.
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Cellular Prices Rise, With A Boost From Washington
The Obama administration nuked AT&T’s deal with T-Mobile. Now comes the fallout: higher prices.
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This Pig Is Cleared For Takeoff
With enough wind, even a pig can get off the ground. So don’t be surprised if Justices Thomas and Ginsburg someday agree.
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Broadcast Standards Malfunction
Another Super Bowl brings another crude display by an attention-seeking performer. Once again, it’s time for the lawyers to take the field.
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One Holiday Gift We Can’t Return
Regulators gave consumers a gift by blocking AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile. Unfortunately, this is one holiday present we can’t return.
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How Much Internet Speed Do We Need?
Your ISP sells gazillion-megabit service, and your car dealer offers a vehicle that can do 180 mph. They are equally useful.
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