With the Federal Communications Commission about to start working on new rules governing Net neutrality, Verizon’s chief executive officer earlier today predicted dire consequences.
With Net neutrality proponents in command of the five-member commission, it’s generally expected that new regulations will…
Supporters of an open Internet received a bit of good news today, when new Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski proposed some new rules to keep the Internet free and open.
Genachowski made the proposal during a speech at the Brookings Institution,…
I wonder if this counts as ironic: I sat down a few minutes ago to write about the government’s efforts to stimulate broadband access around the country. My initial attempt lasted less than a minute, halted in its tracks by a…
With a little more than a month to go before the digital television transition takes place on June 12, the Federal Communications Commission has unveiled a new Web site that’s supposed to do a better job helping consumers get ready.
Looking at…
I meant to post this last week to go along with my story about the antenna’s role in the digital TV transition.
During my interview with Richard Schneider, president of Antennas Direct, he made what seemed a rather bold prediction. He estimated…
February 17 is fast approaching and there are still tens of thousands of St. Louis households not yet ready for the transition.
This Thursday (Jan. 29) at 2 p.m., we’ll be having an online chat with Rebekah Bina, a digital outreach…
It was just a few months ago that the Federal Communications Commission issued a rebuke to cable giant Comcast Corp. over its efforts to control the flow of Internet traffic over its network. The company was ordered to change its…
This is a topic dear to my heart: the idea that everyone should have access to the Internet.
The FCC’s outgoing chairman, Kevin Martin, has been pushing for just such a thing with his dream of using some of the available…
Wednesday (Dec. 17) is a big night in the world of digital television conversion. At 6:25 p.m., all local broadcasters are going to kill their analog signals for five minutes and go digital.
The goal is to help people across the…
Lost in all the excitement over Tuesday’s Presidential election was a decision by the Federal Communications Commission that paves the way for the creation of wireless devices capable of accessing the powerful airwaves once reserved almost exclusively for broadcasters.
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