It was a busy, if confusing, morning for the FCC. The Commission held its monthly open meeting, where it considered more than a half-dozen items, resulting in everything from harmoniously unanimous votes to contentious disputes among the three sitting members. Oh yeah, and Chairman Ajit Pai also got “rickrolled” in person. [More]
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In One Day FCC Voted To Both Streamline Competition And Disregard Competition
By 4.20.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
That Overpriced Telecom Market You Never Heard Of? The FCC’s Taking It On This Month.
By 4.8.16
You know how literally just yesterday we shared a report about the mostly-hidden, crazy-monopolistic, vastly important special access market, and all the money it costs everyone? Well, the FCC is really truly on it, the commission announced today. [More]
Telecom Market You Probably Never Heard Of Costs Consumers & Businesses An Extra $20B Per Year
By 4.6.16 — Updated: 10.20.16
There are pretty good odds your neighborhood is subject to a monopoly on broadband. It stinks and needs to change, but we’re used to it. We think about it. It’s right there every month, when we get our bills or have a crappy customer service call and still can’t switch providers even if we want to. But there’s a whole other monopoly telecom market that’s still probably costing you a couple hundred dollars a year, and it’s basically invisible to most of us. [More]
