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Justice Department Delays AT&T/T-Mobile Antitrust Case

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December 9th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

ADOTAS – The U.S. Justice Department wants to postpone its antitrust case aiming to block ‘s AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, and today Justice Department attorney Joseph Wayland proposed that delay in court. The trial was originally scheduled to begin in February of 2012. According to Wayland’s statement, because AT&T withdrew [...] more...

White Spaces to Act as Wifi Steroids

Written on
September 13th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – The American public may scream with outrage when its revealed that athletes are using illegal performance enhancing drugs, but when the nation’s wifi is on steroids, expect nothing but cheers. On Sept. 23 the Federal Communications Commission will vote on opening up spaces between television broadcast channels, known [...] more...

Screw You Guys — FCC Halts Backroom Net Neutrality Negotiations

Written on
August 6th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Yesterday when sources close to the affair told The New York Times that Google and Verizon had been secretly negotiating to offer sped-up service for paying content providers — and basically create an Internet class system — I pondered how chilly the atmosphere would be at coinciding closed-door [...] more...

Google & Verizon Stab Net Neutrality in the Back

Written on
August 5th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – All content is created equal, but some content is more equal than others — or so would seem to be the lesson from Google and Verizon’s private negotiations regarding priority content delivery, which appear to be coming to a close after 10 months. In exchange for an agreement not [...] more...

America’s Future Depends on Universal Broadband

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March 25th 2010
Author
Eric Newton

ADOTAS – It’s good that the FCC has put forward the nation’s first real broadband plan. Having a good plan is an essential first step in bringing high-speed Internet access to all Americans — and that is an essential first step in achieving the recommendations of the Knight Commission on [...] more...

Without Open Access, the FCC’s Broadband Plan Is a Joke

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March 22nd 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – A favorite writer of mine once commented that the worst part of traveling via airlines is being exposed to cable news blaring in every airport. Considering that my plane from Austin got canceled because of a freak snow storm in Dallas and I’m stuck in an airport hotel [...] more...

Muddy Waters for The FCC’s New Plan

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March 17th 2010
Author
Bob

ADOTAS -Tuesday the FCC relased a plan with over 200 recommendations on improving the U.S.’s communications infrastructure. Most of these recommendations can be adopted by the agency, but many parts of the plan require legislation. And that means (yikes!) an act of congress. Wading through the muck [...] more...

Government Broadband Is Socialism!

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March 11th 2010
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – With all the fuss over the public option and socialized health care, people who are concerned that the government is taking over everything have totally missed the move toward socialism in broadband! In the Recovery Act passed last year, Congress and the president ordered the Federal Communications Commission to [...] more...

FCC steps closer to net neutrality

Written on
October 23rd 2009
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – Despite a wave of lobbying from Internet service providers opposed to regulation, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted on Thursday to move forward with formalizing net neutrality guidelines. The proposed rules would prevent broadband providers from blocking or slowing certain content. However, providers would be allowed to use “reasonable” [...] more...

Yahoo pins hopes on display, expects 400 layoffs

Written on
August 3rd 2009
Author
Edward Barrera

ADOTAS — The FCC is asking Google, Apple and AT&T questions about Google Voice app iPhone rejection The government has sent letters to all three, and asking why Apple rejected the voice application and what role did AT&T play in the decision.  It’s part of a broader effort by the Federal Communications [...] more...



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