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The Affordable Connectivity Program Kept Them Online. What Now?

“I’m paying around $35 per month now, and that’s with $30 off my bill,” Perez says. “So eventually I’ll pay more than $60 per...

The FCC is trying to stop robocalls, but the scammers won’t disappear

Rafael Abdrakhmanov | iStock | Getty ImagesFrom fake social security calls to scammers impersonating Apple or Amazon, anyone with a cellphone or landline is...

The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About

The US has suffered, and broken up, telecom monopolies in the past. AT&T had a government-sanctioned monopoly for much of the 20th century, until...

The White House Announces a Plan to Speed the Rollout of 5G

Superfast 5G wireless isn’t exactly spreading across the US at superfast speeds. The White House and Defense Department on Monday announced a plan to...

Amazon Primed: Bezos Gets Spanked On The Hill, Mega Earnings, Satellite Internet Approved

Amazon's Cardboard box against yellow with smile logo on it Getty The main story for Amazon...

Anterix Set For Big Growth As FCC Allows Private Broadband Wireless Networks To Bolster Utility Resilience

Power Lines D Sharon Pruitt/Wikimedia Commons Call it “the miracle in 1.4 seconds.” That is how...

President Trump Signs Executive Order Attempting To Control Social Media

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for regulating online censorship on social media platforms, primarily Facebook and Twitter, both of...

The Covid-19 Pandemic Shows the Virtues of Net Neutrality

Net neutrality—the idea that internet service providers should treat all traffic equally—might seem quaint during the Covid-19 pandemic. Internet traffic is surging, so...

China Telecom Rebuke Is Latest In DOJ Crackdown on China

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at ... the Department...

When School Is Online, the Digital Divide Grows Greater

Like many students around the world, Nora Medina is adapting to online learning. But Medina, a high school senior in Quincy, Washington, who also...

AM/FM Radio Wants Better Targeted Ads

Broadcast radio is looking at an FCC rules change so the medium can send specific ads and news ......

The FCC Fines Wireless Companies for Selling Users’ Location Data

In May 2018, The New York Times reported that a company called Securus had sold law-enforcement agencies access to the locations of people’s...

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