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Maybe someone at the FCC does read Slashdot Or they read New York Times, which Slashdot quoted in the said article. Maybe letters from you don't work, but letters from the FCC usually work. Full Article at Slashdot
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"In light of the Commission's ongoing interest in the issues associated with [early termination fees] and its pending proceeding regarding disclosure of billing information to consumers, we seek a more complete understanding of these practices," the... Full Article at PC World
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FCC ensures the protection of consumer rights, and has directed its wrath at Verizon that has decided to double up its Early Termination Fee, that is, the penalty that one has to pay for getting bored with their phone in lesser time than when the... Full Article at The Money Times
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The US Federal Communications Commission on Friday sent a letter to Verizon Wireless seeking information on why it is charging customers higher early-termination fees for some contracts. Full Article at The Age
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You might say that News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch was in Washington last week in search of a new “Santa Clause.” He came to ask the government's help in securing the gift of better rules on media ownership. Full Article at Broadcasting & Cable
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To paraphrase one of the zillion comments that followed the announcement of the Comcast-NBCU deal: The sky isn't falling. To hear some folks in Washington talk, the merger was between Darth Vader and Lord Voldemort. Hardly. Full Article at Broadcasting & Cable
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NEW YORK — Federal regulators are asking Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on some of their phones. Full Article at Denver Post
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A statement in a story yesterday on the proposed Comcast Corp.-NBC Universal Inc. merger was wrongly attributed. Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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Washington — WashingtonWhen the government gauntlet is run — in about a year from now, according to handicappers — the Comcast-NBCU joint venture will likely get government approval, but not before serious scrutiny on the access-to-content issue,... Full Article at Multichannel News
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Washington — Cable operators representing 86% of cable subs nationwide last week proposed to offer half-price basic broadband service to some 1.8 million low-income households with middle-school-aged children, as long as the government will agree to... Full Article at Multichannel News
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The cable industry's proposal — I won't say modest proposal, because of the Swift overtone — to provide discounted broadband service to income-eligible homes with middle-school students is timely in several ways. Full Article at Multichannel News
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We’ve all had that experience where someone suddenly becomes your “best pal” because they want something from you or can use your friendship in some way. For most of us, that kind of sidling up is excruciatingly transparent and usually disgusting. Full Article at Multichannel News
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Washington — Comcast has joined Mediacom Communications in asking the Federal Communications Commission to look into whether Sinclair is violating the agency’s “good faith” bargaining rules by negotiating retransmission consent for both the stations... Full Article at Multichannel News
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In November, the carrier increased the maximum early contract termination fee for smart phones to $350 from $175. Full Article at Tampa Bay Online
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NEW YORK - The Federal Communications Commission yesterday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break contracts on smart phones. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Comcast Corp.'s chief executive, Brian Roberts, was gushing last week about his company's impending takeover of NBC Universal, saying the deal would give consumers what they want, "which is access to all different types of content on different... Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless seeking information on why it is charging customers higher early-termination fees for some cellphone contracts. Full Article at New York Post
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Yep, total failure. There is no real 3rd party marketplace for CableCARDs and what the network operators provide is limited in functionality while costing the same as a set top box (e.g. Comcrap’s CableCARD doesn’t support on demand). Full Article at Jeff Nolan's Venture Chronicles
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There's nothing like a $30 billion media mega-merger to get public policy watchers' tongues wagging in Washington, D.C. With the announcement from Comcast and NBC Universal that they intended to merge operations, the Free Press and Consumer Federation... Full Article at AdWeek
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the discount on the telephone offered with the contract. The bill would require "clear and conspicuous disclosure" of fees that would need to be prorated so consumers owe half after one year of a two-year contract, the senators said in the statement. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
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Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, delivers the keynote address to the CTIA-Wireless Association convention, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in San Diego.
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: Nominee for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Julius Genachowski testifies during his confirmation hearing on June 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: Nominee for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Julius Genachowski testifies during his confirmation hearing as his wife Rachel Goslins and two of his children listen on June 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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The deal will have to pass through a long regulatory gauntlet. The companies will need to secure the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission, as well as an antitrust sign-off from either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission. International regulators will also likely weigh ...
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The Federal Communications Commission is looking into why Verizon Wireless is now charging a $350 fee to some subscribers who want to break their cellphone contracts early, and sent the company a letter Friday asking for information about the new fee
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As the FCC commissioners weigh the complex and contentious issues, it is vital they are able to hold frank conversations, receive the best information possible, and have the opportunity to benefit from one another's expertise and experience
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This proposed deal raises significant questions about consumer choice and competition, innovation and investment in the media marketplace that merit close scrutiny by Congress, the FCC and the Justice Department
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The FCC will carefully examine the proposed merger and will be thorough, fair and fact-based in its review
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The Comcast-NBC merger gives the FCC a vehicle to explore whether the government should take steps to preserve Internet video as a competitor to cable TV
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The issue of precedents may go the other way ... Even though Justice and the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] have approved every merger that has gone through them over the past eight years, it gives a new incentive for Obama officials to show they are different and more interested in serving the...
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It is imperative that the (Federal Communications Commission), the Justice Department, and the (Federal Trade Commission) rigorously assess whether this transaction is in the public interest.
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Instead, it appears that in 2010 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will focus on their involvement in the broadband development allocation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and net neutrality. Neither of these issues is likely to have a material impact on financials or prosp...
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Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. :( don't blame them. It's the FCC heat.
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Perhaps the network operators were inspired by the upcoming holidays, or they’re simply saving their lawyers for a barrage of lawsuits after the FCC finishes with its net neutrality rules, special access regulations or any number of other topics the agency is investigating
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Despite the FCC's clearly expressed intent to bring regulatory certainty to VoIP service
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Michael Powell, appointed by Bush to be FCC chairman, likes to say 'the market is my religion' ... My conservative economic religion is founded on the rock of competition, which—since Teddy Roosevelt's day—has protected small business and consumers against predatory pricing leading to market monopolizat...
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At the core, the FCC's proposed pre-emptive 'net neutrality' regulations to preserve an 'open Internet' are not at all about promoting freedom but exactly the opposite. Freedom is not a zero sum game, where taking it away from some gives more to others. Taking away freedoms of some takes away freedom fr...
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It is the first major test of the FCC and the Obama administration, in terms of how they want to manage media and technology and distribution policy in this country.
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ABC promoted Lambert's performance to boost its ratings ... Now ABC should have to pay a hefty penalty to the FCC for assaulting its viewers with a debased performance by Adam Lambert.
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I commend Sector Detroit, CGIS, and the FCC for their efforts in locating the source and arresting the violator; and Asst. U.S. Attorney Thomas O. Secor and Special Asst. U.S. Attorney Ted Fowles, of the Coast Guard, for their efforts to prosecute the violator
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Today's vote will send a strong message to Congress and the Federal Communications Commission that they must protect Net Neutrality and make sure the Internet remains an unrivaled resource for economic innovation, democratic participation and free speech online
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The Council of the City of New York calls upon the Federal Communications Commission to codify strong network neutrality principles in order to ensure that the Internet will continue to foster innovation, increase competition, and spur economic growth as well as making the Internet faster and more affor...
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Users could still make calls just like a normal phone, of course. The calls would just be over the data service instead. In fact, this is the exact vision Google proposed back in 2007 when they were bidding on the FCC auctions for the 700MHz spectrum.
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Obama seems to have a 'czar' for everything and too many wield power with zero congressional and public accountability. And considering the radical views of 'czars' like Mark Lloyd, the more information the American people can get on them the better. Do we really want a race-baiting promoter of Hugo Cha...
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Leading this charge or involved in some capacity are at least one commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission [Michael J. Copps], seven national churches, one left-wing billionaire who helps as always with the funding [guess who?]—and last but certainly not least, the White House. Specifically...
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A full-on government investigation of Comcast's network management practices run by the FCC's engineers?
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That's right ... It was a case in which an ISP was caught red handed blocking VoIP traffic, paid the FCC $15,000, and promised not to do it any more. That's not an anecdote, it's an open-and-shut case with big implications for Internet telephony.
SOURCE: Ars Technica
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