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Brief: FCC Commissioner slams Verizon on $350 ETFs
Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn looks like someone who enjoys the holiday cheer, but she isn't sharing any of it with Verizon Wireless this week. Instead, Verizon got a somber warning from her in response to its explanation fo...
AT&T Mobility CEO rebuts tiered iPhone data pricing claims
Continued rhetoric about "data hogs" causing service disruptions on AT&T's wireless network came to a head earlier this month when AT&T's Ralph de la Vega told the crowd at UBS's annual Global Media and Communications Conf...
Big wireless to FCC: be consistent—except when it benefits us
Lobbying is a fast and furious game, one where the lobbyists must make every attempt to present things that benefit their industry as if they are a triumph of dispassionate reason—even when their positions seem to contradic...
SOC\'s slippery slope: good enough for movies, why not sports?
Back when we had our debate with cable's top lobbyist Kyle McSlarrow over whether to let Hollywood block analog streams to your home theater setup, I asked a worried question. If the Federal Communications Commission doe...
Verizon: $350 ETFs are a good thing, and they help the poor
Verizon Wireless has replied to the Federal Communications Commission's letter of inquiry about its super-sized early termination fees for smart phones. The bottom line: $350 ETFs are good and good for you. "This pricing structure...
Radio Days: the celluloid afterlife of real radio
One night in 1959, radio DJ Bruce Morrow was broadcasting from the studios of WINS-AM in New York City when an elderly African American woman walked into the room. The lady asked if she could sit down in the studio and rest for ...
AT&T wants to \"educate,\" charge heavy data users more
Heavy data users may soon find themselves paying more for service if they're AT&T customers. AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega reiterated the company's idea charge heavy network users more for their activities at the UBS confere...
New Senate bill targets unfair early termination fees
Prompted by Verizon's recent increase in early termination fees for some users, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has, along with three colleagues, introduced a bill in the Senate to specifically address "budget-busting" early termin...
Mobile Web traffic increasing rapidly for non-smartphones
Apple's iPhone changed the way we think about mobile Web access by giving us the "real" Internet via its Mobile Safari browser. Since its introduction, smartphone vendors have scrambled to offer a comparable browsing experience,...
Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam
Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. That's exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commission's ...
FCC outlines seven biggest barriers to broadband adoption
Almost two-thirds of adults have broadband connections at home, but that's a long way from the ultimate goal: universal adoption of high speed Internet throughout the United States. Depending on which study you believe, we're ev...
Broadcasters fighting back against wireless spectrum reform
As the wireless industry makes its case for more spectrum licenses, it's facing stiff opposition from television broadcasters who warn that any reallocation of the band would be "terrible public p...
Verizon and AT&T continue slap fight over \"Map for That\" ads
Verizon and AT&T are playing out their 3G coverage spat in court, with Verizon asserting that "the truth hurts" when it comes to AT&T's 3G coverage. Verizon's statement is just the latest...
Premier Chat 002 Wrapup: EFF transcript plus extra questions answered
This past Wednesday, November 11, we hosted our third Ars Premier Chat. We'd like to thank again all those who participated and submitted questions. We asked our own Senior Editor,...
Broadband stimulus cash going quickly—who\'s making a grab?
Attention all broadband stimulus grant shoppers: the good news is that the Obama administration says it's fast-tracking the schedule to fork out over seven billion dollars in high speed Internet s...
Verizon\'s $350 early termination fee rubs senator wrong way
Verizon has gotten on the bad side of US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who publicly criticized the company this week for its decision to significantly jack up early termination fees (ETFs) for som...
