The idea of a government-owned 5G network seems to be anathema to commercial wireless network operators. But Julius Genachowski, who served as FCC chairman during President Obama’s first term, sees a need for the government to have 5G access. Genachowski…
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld most provisions of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) adopted by the FCC in December 2017, including a decision to classify broadband as an information service, rather than a telecommunications service. Broadband…
Verizon has launched a campaign/platform that it’s calling Let’s 5G. A company blog post describes the Verizon Let’s Go initiative as “a simple, powerful platform that we’ve created to provide easy to digest information about 5G, while also connecting local…
The Senate voted 52-47 yesterday to overturn the decision late last year to end Net Neutrality rules. The Senate Net Neutrality vote was brought up under the Congressional Review Act, which allows a vote on regulatory changes within a limited…
Broadband deployment had slowed but has shown recent signs of recovery, according to the 2018 version of the annual FCC broadband report. The agency attributes the two-year downturn between 2015 and 2017 to the previous commission’s 2015 Title II Order…
Regional broadband operator BTC Broadband, serving northwestern Oklahoma, is eliminating monthly broadband usage caps and offering symmetrical bandwidth for fiber broadband served customers. Citing the net neutrality debate, BTC says these changes are evidence of their support of open and…
Most who say they understand the net neutrality issue say they support it, according to a new study of net neutrality perceptions from research firm GfK. According to the study, about half (55%) of all U.S. consumers report that they…
It was virtually impossible to miss some of the top telecom stories of 2017 –such as the recent Net Neutrality reversal or carriers’ ongoing 5G and fixed wireless activities. Some other important stories initially got a bit of attention but…
As expected, the FCC at today’s monthly commission meeting voted to reverse Net Neutrality guidelines that have been in place since 2015 – a victory for broadband providers who say it will enhance their ability to invest in their networks,…
Representatives of three broadband provider associations held a press conference today to attempt to debunk what one representative called “overexaggerated” and “catastrophic” Net Neutrality fears on the part of the American public. The action came just one day before the…
The FCC will vote next month on an order that would reverse Net Neutrality guidelines imposed in 2015 under the previous administration, senior commission officials told reporters today. The order also would reclassify broadband as a more lightly regulated Title…
As expected, the FCC today took steps toward broadband reclassification as a Title I information service, rather than a Title II telecommunications service – a move that would represent a return to the regulatory approach used prior to 2015 and…
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