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USF and Rural Reform

In a recent conversation with a buddy of mine at a state PUC, we were discussing small rural ILEC's. Many are cash strapped which makes providing advanced services difficult - no cash to buy a head-end (half a million or... Full Story

Posted on July 4, 2009 10:15 AM

Who says the FCC is cleaning up USF Abuse?

The FCC is cleaning up USF abuse. Here's two culprits:MS. CYNTHIA K. AYER. Debarred Ayer from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for three (3) years from the debarment date. Action by: Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement... Full Story

Posted on May 21, 2009 4:54 PM

Who says the FCC is cleaning up USF Abuse?

The FCC is cleaning up USF abuse. Here's two culprits:MS. CYNTHIA K. AYER. Debarred Ayer from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for three (3) years from the debarment date. Action by: Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement... Full Story

Posted on May 21, 2009 4:54 PM

Video Competition at the FCC

The FCC assesses the competition in the video market on the same day that the FCC approves the acquisition of a de facto controlling interest in DIRECTV by Liberty Media Corp. and Liberty Entertainment Inc. (DA No. 09-780) The FCC... Full Story

Posted on April 9, 2009 11:48 PM

FCC Broadband Policy Beginnings

As the FCC, USDA, and NTIA get set to disburse $7.2 billion in moneys to telecommunications companies for broadband deployment, penetration, and mapping along with E-Rate type services and tele-medicine, the FCC has to actually come up with a National... Full Story

Posted on April 9, 2009 11:27 PM

FCC Broadband Policy Beginnings

As the FCC, USDA, and NTIA get set to disburse $7.2 billion in moneys to telecommunications companies for broadband deployment, penetration, and mapping along with E-Rate type services and tele-medicine, the FCC has to actually come up with a National... Full Story

Posted on April 9, 2009 11:27 PM

Strickling to Head NTIA

The Obama Administration has nominated Larry Strickling to head the NTIA. Right now former Sprint exec, Anna Gomez, is running that department as it gets ready to disperse $4.7B in broadband stimulus money. We don't have a set plan or... Full Story

Posted on March 30, 2009 11:20 AM

FCC is 75 Years Old

Acting FCC chief Michael Copps celebrated the 75th anniversary of both the FCC and the Communications Act of 1934 that birthed the agency. In a speech, Copps said, "How do we take this 75 year old agency, charged with implementing... Full Story

Posted on February 24, 2009 1:59 PM

FCC Needs Change

AT&T is back together. The Telecom Act of 1996 has largely been a wipe-out. We have a Duopoly and we have seen more than trillion dollars spent on networks without wiring most homes with fiber - and way less businesses... Full Story

Posted on February 2, 2009 1:09 AM

New FCC Chair Coming

Julius Genachowski will be Obama's nominee for the FCC. For 9 reasons that he might be the right guy, see Fred Wilson's blog.... Full Story

Posted on January 13, 2009 10:47 AM

It's Going to be Limiting

AT&T is testing broadband caps in Nevada. First, cable now Ma Bell. In both cases, the reason may have to do preserving TV revenue than anything. There is concern. It even popped up as a LinkedIn question. DSL Prime is... Full Story

Posted on November 5, 2008 1:23 AM

FCC Voted Today too

The FCC voted today too. They took the Inter-Carrier Compensation and USF off the agenda, much to Martin's dismay."Federal regulators have approved a plan to open up unused, unlicensed portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver... Full Story

Posted on November 4, 2008 5:59 PM

FCC Demands VoIP E911

The Federal Communications Commission issued regulations this week for voice-over-IP service providers to offer Enhanced 911 emergency call services to all customers. The rules were required under the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, which was signed... Full Story

Posted on October 29, 2008 10:54 AM

"Licensed-Lite" White Spaces by WISPA

Washington, D.C. - October 27, 2008 - Many Americans, especially those living in rural areas have never had affordable broadband Internet access.  In a letter filed with the FCC last week, WISPA, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (www.wispa.org), showed... Full Story

Posted on October 27, 2008 12:18 PM

FCC Doing Heavy Lifting

The FCC is holding a meeting on Nov. 4. On the agenda: Inter-Carrier Compensation, Alltel-VZ merger, Clearwire-Sprint merger, and a vote of White Spaces. Lots of heavy lifting on this agenda. Martin wants to give his pals at VZ one... Full Story

Posted on October 23, 2008 3:21 PM

FCC Grants Reporting Forbearance

SERVICE QUALITY, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATING DATA GATHERING. Granted forbearance from legacy reporting and accounting requirements. Seeks comment on industry - wide reporting. (Dkt No. 07-21, 07-139 , 07-204). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 09/06/2008 by MO&O. (FCC No.... Full Story

Posted on September 10, 2008 11:31 AM

Fake FCC Sites

Bad enough the FCC makes bonehead decisions, but now you have to worry that you may be getting a fake site set up by phishers. (Maybe they would do a better job ?) Dear Members: As I am sure you... Full Story

Posted on September 2, 2008 5:02 PM

FCC, Comcast and Muddy Water

The FCC made a ruling on Comcast's network management (or P2P traffic interference). There are 2 blogs that give an excellent view of the ruling - one is from OpenID and the other from Prof. Susan Crawford. I wonder why... Full Story

Posted on August 5, 2008 1:40 AM

AT&T Profits from Forebearance

Gary Kim writes that AT&T's Profit is up 30% in 2Q08, even with an 8% drop in their core busines: landlines. But when you have iPhone 1 and 2, you can add 1.3M cell customers (probably taken from Sprint). Even... Full Story

Posted on July 23, 2008 12:08 PM

Broadband Corruption?

DSLReports.com has an editorial titled, U.S. Broadband Cannot Be Fixed Until You Tackle Corruption. It seems that the new group, Internet for Everyone, has upset Karl. Karl is right in a way. There have been numerous groups over the years,... Full Story

Posted on July 15, 2008 11:19 AM

Wow! FCC Sides Against Verizon

In an epic decision today, the FCC sided with cable (Bright House) against Verizon in the battle over CPNI and customers In this Memorandum Opinion and Order, we reject the Enforcement Bureau's April 11, 2008, Recommended Decision in this Accelerated... Full Story

Posted on June 23, 2008 1:20 PM

768k - now that's fast!

The FCC has updated its definition of broadband from the clunky 200K to the new, faster 768k. Telecomweb reports:"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), following years of criticism and threats of Congressional action, yesterday finally issued an order scrapping its previous... Full Story

Posted on June 16, 2008 12:31 PM

Bandwidth Hogs

According to Om's article about P2P and Broadband Usage, Arbor Networks data shows that Pareto's Principle works:On fixed and mobile broadband networks where consumer services are provided (i.e., NOT interprovider or typical dedicated Internet access for commercial enterprises):10% of subscribers... Full Story

Posted on April 28, 2008 11:24 PM