U.S. wireless carriers and broadband-internet providers are fighting to win customers from each other, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wireless carriers exploited the excess capacity on next-generation networks to win traditional broadband-internet users, while cable companies retaliated with new and cheaper cellphone plans. The competition, in several instances, helped consumers to beat inflation. The cost of internet…
Wireless Carriers T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and Broadband-Internet Providers Comcast, Charter Compete for Customers
The FAA Clears the 5G Runway but These Telcos Stay Grounded
Commentary 5G is finally cleared for take off. “Federal safety regulators say they have cleared the way for Verizon and AT&T to power up more towers for new 5G service without causing radio interference with airplanes.” After being stuck in a holding pattern because of concerns about the radio spectrum that 5G uses was deemed…
Daughter of House Majority Whip Moves Closer to Co-Chairing Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
October 27, 2021
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Senators on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee praised the nomination of Jennifer Clyburn Reed, daughter of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), to serve as the first federal co-chair of the Southeast Regional Crescent Commission. Clyburn himself looked on during the Oct. 27 hearing from the live audience. The commission, which was authorized…
Broadband Companies Paid for 8.5 Million Fake Comments on Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’: New York AG
The New York Attorney General’s office said in a Thursday report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality. The report (pdf), headlined “How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice,” concluded that nearly 18 million of the more than…
UK Internet Usage More Than Doubled in 2020
Broadband usage in 2020 has more than doubled compared to the previous year, according to the UK’s largest broadband network. Data released on Dec. 29 by the network Openreach, whose customers include BT, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, and Zen, shows that 50,000 petabytes (PB) of data has been consumed in the UK this year, more…
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Broadband Companies Paid for 8.5 Million Fake Comments Supporting Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’: New York AG
The New York Attorney General’s office said in a Thursday report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality. The report (pdf), headlined “How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice,” concluded that nearly 18 million of the more than…