Slashdot Items Tagged "fcc"

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Tuesday April 16, 2024 @05:06PM ISPs Can Charge Extra For Fast Gaming Under FCC's Internet Rules, Critics Say
Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:19PM Starting Today, ISPs Must Display Labels With Price, Speeds, and Data Caps
Wednesday April 10, 2024 @10:33AM Consumers Will Finally See FCC-Mandated 'Nutrition Labels' For Most Broadband Plans
Monday April 08, 2024 @04:52PM FCC Chair Rejects Call To Impose Universal Service Fees on Broadband
Friday April 05, 2024 @05:46PM FCC Won't Block California Net Neutrality Law, Says States Can 'Experiment'
Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:20PM FCC To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules
Friday March 22, 2024 @03:10PM Cable ISP Fined $10,000 For Lying To FCC About Where It Offers Broadband
Friday March 15, 2024 @11:03AM Cable And Satellite Providers Required To Disclose 'All In' Pricing Under Newly Passed FCC Rules
Friday March 15, 2024 @09:35AM FCC Scraps Old Speed Benchmark, Says Broadband Should Be at Least 100Mbps
Tuesday March 05, 2024 @09:57AM New Proposal Could Ban Landlords From Charging for Cable and Internet in Bulk
Tuesday February 13, 2024 @03:59AM FCC Commissioner Wants To Investigate Apple Over Beeper Mini Shutdown
Monday February 12, 2024 @06:18PM FCC Requires Telcos To Disclose When Your Personal Info Is Stolen
Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:33PM FCC Votes To Outlaw Scam Robocalls That Use AI-Generated Voices
Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:45PM FCC To Declare AI-Generated Voices In Robocalls Illegal Under Existing Law
Tuesday January 09, 2024 @05:49PM FCC Plans Shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program As GOP Withholds Funding
Thursday December 14, 2023 @02:11PM FCC Floats Ban on Cable TV 'Junk Fees' That Make It Hard To Ditch Contracts
Thursday December 07, 2023 @11:20AM Cable Lobby To FCC: Please Don't Look Too Closely at the Prices We Charge
Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:31PM FCC Proposes Ban On Cable and Satellite Early Termination Fees
Friday November 17, 2023 @09:11PM FCC Tightens Telco Rules To Combat SIM-Swapping
Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:05PM FCC Can Now Punish Telecom Providers For Charging Customers More For Less
Wednesday November 15, 2023 @06:10PM FAA Clears SpaceX To Launch Second Starship Flight
Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:42PM Internet Providers Say the FCC Should Not Investigate Broadband Prices
Thursday October 19, 2023 @03:17PM FCC Greenlights Superfast Wi-Fi Tethering for AR and VR Headsets
Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:19PM FCC Moves Ahead With Title II Net Neutrality Rules in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
Monday October 09, 2023 @10:42AM Net Neutrality's Court Fate Depends on Whether Broadband is 'Telecommunications'
Monday October 02, 2023 @08:01PM Dish Dealt First-Ever Space-Debris Fine For Misparking Satellite
Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:28PM FCC To Reintroduce Rules Protecting Net Neutrality
Friday September 22, 2023 @03:37PM FCC Closing Loophole That Gave Robocallers Easy Access To US Phone Numbers
Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:22PM Parents In US Offered Refunds For Purchases Kids Made In Fortnite
Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:08PM FCC Plays Whack-a-Mole With Telcos Accused of Profiting From Robocalls
Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:22PM Senate Confirms Anna Gomez To Break Joe Biden's FCC Deadlock
Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:28PM Senate Votes To Approve Anna Gomez as 5th FCC Commissioner
Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:47PM FCC Says 'Too Bad' To ISPs Complaining That Listing Every Fee is Too Hard
Monday August 07, 2023 @01:24PM FCC Prepares $75 Monthly Broadband Subsidies For 'High-Cost' Areas
Thursday August 03, 2023 @12:36PM FCC Fines Robocaller a Record $300 Million After Blocking Billions of Their Scam Calls
Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:41PM Internet Providers That Won FCC Grants Try To Escape Broadband Commitments
Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:55PM FCC Chair: Speed Standard of 25Mbps Down, 3Mbps Up Isn't Good Enough Anymore
Friday June 16, 2023 @08:21PM Dish Says It Met Its FCC Deadline To Cover 70 Percent of the US Population
Friday June 16, 2023 @03:00PM FCC Chair To Investigate Exactly How Much Everyone Hates Data Caps
Monday May 22, 2023 @01:04PM Biden Names FCC Picks, Pushes for Democratic Majority at Deadlocked Agency
Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:09PM FCC Rejects Dish 5G Plan That Could Have Made Starlink Broadband 'Unusable'
Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:23PM Biden Intends To Pick Lawyer Anna Gomez for FCC To End Agency Deadlock
Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:16PM FCC Fines 15 Year-Old Pirate Radio Station In NYC $2 Million
Wednesday March 22, 2023 @02:28PM FCC Chair Proposes Ban on Deceptive 'Broadcast TV' and 'Regional Sports' Fees
Friday March 17, 2023 @10:34AM FCC Proposes Satellite-to-Phone Rules To Eliminate 'No Signal' Once and For All
Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:30PM FCC Orders Phone Companies To Block Scam Text Messages
Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:48PM FCC Proposals Require Phone Companies To Help Domestic Violence Survivors
Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:52AM FCC's Robocaller Crackdown Brings Stark Warning for Voice Providers
Friday January 06, 2023 @12:59PM FCC Wants Carriers To Notify You Sooner When There's a Data Breach
Friday January 06, 2023 @10:42AM Microsoft, Activision Back Off Aggressive Claim in FTC Case
Monday December 26, 2022 @11:20AM FCC Can Finally Hammer Predatory Prison Phone Call Companies
Friday December 09, 2022 @01:16PM FCC Orders Telecoms To Block Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers
Tuesday November 01, 2022 @01:11PM FCC Commissioner Says Government Should Ban TikTok
Friday October 14, 2022 @01:27PM Biden's Internet Promises in Limbo Amid Long Battle Over FCC Nominee
Thursday October 13, 2022 @07:18AM FCC Poised To Ban All US Sales of New Huawei and ZTE Equipment
Monday October 03, 2022 @05:03PM FCC Threatens To Block Calls From Carriers For Letting Robocalls Run Rampant
Monday September 26, 2022 @02:41PM FCC Takes Long-Delayed Step Against Spam Text Surge
Friday September 16, 2022 @06:36PM FCC Approves Space-Based Texting Service From Lynk
Tuesday September 06, 2022 @04:09PM FCC Has Obtained Detailed Broadband Maps From ISPs for the First Time Ever
Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:49PM Court Upholds FCC's Decision To Reallocate Part of 5.9 GHz Band For Unlicensed Use, Including Wi-Fi
Monday August 15, 2022 @05:47PM New US Privacy Law May Give Telecoms Free Pass On $200 Million Fines
Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:01PM FCC Cancels $886 Million In Funding For SpaceX's Starlink
Friday August 05, 2022 @01:15PM FCC Votes To Boost Manufacturing in Space
Thursday July 21, 2022 @03:44PM FCC Orders Top Carriers To Explain How They Use and Share Phone Location Data
Friday July 15, 2022 @04:18PM FCC Chair Proposes Raising Broadband Standard To 100Mbps
Saturday July 09, 2022 @12:04AM FCC Cracks Down On Spam 'Auto Warranty' Robocalls
Friday July 08, 2022 @06:25PM Man Set Up Fake ISP To Scam Low-Income People Seeking Gov't Discounts, FCC Says
Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:58PM FCC Gets 90K+ Comments From Starlink Users Protesting Dish Mobile Service
Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:06PM FCC Authorizes SpaceX To Provide Starlink Internet Service To Vehicles In Motion
Wednesday June 29, 2022 @05:05PM FCC Commissioner Wants Apple, Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores
Thursday May 19, 2022 @11:43AM Deadlocked FCC Could Derail Biden's Digital Equity Plans
Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:23PM Router and Modem Rental Fees Still a Major Annoyance Despite New US Law
Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:50PM FCC Bans Deals That Block Competition In Apartments
Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:13PM FCC Approves Internet 'Nutrition Label' Proposal
Friday January 21, 2022 @02:42PM FCC Moves To Boost Cable Competition in Apartment Buildings
Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:25PM FCC Proposes Stricter Requirements for Reporting Data Breaches
Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:57PM Federal Court Ruling Will Make Wifi 6E a Reality
Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:46PM Airplane Landings at Risk of Delays on FAA Move To Ease 5G Risk
Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:07PM Senate Confirms FCC Chair Rosenworcel To Another Term, Narrowly Avoiding a Republican Majority
Tuesday November 16, 2021 @04:18PM FAA, FCC Are Making 'Progress' on 5G Signal Woes
Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:02PM Biden Appoints Jessica Rosenworcel To Officially Lead the FCC
Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:06PM New FCC Rules Could Force Wireless Carriers To Block Spam Texts
Monday October 04, 2021 @10:33PM FCC Plans To Rein In 'Gateway' Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls To US
Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:17PM Phone Companies Must Now Block Carriers That Didn't Meet FCC Robocall Deadline
Monday September 27, 2021 @06:28PM US To Open Program To Replace Huawei Equipment In US Networks
Friday September 24, 2021 @02:05PM FCC Showers Schools Across the US With $1.2 Billion From Emergency Connectivity Fund
Wednesday September 15, 2021 @03:41PM FCC Wants Landlords To Stop Screwing Up Your Internet
Monday September 13, 2021 @12:52PM Biden To Tap Privacy Hawk For FTC Post
Wednesday September 01, 2021 @04:26PM Amazon Asked FCC To Reject Starlink Plan Because It Can't Compete, SpaceX Says
Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:37AM FCC Asks $5 Million Fine For Activists' Election Robocalls
Monday August 09, 2021 @06:01PM SpaceX Is Buying Satellite Data Startup Swarm
Friday August 06, 2021 @10:00AM FCC Unveils New Mobile Service Maps
Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:39PM FCC Investigating Whether Cuban Government Is Jamming HAM Radio
Monday July 12, 2021 @07:41PM Amazon Wants To Monitor You In Your Sleep, For Your Benefit
Monday July 12, 2021 @04:03PM FCC Speed Standard that Ajit Pai Never Updated is Too Slow, GAO Report Says
Friday June 04, 2021 @04:12PM Carriers Agree To Start Sharing Vertical Location Data For 911 Calls
Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:17PM ViaSat Asks FCC To Halt SpaceX Starlink Launches Because It Can't Compete
Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:07PM Verizon Forces Users Onto Pricier Plans To Get $50-Per-Month Government Subsidy
Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:34AM FCC Approves $7B Broadband Connectivity Fund
Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:24PM FCC Green-Lights SpaceX Satellite Plans
Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:16PM How OneWeb Lied About a Near-Miss Collision With a SpaceX Satellite
Monday April 19, 2021 @04:49PM Annoying Loud TV Commercials To Get Scrutiny From the FCC
Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:57PM FCC Urges Americans To Run Internet Speed App To Counter Broadband Data Fudging
Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:35PM Supreme Court Lets FCC Relax Limits On Media Ownership
Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:34PM FCC Fines Two Texas Telemarketers Record $225 Million For Making 1 Billion Robocalls
Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:50PM Next 5G Auction to Feature Large Tracts Sought by Carriers
Thursday March 04, 2021 @01:22PM Senators Call on FCC To Quadruple Base High-Speed Internet Speeds
Friday February 26, 2021 @12:14PM FCC Approves $50 Monthly Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households During Pandemic
Wednesday February 24, 2021 @06:52PM Verizon Leads 5G Airwave Bidding With Record $45 Billion Splurge
Tuesday February 23, 2021 @08:15AM FCC Proposes Rules for Emergency Broadband Program To Keep Struggling Families Online
Monday February 08, 2021 @06:57PM Biden DOJ Halts Trump Admin Lawsuit Against California Net Neutrality Rules
Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:50PM Biden Names Jessica Rosenworcel Acting FCC Chair
Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:30AM Ajit Pai is Officially Out of the FCC
Friday December 25, 2020 @04:52PM IBM Will Pay $24.25 Million To Resolve FCC Probes
Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:24PM FCC Orders Equipment Removed in Step Aimed at Huawei, ZTE
Monday November 30, 2020 @12:33PM FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Will Step Down on January 20
Friday November 27, 2020 @07:39PM FCC Maintains Ban on Mobile Phone Voice Calls During Flights
Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:51AM ZTE's Designation as Security Threat Affirmed by US FCC
Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:46PM FCC Takes Spectrum From Auto Industry In Plan To 'Supersize' Wi-Fi
Thursday November 12, 2020 @11:49AM FCC Boss Ajit Pai Will Soon Lose Top Spot
Friday November 06, 2020 @07:33PM T-Mobile Will Stop Saying Its 5G Network Is Better Than It Actually Is
Monday November 02, 2020 @04:45PM FCC Funding Aims To Guarantee 100 Mbps Internet Throughout Puerto Rico
Tuesday October 27, 2020 @02:21PM FCC Votes To Maintain 2017 Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
Wednesday October 21, 2020 @05:28PM FCC Defends Helping Trump, Claims Authority Over Social Media Law
Tuesday October 20, 2020 @05:36PM FCC To Delay $9 Billion Rural Broadband Push To Fix Data Flaws
Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:01PM FCC Will Move To Regulate Social Media After Censorship Outcry
Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:48PM FCC To Move on Trump Plan To Weaken Social Media Legal Shield
Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:51PM T-Mobile Hits Back At AT&T and Verizon After Spectrum-Hoarding Accusations
Monday September 14, 2020 @01:10PM Microsoft Wants To Take on Amazon in Connecting Satellites To the Cloud
Friday September 04, 2020 @02:18PM FCC Estimates It'll Cost $1.8 Billion To Remove Huawei, ZTE Equipment From US Networks
Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:04PM Cities Lose Lawsuit Against FCC's 5G Rules
Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:39PM FCC Lowers Some Prison Phone Rates After Blaming States For High Prices
Monday August 03, 2020 @02:49PM FCC Chair Says Agency Will Take Public Comment on Trump Social Media Petition
Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:46PM FCC Approves Amazon's Internet-From-Space Kuiper Constellation of 3,236 Satellites
Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:31PM Trump's Plan To Regulate Social Media
Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:42PM Ajit Pai Urges States To Cap Prison Phone Rates After He Helped Kill FCC Caps
Friday July 17, 2020 @04:35PM The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Will Be Available By Dialing '988' In 2022
Friday July 17, 2020 @03:41PM FCC: Phone Carriers That Profit From Robocalls Could Have All Calls Blocked
Monday July 06, 2020 @04:20PM Broadband's Underused Lifeline For Low-income Users
Tuesday June 30, 2020 @01:16PM FCC Declares Huawei, ZTE 'National Security Threats'
Tuesday June 16, 2020 @04:36PM T-Mobile's Outage Yesterday Was So Big That Even Ajit Pai Is Mad
Friday June 12, 2020 @05:07PM Can SpaceX's Starlink Broadband System Deliver Less Than 100ms Latency?
Friday June 12, 2020 @02:27PM FCC Republican Voices Doubts About Trump's Executive Order
Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:36AM FCC Failed To Monitor Chinese Telecoms For Almost 20 Years: Senate Report
Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:48PM FCC Awarding Up To $16 Billion To Address US Areas Lacking Broadband Service
Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:29PM FCC Proposes Record $225 Million Fine For Massive Robocall Campaign
Wednesday June 03, 2020 @08:05PM Frontier Users Must Pay 'Rental' Fee For Equipment They Own Until December
Monday May 25, 2020 @02:59PM In $16 Billion Push To Expand Broadband, America Is Flying Through a Fog
Friday May 08, 2020 @06:23PM US Military Is Furious At FCC Over 5G Plan That Could Interfere With GPS
Friday May 01, 2020 @04:31PM Frontier, Amid Bankruptcy, Is Suspected of Lying About Broadband Expansion
Monday April 27, 2020 @05:29PM Verizon, Comcast Will Not Cancel Service Through June Due To Coronavirus
Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:46PM FCC Widens Wi-Fi Airwaves Access in Win for Facebook, Google
Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:12AM Telecom's Latest Dumb Claim: The Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because We Killed Net Neutrality
Friday April 17, 2020 @04:25PM AT&T Gave FCC False Broadband-Coverage Data In Parts of 20 States
Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:26PM FCC To Approve 5G Network Despite Military Saying It Will Harm GPS
Monday April 13, 2020 @04:19PM 6GHz Wi-Fi Access Could Boost Speeds and Generate $183 Billion By 2025, Study Says
Thursday April 09, 2020 @04:24PM China Telecom Should Be Barred in US as Threat, Agencies Say
Friday April 03, 2020 @06:07PM FCC: TracFone Made Up 'Fictitious' Customers To Defraud Low-Income Program
Thursday April 02, 2020 @04:37PM FCC To Vote On Adding 6Ghz Band To Wi-Fi 6 To Improve Speeds
Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:58PM T-Mobile Officially Completes Merger With Sprint, CEO John Legere Steps Down
Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:43PM FCC Mandates Robocall-fighting Tech Be in Use By End of June 2021
Monday March 23, 2020 @07:22PM SpaceX Gets FCC License For 1 Million Satellite-Broadband User Terminals
Friday March 13, 2020 @01:34PM Major U.S. Internet Firms Agree To Not Cancel Service Over Next 60 Days
Friday February 28, 2020 @06:57PM FCC Approves Plan To Pay Satellite Companies To Give Up Airwaves
Friday February 28, 2020 @05:01PM FCC Proposes Hefty Fines To Carriers for Not Protecting Consumer Location Data
Friday February 14, 2020 @05:43PM A Radio Frequency Exposure Test Finds an iPhone 11 Pro Exceeds the FCC's Limit
Friday February 07, 2020 @06:24PM FCC Moves To Free Up Spectrum For Potential Cellphone Service
Friday February 07, 2020 @02:00PM US Appeals Court Will Not Reconsider Net Neutrality Repeal Ruling
Friday January 31, 2020 @03:01PM FCC Says Wireless Location Data Sharing Broke the Law
Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:25PM DirecTV Fears Explosion Risk From Satellite With Damaged Battery
Monday December 23, 2019 @06:27PM T-Mobile/Sprint Deal Is Good Actually, Feds Tell Court In States' Lawsuit
Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:06PM SpaceX Is Lobbying Against Amazon's Internet-Beaming Satellites
Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:21PM FCC Funds 25Mbps, Data-Capped Satellite In Rural Areas
Friday December 13, 2019 @05:43PM AT&T Drops Out of FCC Speed-Test Program So It Can Hide Bad Results
Thursday December 12, 2019 @05:23PM 988 Will Be the New 911 For Suicide Prevention
Friday November 22, 2019 @05:48PM DOD Joins Fight Against 5G Spectrum Proposal, Citing Risks To GPS
Friday November 22, 2019 @04:02PM FCC Bars Huawei, ZTE From Billions in Federal Subsidies
Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:02PM FCC Chairman Wants Public Auction To Repurpose Satellite Bands For 5G
Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:15PM FCC Sued By Dozens of Cities After Voting To Kill Local Fees and Rules
Monday October 28, 2019 @03:36PM FCC Moves To Cut Off Huawei, ZTE From Subsidies
Friday October 25, 2019 @04:04PM The FCC is Using Streaming Services as an Excuse To Raise Cable Rates
Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:42PM SpaceX Says 12,000 Satellites Isn't Enough, So It Might Launch Another 30,000
Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:31PM FCC Votes To Approve T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:26PM Appeals Court Upholds FCC's Cancelling of Net Neutrality Rules
Friday September 27, 2019 @04:22PM Study Proves the FCC's Core Justification For Killing Net Neutrality Was False
Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:01PM Court Says FCC Ignored Hard Data In Rush To Help Media Companies
Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:44PM Sprint Took FCC Cash For 'Serving' 885,000 People It Wasn't Actually Serving
Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:36PM The FCC Has No Idea How Many People Don't Have Broadband Access
Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:47AM Chicago Tribune Claims iPhone Radiofrequency Radiation Levels Measured Higher Than Legal Safety Limit In Tests
Monday August 19, 2019 @04:57PM How Malformed Packets Caused CenturyLink's 37-Hour, Nationwide Outage
Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:01PM CenturyLink, FCC Reach Settlement Over 'Cramming' Fees On Phone Bills
Friday August 09, 2019 @05:24PM White House Proposal Would Have FCC, FTC Police Alleged Social Media Censorship
Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:28PM FCC Finally Orders ISPs To Say Exactly Where They Offer Broadband
Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:40PM A Bipartisan Bill That Could End Our Robocall Hell Just Passed the House 429-3
Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:50PM DOJ To Approve T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Despite 13 States Trying To Block It
Tuesday July 16, 2019 @04:40PM FCC Gives ISPs Another $563 Million To Build Rural-Broadband Networks
Monday July 15, 2019 @07:06PM Ajit Pai's New Gift To Cable Companies Would Kill Local Fees and Rules
Thursday July 11, 2019 @05:38PM FCC Photos Confirm Galaxy Note 10 Won't Have a Headphone Jack
Wednesday July 10, 2019 @05:02PM FCC Kills Part of San Francisco's Broadband-Competition Law
Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:08PM AT&T Will Automatically Block Fraud Calls For New Customers