Lifeline Program Gets Some Major Attention

“We are concerned that the risks to program integrity outlined in this report threaten a service that is essential to ensuring that low-income Americans can connect to employment opportunities, family…

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Another Double Standard

Recently, a group of 10 Congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, all of them Democrats, filed scathing comments in the FCC’s net neutrality proceeding to return ISPs…

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The Brave New World of Obstruction, Objection and Online Obfuscation

The recent criticism by Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) of President Trump’s nominee for FCC Commissioner is yet another example of the complete breakdown of the most basic level of civility…

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Congressional Coalition Seeks Rural High Cost Broadband Relief

Congressman Kevin Cramer, R-ND, recently sent a bipartisan letter to the FCC on behalf of 102 Representatives, asking the Commission to help small, rural, high cost companies with additional broadband…

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First Shot Fired at Net Neutrality Rules

President Trump recently signed a congressional resolution of disapproval, effectively repealing internet privacy rules passed by the Tom Wheeler-led Federal Communications Commission. Republican Chairman Ajit Pai said the action was…

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Fun at the FCC

Chairman Ajit Pai, before his recent re-nomination by President Trump for a second full term at the Federal Communications Commission, fired another salvo at what he views as over-regulation by…

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