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Federal court rules against @FCC in Comcast case, lacks authority to regulate net neutrality
As reported by the Associated Press, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia has ruled against the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) failed to show it had the Title 1 authority under the Communications Act of 1934 to … Continue reading
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The past and future of .com: Bill Clinton on the first Internet Presidency [#25years]
How much has the online world changed in the past quarter of a century? In the years since Synbolics.com was registered, hundreds of millions of websites have followed that first domain name. According to the VeriSign Domain Name Industry Report, at … Continue reading
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Executive Summary of FCC National Broadband Plan released [#BBplan]
This morning, the Federal Communications Commission provided an executive summary (PDF) of its National Broadband Plan. I’ve embedded it below. The FCC mobile broadband testing apps is likely to factor into gathering data for those speed assurances. The New York … Continue reading
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FCC goes mobile, launches iPhone, Android apps for crowdsourced broadband speed testing
Test your broadband speed? Yep, there’s an app for that. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) built upon its growing new media prowess with the launch of iPhone and Android applications today. The FCC’s new apps will allow users to test … Continue reading
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National Broadband Plan takes shape with Digital Literacy Corps, USF update
“Despite widespread deployment, nearly a third of Americans have not embraced broadband,” said FCC Commissioner Baker this morning at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Baker spoke at the Digital Inclusion Summit, an event co-hosted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) … Continue reading
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FCC launches Reboot.gov, asks for public input on improving citizen interaction
The Federal Communications Commission has announced a new subdomain to FCC.gov today, Reboot.fcc.gov. “Reboot.gov” is being touted by as the first such website to solicit citizen interaction with the FCC, and follows the launch of broadband.gov and openinternet.gov last year. … Continue reading
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