Enlarge / Jessica Rosenworcel answers a question during a Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on June 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Jonathan Newton) President Joe Biden today appointed Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to be the acting chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission. Rosenworcel became an FCC […]
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says goodbye to members of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee afters testifying during a hearing on June 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla) In one of his last acts as Federal Communications Commission chairman, Ajit Pai decided to stick with the FCC’s 6-year-old broadband standard […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andrzej Wojcicki) Charter Communications has withdrawn a petition seeking government permission to impose data caps on broadband users this year. Unlike other ISPs, Charter is subject to the prohibition on data caps and overage fees until May 2023 because of seven-year conditions applied to its 2016 purchase of Time Warner […]
Our gambling news this week focuses on the return of Net Neutrality rules, and that means the exit of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. The return of Net Neutrality will ensure a better internet for online casinos, poker, and sports betting. Also, as another state prepares to launch sports betting, we look at how large the […]
Expand / / A Frontier Communications agency van. (charge: Mike Mozart / / Flickr) An Republican US senator from West Virginia has requested the authorities to obstruct broadband financing allowed for Frontier Communications, stating that the ISP isn’t effective at delivering gigabit-speed online support to all necessary places. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) summarized […]
Expand (charge: Getty Images | aluxum) Even the Federal Communications Commission last week granted $9.2 billion into 180 broadband suppliers, stating the money will deliver Internet access to 5.2 million”unserved” houses and businesses in rural regions across the USA. But consumer advocates say they have found significant issues from the FCC’s financing options, like sending […]
Expand / Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai along with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, among the FCC’s three Republicans, now speak ahead of the start of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on August 16, 2018. (credit: Getty Images The Republican-controlled US Senate today supported a Trump nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, ensuring that President-elect […]
Expand / Starlink satellite dish along with gear in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. (charge: Wandering-coder) SpaceX was given $885.51 million from the Federal Communications Commission to offer Starlink broadband into 642,925 rural houses and businesses in 35 countries. The satellite supplier was among the greatest winners at the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity […]
Expand / Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference at the US Capitol on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. CQ Roll Call) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Has transferred to end debate within a Trump nomination which could deadlock that the Federal Communications Commission, establishing a vote which could occur as soon as […]
Expand / Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) In an FCC oversight hearing held by the Senate Commerce Committee on June 24, 2020. Washington Post) Senate Republicans are racing to affirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission so as to make a 2-2 deadlock for its Biden FCC. At an 14-12 party-line vote now, […]