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ternet has been one of the greatest gifts our economy — and our society — has ever known. The FCC was chartered to promote competition, innovation, and investment in our networks. In service of that mission, there is no higher calling than protecting an open, accessible, and free Internet. I thank the ...
... a petition from legal activist John Banzhaf III that called for the blocking of renewed federal broadcast licenses to stations that continually used the name, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told reporters the agency will look at Banzhaf's request and address the issue "on the merits and we'll be ...
... team does not sell a certain percentage of tickets at least 72 hours prior to kickoff. In a Sept. 9 op-ed in USA Today, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote that the blackout rules are a relic of when the NFL relied primarily on ticket sales for its revenue. The ...
... online petition on net neutrality, the White House noted that the FCC is an independent agency, making the point that Obama can't direct the FCC to do anything, even if he wanted to. There is no deadline for the FCC to pass a new rule, and deliberations at the ...
... country -- AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile -- have been able use text-to-911 service, following a voluntary agreement between the companies and the FCC. However, today’s 3-2 vote will require smaller, regional carriers to follow suit by the end of the year. “Texting is now as ...
... districts, 100,000 public schools, 31,000 private schools and more than 16,400 public libraries collaborated on a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to continue the support and strengthening of the E-Rate program. The universal service support program helps schools and libraries obtain affordable telecommunications services ...
... an arm's length from the FCC, in that the FCC is an independent agency. They certainly are monitoring the action right now at the FCC and the plans moving forward. But they stress that it is an independent agency. But the chairman at the FCC is President Obama's ...
Should all legal information on the internet be treated equally? Or is there room for broadband providers to charge clients such as Netflix and YouTube for faster service? The Federal Communications Commission has been grappling with these questions. In a 3-to-2 vote, the FCC has promised to maintain ...
In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal appeals court set aside the FCC's net neutrality rules. Now, major Internet providers can decide what can be accessed through their networks and at what cost. Also, the tap water ban has been lifted for 35 percent of the 300,000 West Virginians who were affected by a chemical...
The FCC might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. But what about the airlines? http://t.co/TiH8W6Aox2 -CJ— The Associated Press (@AP) November 23, 2013
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