Jon Festinger
News of the Week; August 21, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Telus customers’ blood boiling after two days of email outage 4-day Telus email outage caused by mishap during repair of data storage service Telus offers bill credits as email disruption hits 5th day CRTC sets final wholesale rates for access to high-speed broadband networks Bell scales back rural internet plans after CRTC decision on […]
News of the Week; August 14, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS CRTC Establishes New Internet Code For Consumers CRTC’s latest report shows price decline in communications services CBC News: High cost of internet access leaving low-income families behind, report finds Competition Bureau Study on the Broadband Industry Paints a “Largely Positive Picture” It’s Back: The Netflix Tax Debate Returns for the 2019 Election (Michael Geist) […]
News of the Week; August 7, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS CRTC tells wireless companies to stop offering 3-year contracts again CRTC ups the CASL liability ante for directors and officers Cable Programming Blackouts Continue To Rise As Cord-Cutting Continues FCC finally orders ISPs to say exactly where they offer broadband ISP Frontier is failing so badly it won’t take questions from investors Pai’s FCC […]
News of the Week; July 31, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2019-269: The Internet Code CRTC’s new Internet Code of Conduct falls short of expectations Soon you’ll be able to watch PBS on YouTube DOJ Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Based on Third-Party Divestiture Agreement Involving Dish Network DOJ Prepares To Sign Off On An Elaborate T-Mobile Merger Plan That Isn’t Likely […]
News of the Week; July 24, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS DOJ to approve T-Mobile/Sprint merger despite 13 states trying to block it Telecom Union Got Hoodwinked Into Supporting AT&T’s Shitty Merger Verizon wants you to pay $650 plus $85 a month for a 5G hotspot Claims Of 5G Health Risks Are Frequently Based On A Single, 20 Year Old Flawed Graph Who is leading […]
News of the Week; July 17, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS EFF Hits AT&T With Lawsuit Over Sale Of User Location Data AT&T Breaks Another Merger Promise In Making ‘Friends’ Exclusive AT&T Will Now Filter Robocall Spam, If You Pay Them Extra ‘Smoking gun’: Huawei staff employment records link them to Chinese military agencies The Drama Around Huawei: Can U.S. Companies Do Business with the […]
News of the Week; July 10, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS What we Heard – The Report of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review (BTLR) Panel Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review: What We Heard Report ‘Smoking gun’: Huawei staff employment records link them to Chinese military agencies “This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition law Killing Net Neutrality Rules Did Far […]
News of the Week; July 3, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS What is the Point of the Broadcast and Telecom Legislative Review if the Government Has Already Decided What It Intends To Do? (Michael Geist) Canadian CEO Penalized for His Company’s CASL Breaches Sinclair Faces Expanded Probe For Shady Behavior During Tribune Merger Supreme Court Declines to Decide whether FCC Orders Bind District Courts House […]
News of the Week; June 26, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS A Spectrum of Opportunities and Challenges: Canada’s 5G Future Ex-chair of FCC broadband committee gets five years in prison for fraud Robocalls Swamp Hospitals As The Trump FCC Pretends To Fix The Problem FCC Tees Up Mid- and High-Band Spectrum Auctions to Support 5G at July Open Meeting FCC Releases Draft Order on Changes […]
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