Jon Festinger
News of the Week; September 2, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS D.C. Circuit Casts Doubt on FCC’s Authority to Impose Merger Conditions Yet Another Study Shows U.S. 5G Is Far Slower Than Many Other Nations SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency U.S. Cable Broadband Monopolies Close In On 70% Broadband Market Share Small Satellite Operators’ C-Band Challenge Rejected by […]
News of the Week; August 26, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Bizarre Court Ruling Helps Cable Broadband Monopoly Charter Tap Dance Around Merger Conditions AT&T, T-Mobile fight speed tests that could prove their coverage maps wrong Commerce Department Further Restricts Huawei Access to U.S. Technology Abroad and Expands Reach of Entity List Zombie BlackBerrys! QWERTY BlackBerry Android phones are coming back Regulators Are Ignoring How […]
News of the Week; August 19, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Trump, Big Telecom Continue Quest To Ban States From Protecting Broadband Consumers Chip and phone supply chain shaken as Huawei faces mortal threat Verizon Forced To Back Off Charging Extra For 5G Want Verizon or AT&T 5G? You’ll have to buy an expensive unlimited plan FCC beats cities in court, helping carriers avoid $2 […]
News of the Week; August 12, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Trump admin shrugs off FCC court loss to fight Calif. net neutrality law FCC Focuses on Review of Broadcasters’ Online Political Files NTIA Section 230 Petition Raises Significant Legal and Policy Issues at FCC Safe Harbors and Erroneous Blocking Redress Measures Adopted by the FCC; Additional Rulemaking Proposed Charter tries to convince FCC that […]
News of the Week; August 5, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS NTIA Asks FCC to Broaden Internet Platforms’ Liability for Third-Party Content and Moderation Efforts FCC Seeks Comment on Section 230 Petition Ajit Pai calls for “vigorous debate” on Trump’s social media crackdown The FCC Knows Trump’s Social Media Order Is A Joke, But Fecklessly Pretends Otherwise FCC Adopts New Safe Harbor Rules for Blocking […]
News of the Week; July 29, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Trump’s call for crackdown on Twitter and Facebook now on Ajit Pai’s desk NTIA Follows Trump’s Unconstitutional Order To Request The FCC Review Section 230 Former Rep. Chris Cox Used His Testimony At Tuesday’s Senate Hearing On The Internet’s Foundational Law To Do Some Myth-Busting Tech And COVID-19: Stop Using Video Game Graphics For […]
News of the Week; July 22, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Ajit Pai urges states to cap prison phone rates after he helped kill FCC caps FCC: Phone carriers that profit from robocalls could have all calls blocked FCC approves call blocking safe harbors FCC Adopts Safe Harbors to Encourage Phone Companies to Block Illegal Robocallers AT&T claims a phone made in 2019 will stop […]
News of the Week; July 15, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Federal Court Defends CASL, Says Prohibition on Spam is Constitutional Supreme Court Upholds Robocalling Restrictions but Leaves Future of Regulatory Exemptions Uncertain Supreme Court Makes Debt Collection Robocalling Illegal (Again) TCPA Restrictions on Robocalls Expanded by SCOTUS The U.S. Supreme Court Broadens The TCPA Class Action Trap For Unwary Businesses FRACTURED LANDSCAPE: This One Graphic […]
News of the Week; July 8, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Federal Court of Appeal Rules CASL Constitutionally Valid and Provides Interpretive Guidance Federal Court of Appeal Rules on Constitutionality and Application of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation Senators Challenge Trump’s Ongoing Pressure on Internet Platform Protections House OKs $100B broadband plan with $50 monthly discounts for poor people House Passes Massive Broadband Bill That Surprisingly Doesn’t […]
News of the Week; July 1, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS FCA Upholds Constitutionality of CASL CEM Provisions and CRTC Approach to B2B Exemption and Conspicuous Publication Implied Consent FCC helps Charter avoid broadband competition New Bill Would Kill State Laws Blocking Broadband Competition Small ISPs “stunned” by FCC move to ban Huawei/ZTE gear during pandemic AT&T Ditches $15 TV Service It Used As Regulator […]
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