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Over the past few days, Big Tech companies have demonstrated impressive political power. As a result, their futures are now tied more to politics than ever before. They have demonstrated their ability to quickly and ....
American internet service providers have been the subject of criticism for engaging in usage-based pricing. The latest complaint comes from Massachusetts lawmakers who say the tariff policy based on the amount of data a customer uses harms ....
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched one of the biggest and most important wireless spectrum auctions in memory. The “C-band” is a large swath of airwaves perfectly positioned to catapult 5G wireless to ....
The debate over whether social media platforms should be held accountable for ensuring the content they carry is “truthful” (whatever that means — perhaps “not fake news” is a better description) continues to rage. Since ....
Last week, Comcast announced plans to expand its existing usage-based broadband pricing model to northeastern markets, prompting a fresh wave of criticism by some long-time opponents of the practice. But setting aside these critics’ loaded ....
Since the US and other governments have effectively banned the use of Chinese (read Huawei, but also ZTE) equipment from future mobile communications networks, support for open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture has risen dramatically. ....
For the past decade, “net neutrality” has been the catchphrase for internet freedom. “Protect your right to access what you want and how you want it on the Internet,” declared the ACLU. Public Knowledge defined ....
Nicaragua’s National Coalition (Coalicón Nacional), comprised of disparate opposition parties, is splintering under the duress of Daniel Ortega’s police state and the weight of its own internal contradictions. Smelling blood in the water, Ortega is ....
There are several reasons to think that a Biden administration (if the electoral vote count holds) will resurrect net neutrality, a policy adopted by the Obama Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015 and then reversed by the Trump FCC ....
I write this blog post on an auspicious day (my birthday) while the audio stream in the background describes a 2020 US presidential election that is closely contested — one that will likely go down ....