FCC tries to spin that broadband is not telecommunications
Judges prove to be a tough crowd.
A Federal Communications Commission lawyer faced a sceptical panel of judges as it tried to defend its repeal of net neutrality rules and deregulation of the broadband industry.
US Carriers may ignore privacy worries
Until Trump gets his wall
US carriers will be given a free pass to do what they like with customer’s data until President Donald Trump gets his wall with Mexico and the government shutdown ends.
Pai snubs CES again
Blames shutdown
FCC boss Ajit Pai has snubbed the the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) again, claiming there is no funding for such things until Donald Trump gets his wall.
Trump shutters the FCC
Telcos have no watchdog and it is the Democrats fault
The US FCC, which had a pivotable role giving control of the Internet to US monopolistic telcos has had to shut down.
FCC gives carriers control over your texts
So much for the Land of the Free
The Federal Communications Commission voted to give wireless carriers more control over your text messages.
FCC shocked to discover carriers are lying to them
Holy Cognitive dissonance Pai
Donald Trump’s FCC which has been championing the rights of the telco monopolies over the rights of consumers has been shocked to discover that they have been on the wrong side of the truth.
FCC claims Russia meddled in net neutrality debate
Apparently, they were in favour of it
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has admitted that around 500,000 comments submitted during the net neutrality public comment period were linked to Russian email addresses.
Trump's FCC allows Verisign to jack up the prices of .com
One of the last vestiges of oppressive Obama-era legislation removed
President Donald (Prince of Orange), Trump’s FCC has abandoned the cruel and heartless regulation which stopped the Verisign monopoly charging what it wanted for .com addresses.
Hurricane Michael shows FCC why deregulation is bad
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai remains oblivious
After Hurricane Michael hit Florida the telcos were not required by law to quickly restore the phone service – so they didn’t.
FCC says it legally cannot police the internet
Changes definitions to suit its case
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened its defence of its net neutrality repeal, telling a court that it has no authority to keep the net neutrality rules in place.