FCC fines big phone companies nearly $200 million for sharing customer location data
By Business Insider on Apr 29, 2024 in: News, law
All of the companies plan to appeal the fines, which were first proposed in 2020.
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By Business Insider on Apr 29, 2024 in: News, law
All of the companies plan to appeal the fines, which were first proposed in 2020.
By Business Insider on Apr 10, 2024 in: Tech
Internet service providers now required by the FCC to provide 'nutrition facts' style labels detailing costs and speeds.
By Business Insider on Mar 24, 2024 in: Tech, Politics
The Affordable Connectivity Program helps millions of people access the internet. It's set to lose funding in April despite bipartisan popularity.
By Boing Boing on Mar 20, 2024 in: Internet, News
The FCC has increased the minimum size of a "Broadband" connection to 100 Mbps down and 20 up. The FCC has kept the National definition of a broadband internet connection low for ages. This meager bump makes things workable for most day-to-day use bu...
By Boing Boing on Feb 9, 2024
AI-generated voices are extremely convincing and can converse without the obvious repetitions and scripted lines, making a dream tool for fraudsters, marketers and political campaigns. The Federal Communications Commission sees the costs of all this...
By Boing Boing on Dec 14, 2023 in: politics
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by SpaceX, will not receive a hoped-for $900M subsidy that was already on the chopping block. It failed to deliver promised speeds to users, and for many speeds have reportedly fallen. Moreover, the s...
By Boing Boing on Dec 14, 2023
The Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to ban early termination fees, charged by cable and satellite companies to prevent customers from quitting: "Consumers are tired of these junk fees," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said. Provi...