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more about #fcc more comments → Xagest: So how long do you think Google will be able to give us free cable programming? more » blash: You know how you effect change? Get off your ass and DO something! The FCC needs to stop playing in the sidelines and step into the limelight. The bi... more » dragon:ONE: Now can we tell "IPTV" providers like AT&T to please open up their U-verse boxen to non-AT&T areas? I'm stuck in a Verizon serviced area - no FIOS at... more » davezatz: Everyone knows the CableCARD situation for retail-purchased devices is a mess. Nothing new or astounding out of the FCC on this. HAD the Cable Industr... more » jpitsch: The government needs to step in a regulate the f out of cell phones, internet and tv providers. These industries exhibit so many oligopolistic charac... more » Bertone77: I have Comcast and when I first bought my 40" Samsung LCD I decided to get the cableCARD for it instead of having a set top box. (hey its got the slot... more » MrEvil: One other thing they could do to fix it is take away the power of Cable Labs to decide who can and can't have Cable Card devices and leave that up to ... more » EBone: Don't the TiVo Series 3 HD machines have CableCard ports? more » Xeno: Correction: You did not need to have a CableCard installed by the OEM. You had to buy a CableCard TUNER with a new PC. You get the CableCard from your... more » Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front: Whose idea was it to employ a hand model with messed-up-looking hands? That's what's wrong with the CableCARD - hand models with horrible hands. more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: You know what they could do to fix it? Require all cable boxes to output unencrypted video of all subscribed channels via FireWire. more » Demonbird: God help me, but GO FCC! GO! While you are at it, ask them why it is my fault they sell a phone with software incompatibility with their network that... more » AmphetamineCrown: Well, technically speaking, the FCC only issued a notice looking for database administrators, so we are still a bit of a ways off from seeing a functi... more » Cash907Censored: What does any of this matter? I still can't upconvert my dvd's over the component cables Sony swore to me 6 years ago would be the new enduring standa... more » uchendunwachukwu: A couple of things: The MPAA's member companies want to release movies online before they hit theaters, not just DVD. This is something a lot of peop... more » -
#cablecard
FCC: Whoops, CableCARD Was a Total Disaster
Yesterday the FCC admitted that CableCARD—a system originally designed to open up the market for video content—is a failure. Here's what they're doing to fix it. More » -
#etfs
FCC Heroes Get Into the Verizon ETF Pile-On
First, a senator introduced a bill aimed at keeping Verizon from jacking their early-termination fees to $350. Now the FCC want's to know just how they're justifying this bullshit. More » -
#mpaa
MPAA Still Trying to Plug Your Analog Hole with Selectable Output Control
Still use component connections with your cable box? Listen up: the MPAA has again asked the FCC to let studios disable analog connections during certain on-demand movies. The FCC currently bans this, and here's why that's a good thing. More » -
#googlevoice
Google Voice Is Only Blocking Like 100 Numbers Now
Google Voice has gone from blocking a decent swath of phone numbers—ranging from sex chat lines to nuns to some simply rural digits—to around 100. More » -
#netneutrality
Losing Net Neutrality: The Worst Case Scenario
It's alarmist, over-the-top pro-net-neutrality propaganda, sure, but this chart goes a long way to explaining why the IT dude at the office wears that "All Packets are Created Equal" shirt to work every Thursday: because tiered ISPs are scary. More » -
#mobilebroadband
FCC May Reclaim Some Digital TV Airwaves to Boost Wireless Broadband Bandwidth
You've heard lots about the FCC and net neutrality, but they're also working on another important problem: mobile broadband is growing faster than wireless providers have expansion room to cater for. What the FCC calls the "looming spectrum gap". More » -
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#roundup
Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook and More—It Was Nuts
What didn't happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble's ereader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we'd round up all the highlights. More » -
#droid
AT&T Compatible Motorola Droid Sneaks Into FCC Documents
Among recent FCC filings is one for a Motorola Sholes aka Droid listing the bands used by AT&T (WCDMA 850/1900/2100) as well as GSM 850/900/1800/1900. This makes the phone compatible with both AT&T and Rogers. [FCC via Mobile Crunch] -
#blockquote
John McCain's "Internet Freedom Act" Seeks to Block FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
When the FCC voted to formalize net neutrality guidelines yesterday, it took minutes for the cable industry to bitch about plans to forbid them (and wireless carriers) from selectively blocking types of Internet use. Surprise! McCain's not a fan either. More » -
#netneutrality
FCC: We're Going to Make Net Neutrality the Law
Well, that's pretty decisive. Following weeks of hints, clues and noisy corporate whining, the FCC has laid out their plan: Following a public vetting process, they're cracking down on all things not neutral.
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#netneutrality
More Net Neutrality Bashing From Verizon CEO
The FCC is expected to start submitting net neutrality regulation tomorrow, and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg isn't happy about it. He says the FCC's net neutrality proposals will kill innovation and profits for providers. More » -
#att
AT&T "Encourages" Employees and Their Families to Complain to the FCC About Net Neutrality [Updated]
Remember the Comcastard-stacked FCC hearing on BitTorrent? AT&T thinks that's a good strategy, since AT&T's main lobbyist sent a letter to300,000 employeesU.S. managers "encouraging" them and their families to protest the FCC's net neutrality rules. Updated More » -
#googlevoice
AT&T: Google Is So Evil, They Even Block Calls to Nuns
The AT&T vs. Google Voice debate has gotten much more interesting/entertaining, thanks to a letter from AT&T to the FCC, loudly trashing Google—and even the FCC themselves, for allowing Google to run rampant. There's some serious animosity here. More » -
#google
Google Says They Gotta Block Some Numbers to Keep Google Voice Free
Here's one way for Google to keep people on their side in their tussle with the FCC, egged on by AT&T: Say that the only way to keep Google Voice free is to block those pricey calls to certain numbers. More » -
#googlevoice
Can Google Voice Really Block Calls to Some Numbers? The FCC Investimagates
Remember AT&T's hilariously ironic request for the FCC to investigate Google Voice for not following net neutrality rules? The FCC is all over it, and has sent a letter to Google asking why and how Google Voice blocks certain calls. More » -
#fcc
Why the FCC's Got AT&T and Verizon Scared Shitless
Remember net neutrality? Over a year after Comcast's torrent-killing ways turned it into a rallying cry for chest-slapping geek solidarity, it's back. But this time, it's got AT&T and Verizon scared shitless—and it might actually screw us over. More » -
#att
Hey, iPhone Users: Get Ready For Data Caps
So you've got the FCC, to whom you've just made a very public concession, on your back. How do you remind the world, and your regulators, that you're still totally over net neutrality? From AT&T's CEO, a case study. More »
