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FCC strikes in Net neutrality war: Run Internet like a utility [telecom]

By Marguerite Reardon and Roger Cheng, CNET, February 4, 2015 The new rules would prohibit speeding up, slowing down or...

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It's official: the FCC intends to reclassify broadband [telecom]

By Brian Santo, CEDmagazine, 02/04/2015 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today said explicitly what the FCC has been rumored to...

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Security problem at Whitehouse website [telecom]

If anyone of my readers knows anyone at the White House Communications Agency, please tell them that either the white h...

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FCC to draft proposal to overturn anti-municipal broadband [telecom]

FCC to draft proposal to overturn anti-municipal broadband laws in Tennessee, North Carolina By Sean Buckley, FierceCab...

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Removing Barriers to Competitive Community Broadband [telecom]

By Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, CED, June 10, 2014 If any city understands the power of networks to drive economic growth...

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Net Fix: Why FCC's Wheeler is 'defying the greatest lobbyists in the world' [telecom]

By Marguerite Reardon, CNET, February 2, 2015 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is at the center of a historic debate over how w...

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CenturyLink files suit against PUC over funding mechanisms [telecom]

Rural broadband could be affected by Marianne Goodland A deal to deregulate CenturyLink and get broadband services into...

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The Final Verizon FiOS Map Is Bleak as Hell [telecom]

After Billions in Subsidies, The Final Verizon FiOS Map Is Bleak as Hell by Ashley Feinberg As Verizon inches towards t...

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FCC to strengthen oversight of ISP interconnection deals [telecom]

By Sean Buckley, FierceTelecom, January 30, 2015 The FCC is looking to tighten the rules regarding the interconnection...

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Making the Supercookie a Little Sweeter [telecom]

by Charles Duan Nine lines of code could make Verizon's controversial user-tracking system a bit less invasive. The tex...

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Verizon backpedals on supercookies, will allow users to opt-out [telecom]

by Nate Swaner Do you know what a "supercookie" is? It sounds delightful, but in this context, it's really not. Verizon...

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FTC to Tracfone: the word "unlimited" means... unlimited [telecom]

[FTC press release] Prepaid Mobile Provider TracFone to Pay $40 Million to Settle FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers Abo...

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Google expanding fiber service to 4 Southeastern metro areas [telecom]

By Associated Press, CED, 01/28/2015 - 12:15pm Google said Tuesday it has selected four metro areas in the Southeast to...

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AT&T to Buy Nextel Mexico for $1.9 Billion [telecom]

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED AT&T continued its southward expansion on Monday, agreeing to buy Nextel Mexico for nearly $...

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CenturyLink wants Congress to update the 1992 Cable Act [telecom]

By Sean Buckley CenturyLink has made a plea to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee to reform the 1992 Cable Ac...

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