Senators Say The FCC’s New Maps Still Suck, Overstate Coverage

We’ve noted more than a few times that U.S. taxpayers have spent nearly $400 million on mapping U.S. broadband, yet the FCC still somehow routinely produces maps that greatly overstate broadb…

England Makes Gigabit Broadband A Requirement For All New Home Builds

England has taken a big step toward crushing the digital divide with new rules requiring that all new home builds must include gigabit (1000 Megabits per second, Mbps) broadband. Estimates suggest …

Colorado Towns Keep Opting Out Of Dumb State Law Restricting Community Broadband

U.S. telecom monopolies like AT&T and Comcast spent millions of dollars and several decades quite literally buying shitty, protectionist laws in around twenty states that either ban o…

FCC’s new broadband map greatly overstates actual coverage, senators say – Ars Technica

Techdirt Podcast Episode 341: In Defense Of The Global, Open Internet

There have long been attacks on the global, open nature of the internet. Traditionally these came from authoritarian regimes looking to wall off portions of the internet and exert greater control o…

Decades Late, The FCC Might Start Cracking Down On Terrible Telecom Prison Monopolies. Maybe.

However terrible telecom monopolies are in the free world, they’re arguably worse in prisons. For decades, journalists have outlined how a select number of prison telecom giants like Securus …

Gigabit internet is now a legal requirement for new homes in England

The UK government now requires new homes in England to be built with gigabit connections and has made it easier to install into existing apartments and flats across the UK.

Families Of Prisoners Will No Longer Be Charged Obscene Rates Just To Talk On The Phone

Biden signed the Martha Wright-Reed Act into law last week.

It’s 2023 And The FCC Only Just Proposed Rules Requiring Telecoms Immediately Inform Consumers When Their Data Is Compromised

Back in 2015, the nation’s top telecom regulator attempted to create some very basic (by international standards) privacy guidelines for telecom providers, demanding they do things like (gasp…

If You Don’t Want EU Style Censorship To Take Over The Internet, Support Section 230

Last summer, I mocked the EU a bit for setting up a new office in Silicon Valley, and sending an official here to “liaise with Silicon Valley companies affected by EU tech regulation,” …