Cable TV giant Comcast Corp. has confirmed that it has received notice from the Federal Communications Commission that the regulatory agency wants to question Comcast about its delaying (or some alleged “blocking”) of some peer-to-peer Internet traffic. Many consumers and advocate groups have called on the FCC to investigate and fine the service provider for […]
Rural telcos and cable TV firms (often the very same company) should continue to have an influential friend in Washington, D.C., for the next five years. Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein was nominated by President Bush for a new five-year term with the FCC, a nomination celebrated by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, the rural […]
The National Cable TV Association is disputing the Federal Communications Commission’s assertion the cable TV industry has passed the “70/70″ threshold, which refers to networks passing 70% of U.S. households, and 70% of households subscribing to cable TV. Meanwhile, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said the FCC’s claim is based on figures from independent research, but […]
After some in Congress urged the Federal Communications Commission to conduct inquiries into the role telcos allegedly played in federal government’s domestic wiretapping program, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is saying the agency declines to do so. Martin said the FCC doesn’t want to tamper with issues on national security.
This is a predictable stance by the […]
The latest maneuvering in the increasingly contentious 700 MHz auction: Frontline Wireless wants the FCC to bar Verizon Wireless from the spectrum auction because it claims the carrier violated the FCC’s lobbying rules. Within a filing for the FCC, Frontline’s lawyers wrote: Verizon “wants to have it all… Verizon’s tactic of making up procedures to […]
According to a report from RCRNews, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has decided not to fast-track the Verizon Wireless lawsuit against the FCC’s open access provisions in the upcoming 700 MHz auction. The carrier argued for an emergency motion on the suit, claiming that the matter needed to be […]
