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FCC chief grills Comcast on BitTorrent blocking

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2008-02-25 19:52:00 by Anne Broache in Webware.com
...FCC commissioners question Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen on his company's practice of delaying peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic during congested times. (Credit: Anne Broache/CNET News.com Update at 3:10 p.m. PST: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Federal Communications Commission chief Kevin Martin on Monday targeted Comcast's contention that...
 
Tags: service, service involves transfer, service vuze, vuze, internet service, internet service providers, comcast, internet, internet applications
 
 
 
 
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Verizon Wireless CEO, FCC Chair: Be Patient! We're Improving Telecom As Fast As We Can

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2008-05-29 19:36:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...FCC Chair Kevin Martin onstage at same time Walt Mossberg starts off by attacking Kevin Martin over broadband penetration, costs, usage. Throws up chart showing terrible broadband speeds FCC: Defending penetration rates, but Walt complaining about speed. "Speed is a challenge as well." It's important for us to recognize that we need both...
 
Tags: broadband, fcc, wireless broadband, broadband penetration, walt mossberg starts, walt, issues, migratory birds issues, fees
 
 
 
 
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FCC Approves 'Wi-Fi On Steroids': Good News For Consumers, Bad News For Telcos

2008-11-04 17:16:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...FCC has voted to approve the use of wireless airwaves between TV channels -- so-called "white spaces" -- for Internet devices The ruling is a victory for companies like Google (GOOG), Motorola (MOT), and Microsoft (MSFT), who want to be able to access the airwaves for Internet gadgets and services. Even better: They'll be able to do so on an...
 
Tags: fcc, offer internet access, internet access, fcc approves sprint, sprint, fcc approves verizon, verizon, access, devices
 
 
 
 
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FCC To Verizon: Stay Away From Your Ex-Customers (VZ)

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2008-06-23 01:18:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...FCC ruled Friday that Verizon can't solicit its soon-to-be ex customers with special deals after they've already requested to switch their phone service to a cable provider. As the WSJ ($) reminds us , this is a win for the cable companies that pushed this one through the FCC, including Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC What's the...
 
Tags: fcc, phone service, phone, customers, verizon, fcc owned, cableinternet phone service, fcc blows, fcc ruled friday
 
 
 
 
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XM (XMSR) Q2 In-Line, Still Waiting On Ridiculous FCC Approval For Sirius (SIRI) Merger

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2008-07-22 09:38:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...FCC review process . And according to the Motley Fool's Rick Munarriz , the FCC's not making it any easier The 17-month courtship got some pro-merger news on Friday, when it was reported that another FCC member -- Jonathan Adelstein -- is on board. Unfortunately for the satellite-radio providers, Adelstein's proposed concessions go even...
 
Tags: fcc, satellite radio broadcaster, satellite radio, radio, aol radio, fcc chairman martin, sirius, satellite-radio providers, fcc review process
 
 
 
 
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Today's Other Big Vote: FCC To Decide On 'Wi-Fi On Steroids'

2008-11-04 10:15:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...FCC will decide whether to open airwaves between TV channels -- so-called "white spaces" -- for Internet access. Or as Google (GOOG) has called it , "wi-fi on steroids What's the point? Companies like Google, Motorola (MOT), and Microsoft (MSFT) want to be able to access the airwaves for Internet devices and services. Specifically, they want...
 
Tags: fcc, fcc offer, comcast sues fcc, comcast, airwaves, similar airwaves, white spaces, wireless microphone companies, companies
 
 
 
 
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Why Free Internet Won't Happen Soon: FCC Owned By Wireless Industry

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2008-06-06 14:32:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...FCC was set to discuss a plan to offer Americans free wireless Internet access, chairman Kevin Martin has put it on hold, Reuters reports . Why? Think AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ), and Sprint Nextel (S At its next meeting on June 12, the FCC was to consider auctioning off 25 megahertz of unused wireless spectrum that a company could use to offer...
 
Tags: free, fcc, free internet access, wireless industry, internet access, fcc chair, martin, auction, martin insists
 
 
 
 
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FCC To Report On 'Wi-Fi On Steroids' Testing Next Month, Prospects Still Iffy

2008-08-18 11:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...FCC is expected to report its latest test results That's when we'll find out if gadgets submitted by companies like Philips Electronics pass the FCC's muster. These aren't gizmos designed for consumer use. Instead, the FCC is just looking to test the technology that will automatically detect which frequencies of wireless spectrum are being...
 
Tags: fcc, wireless spectrum licenses, wireless spectrum, tv channels, channels, fcc engineers, spectrum, digital tv channels, white spaces