29 days ago
wearehugh : Open skies for white space broadband as FCC gives thumbs up - take that, dolly
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Rod Begbie : Comcast Blocking: First the Internet -- Now the Public - Comcast paid people to take seats at the FCC hearing in Cambridge to prevent opponents from being in the room. Just amazing in its brazenness. [via] #
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nelson : Jane Fonda said "cunt" - And everyone's freaked out
deusx : Jane Fonda c-word slip shocks US | The Register - "There is no excuse for airing one of the most patently offensive words in the English language on broadcast television, especially at the breakfast hour."
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14 month ago
deusx : Public radio station in NYC won't air "Howl" for fear of the FCC - Boing Boing - "The FCC's war on dirty words is having a chilling effect -- even WBAI Pacifica, the radical radio station in NYC, is scared of airing Allen Ginsberg's magnificent poem, Howl."
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17 month ago
nelson : Google wireless gambit - Offers to bid on spectrum, but only if there are openness requirements
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17 month ago
nelson : Google gambit 2 - I'm really impressed with their public play for open wireless
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jimray : FCC expected to back "a la carte" cable pricing - Wow. This is only about 20 years late. I predict the cable companies will make it too difficult and/or expensive to be worthwhile, not that it matters anyway, since on-demand shows, not channels, are the wave of the future.
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40 month ago
jimray : FCC Reclassifies DSL, Drops Common Carrier Rules - The FCC is a bunch of industry whores. This fucking sucks.
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45 month ago
jimray : FCC member Kevin Martin will replace Michael Powell - Well, he can't be much WORSE of a chariman
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jimray : Multicast Ruling Muddies Waters - The FCC continues to prove just how fucking inept it really is
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