Trump FCC Boss Declares All Racism In Broadband Deployment Magically Solved, Proclaims To End Agency’s Civil Rights Reforms
The 2021 infrastructure bill earmarked $42.5 billion in broadband subsidies that will be coming to the states starting this year. But it also tasked the FCC with creating rules surrounding “d…
AT&T Pouts, Pulls Home 5G Service From NY State Over Law Requiring It Provide $15 To Poor People
To be clear up front, AT&T is a predatory telecom monopolist. It works tirelessly to lobby (and sometimes bribe) government for favorable treatment as it works tirelessly to undermine competiti…
ISP failed to comply with New York’s $15 broadband law—until Ars got involved
Optimum wasn’t ready to comply with law, rejected low-income man’s request twice.
Verizon Class Action Nets Piddly Payouts Over Company’s Completely Bogus Fees
Last year U.S. broadband giant Verizon faced yet another class action lawsuit for sleazy, misleading fees. This latest $100 million class action alleged that Verizon for years ripped off its custom…
AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans
AT&T pulls 5G home Internet from New York to protest state affordability law.
Telecoms Glom Onto ‘AI’ Hype Cycle In A Fruitless Bid To Make 5G Seem Interesting
We’ve noted for several years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provid…
Now Telecoms Are Fighting Among Themselves Over Who Lies More About ‘Unlimited Data’
For decades now, U.S. wireless carriers have sold consumers “unlimited data” plans that actually have all manner of sometimes hidden throttling, caps, download limits, and restrictions. And every f…
Trumplican 6th Circuit Just Killed Net Neutrality (And Whatever Was Left Of Pathetic U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection)
The telecom industry (with the help of the recent Trump Supreme Court), has been drooling for months at the prospect that the Trump-stocked courts would soon finally deliver the killing blow to FCC…
Mindlessly ‘Deregulating’ U.S. Telecom Contributed to The Worst Hack In U.S. History
For the better part of thirty years telecom giants (and the consultants, think tanks, and lobbyists paid to defend them) have fought against every effort at coherent federal oversight. It didn̵…
Supreme Court Won’t Help Big Telecom Kill NY Law Requiring Affordable Broadband For Poor People
During peak COVID in 2021, when everybody was freaking out about how shitty and expensive U.S. broadband was for telecommuting and home education, NY state officials had an idea: what if we pass a …
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