The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government, created by Congressional statute to regulate interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and homeland security.
Understanding how bandwidth is priced can be complicated. But if you value the internet, it’s worth trying to understand how it works because large ISPs and certain business models can drive… Read more »
None of those purported public-interest benefits of Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable is any more transaction-specific than the objections raised by opponents. Read more »
The first round of public comments about the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable will close on Monday. Comcast had little to say about internet antitrust issues, but instead… Read more »
I was passed on to a supervisor. Then to another supervisor, and another and another. We went round and round for weeks. Weeks turned into months, during which I was still… Read more »
Tension is building between the telecom industry, which is using state laws to shut down cities from building broadband networks, and the FCC, where chairman Tom Wheeler repeated a warning that… Read more »
Netflix, the online streaming giant, has signed a paid peering deal with Time Warner Cable, meaning that it now has deals with the four biggest U.S. ISPs. Read more »
A complicated auction process, in which broadcasters are encouraged to sell their spectrum to wireless carriers, just became more complicated in light of a National Association of Broadcasters lawsuit that claims… Read more »
The FCC’s recent objective to improve the functionality of our 911 system is laudable — but such regulation could signal danger for entrepreneurs. Read more »
News from the FCC and a federal court decision mean that sports fans may soon see the end of hated black-out rules, which prevent local fans from seeing their teams on… Read more »