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Internet service providers could be required to release “broadband nutrition labels” with detailed information about prices, speeds, and data caps under legislation introduced by US Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.).
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Four US senators today called on the Biden administration to establish a “21st century definition of high-speed broadband” of 100Mbps both upstream and downstream. This would be …
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CenturyLink and Frontier Communications have again failed to meet broadband-deployment deadlines in dozens of states after taking money …
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President Joe Biden today appointe…
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says goodbye to members of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee afters testifying during a hearing on June 16, 2020, in Washington, DC.
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In one of his last acts as Federal Communications Co…
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Charter Communications has withdrawn a petition seeking government permission to impose data caps on broadband users this year.
Unlike other ISPs, Charter is subject to the prohibition on data caps and overage fe…
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A Republican US senator from West Virginia has asked the government to block broadband funding earmarked for Frontier Communications, saying that the ISP is not capable of delivering…
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The Federal Communications Commission last week awarded $9.2 billion to 180 broadband providers, saying the money will bring Internet access to 5.2 million “unserved” homes and businesses in rural areas across the United S…
Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, two of the FCC’s three Republicans, talk before the start of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on August 16, 2018.
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SpaceX has been awarded $885.51 million by the Federal Communications Commission to provide Starlink broadband to 642,925 rural home…