Biden signs $1T+ infrastructure bill into law, with $65B to boost broadband access, $475M in grants to help low-income Americans acquire computing devices, more
here's what $1T infrastructure bill means for Washington state Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : President Biden signs infrastructure bill into law, mandating broker reporting requirements Wall Street J...
Biden names Jessica Rosenworcel to officially lead the FCC, nominates Gigi Sohn as third Democratic commissioner, but it's unclear if Senate will confirm soon
On the surface — and maybe this is close to how the company wants … Diana Goovaerts / FierceTelecom : Biden taps Rosenworcel, Davidson to fill key telecom posts at FCC, NTIA Ben Brody / Protocol : Bid...
The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals
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In a report, FCC says broadband deployment is reasonable and timely, reaching same conclusion as an earlier version that overstated broadband access by millions
which may not be real Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : FCC's broadband deployment report called ‘fundamentally at odds with reality’ Federal Communications Commission : Broadband Deployment Report: Digit...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says ~500K of the 22M comments submitted during the net neutrality debate were linked to Russian email addresses
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FCC limits the time local authorities get to review 5G applications to 90 days, caps annual fees to $270 per small cell, unless cities can prove higher costs
What Apple Pay Head Jennifer Bailey Learned at Netscape Andrew Orr / The Mac Observer : Ajit Pai Couldn't Care Less About Rural America Marguerite Reardon / CNET : FCC limits fees cities can charge fo...
FCC report says mobile market has “effective competition” but some Democrats dissent, claiming entire ecosystem wasn't evaluated
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Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action”
but the rules are still getting scrapped Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Net neutrality fight could end up in court, senator says Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : AT&T's ‘support’ for net neutrality means ...
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps
This may come as a shock … Rob Attrell / MobileSyrup.com : Netflix has been throttling video streams, but plans to start giving users quality control Horia Ungureanu / Tech Times : Netflix Touts More ...
Sprint says it will throttle unlimited plan customers who use over 23GB of data in a month
Real-time prioritization protects Sprint … Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Sprint will slow down heaviest users of unlimited data Nathan Ingraham / Engadget : Sprint is throttling data hogs who use more t...