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Jon Brodkin

129 articles stable

A June 2025 Frontier piracy settlement caps coverage centered on broadband regulation, ISP conduct, and consumer access.

Who they are

Jon Brodkin appears in this corpus as a person closely associated with reporting and analysis of the US broadband and telecom sector, especially FCC policy, internet-service providers, and the consumer consequences of network and legal disputes. Ars Technica is a recurring outlet in that coverage, while FCC, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, T-Mobile, Netflix, and Amazon recur as the institutions and companies around which the stories turn.

The recent arc

Recent coverage has been intermittent rather than steadily rising, with small peaks in 2023 Q1, 2024 Q1, and 2024 Q3, after the larger historical high in 2015 Q1. The latest cluster shifts from broad net-neutrality-era fights toward the practical rules governing affordability, liability, and access: the FCC’s planned shutdown of the Affordable Connectivity Program, the Supreme Court leaving New York’s low-income ISP-price law intact, and Frontier’s June 2025 settlement of record-label litigation over alleged piracy by broadband users.

The tension

The central tension is between ISP business and legal interests and public-policy efforts to constrain how broadband providers treat customers and online services. Earlier coverage connected AT&T and Verizon to Netflix throttling and net-neutrality conflict; newer stories connect Frontier and other ISPs to subscriber disconnection demands and affordable-service mandates, with the FCC and courts as key venues for resolving those conflicts.

Why it matters

If this trajectory holds, broadband policy coverage will remain consequential not only for network competition but for whether low-income households can afford service and how far providers must go in policing users’ alleged infringement. The Frontier settlement and unresolved Cox-related Supreme Court question show that liability rules could reshape provider obligations, while affordability policy remains vulnerable to regulatory and judicial decisions.

Jon Brodkin has appeared in 129 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2021Q2 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside FCC, AT&T, Comcast, Verizon.

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Coverage Timeline

2024-07-14
TechCrunch 61 related

AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers

Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents.  On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : Unlawful access of customer data AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Th...

2024-07-13
TechCrunch 91 related

AT&T says it will begin notifying consumers about a data breach where cybercriminals stole phone records of “nearly all” of its cellular and landline customers

Item 1.05 Material Cybersecurity Incidents.  On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. … AT&T : AT&T Addresses Illegal Download of Customer Data CNN : Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed ...

2021-02-13
Ars Technica 2 related

AT&T installs fiber for a 90-year-old after his WSJ print ad complaining of slow AT&T Internet service speeds goes viral

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :

2019-08-06
Vox 26 related

8chan struggles to stay up after Cloudflare quit servicing it; 8chan appears to have switched domain registrars to Epik, now hobbled by one of its own vendors

"It's DNS. It's always DNS." Matt Binder / Mashable : Inside the fight to keep 8chan offline Oscar Gonzalez / CNET : 8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :...

2019-07-20
Washington Post 10 related

The panic over FaceApp highlighted how public attitudes about the internet have changed amid a widespread reckoning over data privacy and election interference

But Its Privacy Policy Has People Worried Charlie Warzel / New York Times : FaceApp Shows We Care About Privacy but Don't Understand It Jeff Elder / Avast EN : Is FaceApp safe? Clearing up confusion a...

2019-02-22
CNBC 26 related

AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube, after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads

And If History Is A Guide, They'll Be Back Soon Sheila Dang / Reuters : AT&T pulls ads from YouTube as concerns about content resurface Lisa Vaas / Naked Security : Advertisers flee YouTube after vide...

2019-01-09
Motherboard 18 related

Investigation shows how easy and affordable it is to obtain cellphone customers' real-time location data, as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T peddle it to middlemen

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, China Edition Jon Fingas / Engadget : It's way too easy for bounty hunters to get your phone location data Yoni Heisler / BGR : Bombshell report reveals how location da...

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