FCC tries to spin that broadband is not telecommunications
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Judges prove to be a tough crowd.

A Federal Communications Commission lawyer faced a sceptical panel of judges  as it tried to defend its repeal of net neutrality rules and deregulation of the broadband industry.

US Carriers may ignore privacy worries
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Until Trump gets his wall

US carriers will be given a free pass to do what they like with customer’s data until President Donald Trump gets his wall with Mexico and the government shutdown ends.

Pai snubs CES again
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04 January 2019

Pai snubs CES again


Blames shutdown

FCC boss Ajit Pai has snubbed the the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) again, claiming there is no funding for such things until Donald Trump gets his wall.

Trump shutters the FCC
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02 January 2019

Trump shutters the FCC


Telcos have no watchdog and it is the Democrats fault

The US FCC, which had a pivotable role giving control of the Internet to US monopolistic telcos has had to shut down.

FCC gives carriers control over your texts
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So much for the Land of the Free

The Federal Communications Commission voted to give wireless carriers more control over your text messages.

FCC shocked to discover carriers are lying to them
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Holy Cognitive dissonance Pai

Donald Trump’s FCC which has been championing the rights of the telco monopolies over the rights of consumers has been shocked to discover that they have been on the wrong side of the truth.

FCC claims Russia meddled in net neutrality debate
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Apparently, they were in favour of it

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has admitted that around 500,000 comments submitted during the net neutrality public comment period were linked to Russian email addresses.

Trump's FCC allows Verisign to jack up the prices of .com
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One of the last vestiges of oppressive Obama-era legislation removed


President Donald (Prince of Orange), Trump’s FCC has abandoned the cruel and heartless regulation which stopped the Verisign monopoly charging what it wanted for .com addresses.

Hurricane Michael shows FCC why deregulation is bad
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai remains oblivious

After Hurricane Michael hit Florida the telcos were not required by law to quickly restore the phone service – so they didn’t.

FCC says it legally cannot police the internet
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Changes definitions to suit its case

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened its defence of its net neutrality repeal, telling a court that it has no authority to keep the net neutrality rules in place.