News of the Week; September 25, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Can Price Caps or Virtual Competitors Solve Canada’s Wireless Pricing Problem? (Michael Geist) Net Neutrality Proposals for Tech Platforms Raise First Amendment Concerns FCC loses in court, judges say agency would fail “intro statistics class” Courts Shoot Down Yet Another FCC Proposal For Being Factually Sketchy Sprint took FCC cash for “serving” 885,000 people […]
News of the Week; September 18, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Counterpoint: Big telcos have no business howling over CRTC decision that encourages fair internet prices – Any unfairness pales in comparison to what Canadian consumers have had to put up with for years 50% of US homes still won’t have fiber broadband by 2025, study says AT&T to lose 1.1 million TV subscribers as […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Disruption drags on for some Telus email customers Much Of The Assault On ‘Big Tech’ Is Being Driven By ‘Big Telecom’ Comcast sues Maine to stop law requiring sale of individual TV channels T-Mobile Metro stores sell used phones as new, charge “fake taxes,” NYC says New York City Sues T-Mobile For Ripping Off […]
News of the Week; September 4, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Fraudsters preying on Telus customers impacted by major email outage AT&T’s confusing mess of online TV services even has AT&T confused Unlicensed signal boosters get a boost from Amazon The FCC Doesn’t Actually Know How Many People Have Broadband DOJ ‘Solution’ For Sprint T-Mobile Merger Will Result In Less Overall Wireless Coverage Comcast, beware: […]
News of the Week; August 28, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS The Cultural Lobby Demands for Internet Taxes and Fees: The Forgotten Piece in Canada’s Lower Wireless and Internet Cost Puzzle (Michael Geist) DOJ’s plan to make Dish the fourth major carrier has a fatal flaw The FCC has no idea how many people don’t have broadband access Insights: You Can’t Always Get The Bandwidth […]