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ISPs keep giving false broadband coverage data to the FCC, groups say

February 23, 2024

Via: ArsTechnica

Internet service providers are still providing false coverage information to the Federal Communications Commission, and the FCC process for challenging errors isn’t good enough to handle all the false claims, the agency was told by several groups this week. The […]


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FCC prohibits ‘digital discrimination’ in new broadband rules

November 15, 2023

Via: StateScoop

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to formally adopt rules intended to enable equal access to broadband internet by prohibiting “digital discrimination” by service providers. The adoption of the rules, which were first published as a public draft at […]


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US studying 2,786 megahertz of spectrum to fuel “next-generation” services

November 14, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

The Biden administration is studying 2,786 megahertz of spectrum that could be reallocated for purposes including wireless broadband networks, satellites, and drones, the White House said today. Some of the spectrum bands were already being investigated by federal agencies, though […]


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Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices

November 8, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

Internet service providers and their lobby groups are fighting a US plan to prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services. In particular, ISPs want the Federal Communications Commission to drop the plan’s proposal to require that prices charged to consumers […]


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Once again the FCC votes 3-2 to reinstitute Title II net neutrality rules

October 19, 2023

Via: TechSpot

On Thursday, the FCC voted 3-2 to reinstate “net neutrality” rules. The proposal will essentially classify internet service providers as public utilities governed under Title II instead of Title I. The FCC claims the rules would prevent broadband providers from […]


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The FCC is preparing to restore net neutrality in the US

September 27, 2023

Via: TechSpot

The US implemented net neutrality rules at the national level during the Obama Administration in 2015. These rules classified internet broadband as “telecommunication services” under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act, which regulated ISPs as common carriers or utilities. […]


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Government websites are loaded with misinformation, and that’s a big problem for AI

August 28, 2023

Via: Government Executive

As artificial intelligence proliferates, so do concerns about AI-grown misinformation. AI systems like ChatGPT and other algorithms learn from the text and data that they’re fed. If the input data is bad, so it the output—thus the aphorism “garbage in; […]


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Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments

August 3, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

A group of Internet service providers that won government grants are asking the Federal Communication Commission for more money or an “amnesty window” in which they could give up grants without penalty. The ISPs were awarded grants to build broadband […]


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Colorado kills law that made it harder for cities to offer Internet service

May 2, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

Colorado yesterday eliminated an 18-year-old state law that made it harder for cities and towns to offer broadband Internet service. The 2005 law required local governments to hold an election before offering cable television or telecommunications service, a process that […]


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Colorado officials hope broadband map challenges increase BEAD prize

April 26, 2023

Via: StateScoop

Officials in Colorado said they’ve been aggressively collecting challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s nationwide broadband map ahead of the June 30 deadline for the U.S. Commerce Department to award $42.5 billion in high-speed internet grants. By submitting enough corrections […]


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US Air Force pays $75.5 million for 25,000 sq. mile wireless network to protect its nuclear silos, share data

March 7, 2023

Via: TechSpot

Persistent Systems will roll out its Infrastructure-based Regional Operation Network (IRON) for The Air Force Global Strike Command, creating a secure unified network for 400 operational Minuteman III intercontinental-range nuclear missile silos located across the US, writes Interesting Engineering. Serving […]


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Harris to promote broadband in South Carolina as 2024 looms

February 27, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting the Biden administration’s achievements on broadband internet access during a visit to South Carolina, recently minted as the site of Democrats’ first presidential votes of the 2024 campaign. Harris’ trip on Monday, her fourth […]


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Starlink, Verizon, and T-Mobile made shaky claims on FCC coverage map

February 13, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

Multiple Internet service providers have submitted false availability data to the federal government for a map that will be used to determine which parts of the US get access to a $42.45 billion broadband fund. We wrote about Comcast’s false […]


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Prosecutors to Congress: Let state prisons jam cellphones

January 25, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

Top state prosecutors from across the country are again urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state prisons to jam the signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates, devices the attorneys argue allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes. “Simply, […]


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FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can’t handle 5G signals

January 10, 2023

Via: ArsTechnica

The Federal Aviation Administration will give airlines another year to fix or replace airplane altimeters that can’t filter out cellular transmissions from outside their allotted frequencies. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) released today, the FAA proposed a deadline […]


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FCC’s new National Broadband Map offers granular look at service and gaps

November 21, 2022

Via: FCW

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday released an initial draft of a national map showing in greater detail than ever before what locations in the country have broadband service. The move is a major step toward making sure roughly $42 […]


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FCC has approved $6 billion in broadband grants despite rejecting Starlink

September 1, 2022

Via: ArsTechnica

Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today, the FCC announced $791.6 million for six broadband providers, covering network expansions to over 350,000 homes and businesses in […]


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Forget 5G wireless, SpaceX and T-Mobile want to offer Zero-G coverage

August 26, 2022

Via: ArsTechnica

SpaceX and T-Mobile announced an ambitious plan on Thursday evening to provide ubiquitous connectivity from space to anyone with a cell phone. The project would pair SpaceX’s Starlink satellite technology with the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, T-Mobile […]


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Court rules FCC is allowed to reassign 5.9 GHz bandwidth, killing V2X

August 16, 2022

Via: ArsTechnica

The long-running saga of V2X (vehicle to everything), a system that uses part of the wireless spectrum to allow vehicles to communicate with our road infrastructure and each other, appears to finally be over. On Friday, the US Court of […]


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How to Fill the Void in NetOps Visibility to Reduce Risk

July 7, 2022

Via: CIO

‘Mind the gap’ is an automated announcement used by London Underground for more than 50 years to warn passengers about the gap between the train and the platform edge. It’s a message that would resonate well in IT operations. Enterprises […]