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Source: www.technologyowl.com.com --- 18 days ago
The FCC will Vote on a very complex proposal for selling off the 700 MHz's public safety D Block. Three key House reps want the public to have more time to digest the scheme. Read More... ... Source: www.phonescoop.com --- 17 days ago
The FCC will Vote today on the rules that will be placed on the unsold D-block spectrum from this year's 700 MHz spectrum auction. The D-block was reserved for a public safety network. The FCC has been mulling options ... (follow link to read) ... Source: www.moconews.net --- 18 days ago
The FCC says it will cut the minimum bid on a chunk of spectrum that failed to attract enough interest in a previous auction, and held the condition that it must partner with public safety agencies. Reuters reports that the FCC will likely Vote tomorrow on a plan to cut the D-Block spectrum minimum bid to $750 million compared to the previous $1.3 billion. Other requirements are also supposed to change. Previously, investors were unwilling to meet the minimum because the public, private, commercial partnership may be too difficult to work, especially when it comes down to economics. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin proposed earlier this month to cut the cost and split up the geographic areas into 58 regions. Additionally, coverage requirements will be eased. Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when you're on the go. Go here to download . ... Source: www.smartbrief.com --- 3 days ago
The FCC plans to Vote Wednesday on whether to give full-power status to more than 500 currently low-power Class A TV stations - More - ... Source: www.wirelessweek.com --- 17 days ago
If at first you don’t succeed in selling, cut the price and announce a sale. ...
Source: blog.washingtonpost.com --- 18 days ago
With the Federal Communications Commission poised to Vote tomorrow on a new plan to auction off spectrum for public safety first responders, some key lawmakers are urging the agency to slow down. In a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin earlier this week, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John... ... Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 12 hours ago
Back in May, the FCC was to Vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to a company that would dedicate some of the spectrum to free wireless. The winner must reach half the US population in four years and 95% by 2018. On Friday, the agency released a technical report which said that providing wireless over the 2155-2180MHz spectrum would not interfere with T-Mobile existing 3G network. News.com reports that T-Mobile claims the new service would interfere with abutting spectrum it bought last year for $4 billion for... ...
Source: government.zdnet.com --- 9 hours ago
Back in May, the FCC was to Vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to a company that would dedicate some of the spectrum [...] ... Source: www.dslreports.com --- 26 days ago
After 7 months with the HN9000 and dealing with the lack of performance, false FAPing, zero technical support, and a constant stream of DNS errors that take Web browsing down to the level of a 56K dialup connection, I can say without hesitation that this is actually a downgrade in service level. There is no reason to move from a DW7000 to the HN9000 a be a guinea pig for HughesNet. It is obvious that HughesNet would rather spend money with it television advertising to attract new subscribers than spend money to improve the service and support it provides its existing subscribers. So long as it gains more accounts than it loses each month the management must think that their strategy is a sound one regardless of the ethics. It would be so nice to have an FCC that worked for the interests of the public instead of the telecom corporations. Of course I expect that there are people having problems with Sprint, Verizon, Hughestnet, etc who will still blindly Vote for McCain in November and possibly seal their fate for another 4 years. ... Source: www.eweek.com --- 18 days ago
Under a new proposal, the FCC would try to attract takers for the potentially valuable D block wireless spectrum by cutting its minimum required bid in half. The D block spectrum comes with the requirement that its proprietor partner with public safety agencies during emergencies. - WASHINGTON (Reuters) The top U.S. communications regulator will propose halving the minimum opening bid on a piece of potentially valuable wireless spectrum, after an earlier auction failed to attract industry interest. The Federal Communications Commission will likely Vote Thursday on a plan d... ... Source: www.ipmart-forum.com --- 49 days ago
The FCC has decided to refrain from making a decision on certain cellular roaming issues that some carriers are at odds over. The issue being... ... Source: law.usc.edu --- 70 days ago
The FCC upheld a complaint against Comcast, which it said had illegally inhibited users of its high-speed Internet service from using popular file-sharing software. ... Source: clipmarks.com --- 20 days ago
clipped by: davboz clipper's remarks: Speak up against a media completely in the tank for you-know-who. At least register your complaint! Clip Source: www.dequalss.com Did Team Obama violate FCC laws to smear our fair Gov. Sarah Palin? Will the media investigate this with the same vigor they would investigate say, who slept with Paris Hilton last? Will the FCC bat an eye? No. But we can sure as hell flood our “representative government” with a deluge of phone calls, emails and faxes can’t we? Ah never mind, we’ll Vote the same sorry asses in again next go around. This suggests that false rumors and outright lies about Sarah Palin and John McCain being spread on the internet are being orchestrated by political partisans and are not an organic grassroots phenomenon led by the left wing fringe. Our findings follow . Read also: Corporate sockpuppetry for Team Obama? All The Palin Lies Spread By… Obama. Snake in the Grassroots ... Source: feeds.portfolio.com --- 18 days ago
Sam Gustin writes : The Federal Communications Commission's 700 Mhz wireless spectrum auction earlier this year was widely considered a success, with one exception. The D block of airwaves, which was allocated for a joint public-private network to used by public safety officials in case of emergency, failed to meet its $1.3 billion reserve price, leaving the spectrum on the table . Tomorrow, F.C.C. chairman Kevin Martin will ask the commission to Vote on his proposal reducing the minimum bid to $750 million in an effort to attract private investment, according to Reuters. The failure of the D block to sell marred an otherwise successful spectrum auction, which raised $20 billion for the federal government. Verizon Wireless was the big winner, snapping up most of the highly coveted C block of spectrum licenses. Just weeks before the auction began, former F.C.C. chairman Reed Hundt's Frontline Wireless's bid for the D block fell apart, after he was unable to raise enough capital to make a successful bid. Some analysts have questioned whether a public/private partnership for the D block makes economic sense. "There is some sense (among industry) that this public, private, commercial partnership may be too difficult to work as a matter of economics," Stanford Group analyst Paul Glenchur told the news wire. What's more, in today's rapidly deteriorating economic climate, it remains to be seen whether companies will be willing to meet t ... Source: www.moconews.net --- 17 days ago
Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) wants the FCC to act on the "white spaces" issue before November's election, WSJ reports . Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ), Dell, Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) and Google are just some the companies that want unlicensed access to the vacant TV channels for high-speed wireless services, but broadcasters and wireless-microphone manufacturers have fought against any such move. At a briefing in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Alliance, a lobbying group comprised of the aforementioned companies and others, Google co-founder Larry Page said: "All the FCC needs to say is that we will allow people to use the spectrum in an unlicensed way if their devices don't interfere." FCC tests on white-space devices turned up some problems during the summer, but more complete details will be presented to the FCC soon. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants the commission to act before the end of the year, but hasn't committed to anything earlier. Related FCC Will Vote On Dropping Minimum Bid For Spectrum Aimed At Public-Private Partnership Google Launches "White Spaces" Advocacy Site; FCC Expects Decision By Year-End Motorola Provides Updated "White Spaces" Device To FCC For Review CTIA Advocates For White Spaces To Become Licensed Spectrum ... Source: www.portfolio.com --- 13 days ago
The bailout act has just failed to pass the House, getting only 202 of the required 218 votes. This is what happens when you have a free-rider problem: it's in Congress's collective interest to pass the unpopular act. But if the act is going to pass, then it's in any individual's interest to Vote against it, thereby looking noble and on the side of his consituents. The result? Stocks are down well over 5% as I write this. And it could get much worse. Related Links Duly Quoted: Alec Baldwin on NBC Brass Bleep the Bleepin' Bleep! Court Censors F.C.C. on Fines ... Find more results for FCC Vote on RSSMicro.com |
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by Vera H-C Chan I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill, and I sit here on Capitol Hill. If those words have triggered an incessant yet pleasurable hum in your brain, you belong to a generation exposed to Atari video games , Shaun Cassidy , jelly sneakers (when they appeared the first time around), and " Schoolhouse Rock ." Musical cartoon shorts or " educational interstitials ," the '70s-era "Schoolhouse Rock" comprised enlightened breaks between Scooby Doo adventures and Bugs Bunny reruns, and put topics like multiplication, grammar, and history to a jazzy uptempo or moody folk beat. Culling from that vast repertoire, Disney (which now owns the cartoons) has repackaged an election special DVD this week, to help a new generation get in tune during a presidential year and induce random lyrical outbreaks among older folks. Oh, we were suffering until suffrage . Not a woman here could Vote no matter what age, until the 19th Amendment struck down that restrictive rule. Oh yeah! As with all seemingly good acts, ABC's motives to air "Schoolhouse" weren't entirely pure : Consumer activists rebelled against the inordinate advertising time on Saturday mornings targeting kids, and the FCC decreed children's programming had to have an educational component (a ruling lifted during the Reagan years). Oh, elbow room, elbow room , Got to, got to get us some elbow room. It's the west or bust, in God we trust, there's a new land out there... After ...
Comcast came clean with the Federal Communications Commission late Friday, detailing how it throttled and targeted peer-to-peer traffic -- maneuvers it has repeatedly denied. The cable concern said (.pdf) it indeed hit "particular protocols that were generating disproportionate amounts of traffic." The peer-to-peer protocols, Comcast said, include Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack and Gnutella -- vehicles used to transport copyrighted material without the owners' permission. On Aug. 1, when the FCC ordered it to abandon its throttling practices, Comcast denied that it was blocking any services including "peer-to-peer services" like BitTorrent or engaged in any blocking of services. Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice said at the time, "We are disappointed in the commission's divided conclusion because we believe that our network management choices were reasonable, wholly consistent with industry practices and that we did not block access to websites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services." By a 3-2 Vote, the FCC concluded that Comcast monitored the content of its customers' internet connections and selectively blocked peer-to-peer connections in violation of network neutrality rules. The selective blocking of file sharing traffic interfered with users' rights to access the internet and to use applications of their choice, the commission said. "Comcast's practices are not minimally intrusive, as the company cl ...
The non-profit law firm Media Access Project fears the Federal Communications Commission's decision last month ordering Comcast to stop throttling peer-to-peer traffic may never be enforced -- especially under a John McCain administration. That's among the reasons the Washington, D.C.-based group is asking the courts to enforce immediately the FCC's decision of Aug. 1. On that day, by a 3-2 Vote along party lines with Republican Chairman Kevin Martin the swing, the commission gave the Philadelphia-based internet service provider until year's end to halt its practices of blocking data moving in BitTorrent files. "This creates a good deal of risk from our perspective that the order never gets enforced," said Harold Feld, the firm's senior vice president. "Who knows how long before we see Comcast discontinue its practices." The three legal filings were lodged in three different courts of appeals nationwide. The filings contradict Comcast's view on the matter. Comcast has told (.pdf) a federal appeals court that the FCC went too far and abused its authority. All the while, Comcast said it would comply with the order pending appeal. Still, Comcast denies it has done any throttling to its 14.4 million customers, despite the FCC concluding (.pdf) net neutrality rules were breached. "We are compelled to appeal because we strongly believe that, in this particular case, the commission's action was legally inappropriate and its findings were ...
Comcast on Thursday appealed the Federal Communication Commission's order that it stop its controversial practice of throttling file sharing traffic. On Aug. 1, FCC commissioners concluded on a 3-2 Vote that Comcast monitored the content of its customers' internet connections and selectively blocked peer-to-peer connections using the BitTorrent protocol. The commission found that Comcast violated so-called rules of net neutrality. David Cohen, a Comcast vice president, said Comcast would comply with the order, even though Comcast maintains it never throttled traffic. Still, Cohen said the Philadelphia-based internet service provider was appealing (.pdf) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit because the commission went too far. "We filed this appeal in order to protect our legal rights and to challenge the basis on which the commission found that Comcast violated federal policy in the absence of pre-existing legally enforceable standards or rules," he said in a statement. "We continue to recognize that the Commission has jurisdiction over Internet service providers and may regulate them in appropriate circumstances and in accordance with appropriate procedures. However, we are compelled to appeal because we strongly believe that, in this particular case, the Commission's action was legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." The commission's ruling was the first time the FCC ...