U.S. provider giants AT&T Inc., T-Mobile US Inc., and Comcast Corp are under fire from regulators over dangling free data for viewing Web videos carrots in front of customers. The regulators say the offers raise […]
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FCC Cracking Down On Greedy Hilton Hotels Practice Of Blocking Guests’ Hotspots
Hotels have steadily been losing money over recent years due to cell phones, Airbnb and now wi-fi. With respect to the prevalence of cell phones, hotels can no longer charge for room phone usage. Airbnb […]
In A Movement For Net Neutrality, UK Ruling Finds Internet Porn Filters To Be Illegal
Based on a recent vote, the European Union is going to require that all internet providers treat online traffic the same, without discrimination. The ruling will effectively put an end to the “porn filters” that […]
Google Pressures And Wheeler Caves To Make Last Minute Changes To Net Neutrality Plan
According to recent reports, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has made some last minute changes to his plan of net neutrality. The news comes after Google and various public interest groups pressed Wheeler to […]
War Continues Between Streaming Services And Cable/Satellite Companies
It’s another disconnect between cord-cutters and traditional cable/satellite companies. More and more people who presently subscribe to cable and satellite are faced with the annoying requirement to rent their set-top boxes for nine dollars per […]
UK Joins FCC In Requiring Disclosure Of ‘Pay For Play’ Social Media Videos
The United Kingdom’s Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has told those blogging videos (vloggers) on YouTube and other social media platforms to come clean when they are getting compensated to discuss a product. The ruling […]
The FCC Just Affirmed The Right To ‘Bring Your Own’ Internet By Fining Wi-Fi Blocker $750,000
A company which had been blocking Wi-Fi access at convention centers in various parts of the United States, has agreed to pay the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau $750,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Smart […]
FCC Stopping Robocalls, Robotexts, In Latest Move Agency Actually Wants To Help Consumers
It’s been awhile since a U.S. regulator actually sided with everyday Americans. The SEC continues to keep the big banks out of jail despite running criminal rackets, the EPA is toothless thanks to tight ties […]
Charter To Buy Time Warner Cable In Effort To Fight Net Neutrality
Cable companies are becoming increasingly vocal about losing some of their monopoly powers and the latest deal between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner shows the corporate giants will do anything in their power to […]
Big Wireless Companies Think It’s Their First Amendment Right To Mess With Your Internet
AT&T and the other Internet delivery monopolies that are suing the FCC have resurrected the argument, used unsuccessfully by Verizon in 2012, that net neutrality rules violate its First and Fifth Amendment rights. The move […]
FCC Poised To Hit Back Hard If Comcast Sticks To Data Caps
A well-placed source in Washington, D.C. told advocacy group Stop the Cap that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is prepared to take a detailed look at the issue of Internet data caps and usage-based billing […]
AT&T Fined For Price Gouging Poor Via Government Program
Cellphone monopolist AT&T has been fined $10.9 milling by the FCC for overcharging the government on phone plans for the poor. The regulator said the telco over-billed the U.S. government between 2012 and 2013 while […]
Good News: Big Corporations Hate Open Internet
Some of America’s largest internet and telecommunications companies hate the FCC’s new Net Neutrality rules. While the lobby groups complain their squeals mean the FCC got it right and made regulations that have teeth. The […]