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  Leave net neutrality to the FCC? No way, says senator Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) isn't content to let the FCC slap around badly-behaving ISPs on a case-by-case basis. The US needs network neutrality laws... Posted Nov 14 2008, 08:53 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: isps, fcc, network neutrality, slap, case basis, byron dorgan, neutrality laws

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  Transition to yesterday: subsidizing the killer app of 1952 Former FCC Chief Economist Thomas Hazlett argues that the FCC is missing a huge opportunity with the end of analog TV transmissions in February 2009. Instead... Posted Nov 03 2008, 08:40 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: spectrum, fcc, chief economist, tv transmissions, thomas hazlett, analog tv

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  Opinion: A lesson from the White Space War Why will the FCC vote on white space devices this Tuesday? Here's one reason: NBC doesn't own Google. Read More... Read More... Posted Nov 03 2008, 04:30 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: google, nbc, fcc, white space, fcc vote, space devices

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  White space lobbying fast and furious as Bill Gates joins in In the last few weeks, white space backers have brought out the big guns to lobby the FCC. Senators, Google cofounders, and even Bill Gates are now directly... Posted Oct 27 2008, 11:04 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: google, bill gates, vote, fcc, big guns, backers, white space, senators

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  No letup in FCC ***-free broadband fight Everybody's still fighting over FCC Chair Kevin Martin's smutless broadband plan, even after a Commission engineering study gave the green light... Posted Oct 26 2008, 05:30 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: fcc, kevin martin

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  FCC looks set to back "white spaces" as Chairman signs on On the day that the FCC report on white spaces is set to debut, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin took to the microphone to express his support for the idea. TV... Posted Oct 15 2008, 02:09 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: fcc, kevin martin, fcc chairman, microphone, white spaces, tv broadcasters, fcc report, wireless competition

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  Report: FCC's Adelstein backs Sirius XM merger; who's #3? Two FCC Commissioners now support the proposed merger of Sirius and XM radio. The agency just needs one more. Who could she be? Read More... Read More... Posted Jul 19 2008, 06:30 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: xm radio, fcc, fcc commissioners, merger, sirius

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  Siriux, XM blast C3SR, defend lack of radio interoperability When the FCC told XM and Sirius to "design" an interoperable receiver, did the Commission actually want consumers to have one? Read More... Read... Posted Jun 10 2008, 07:28 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: consumers, fcc

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  US Electronics demands FCC fork over XM/Sirius documents US Electronics, the WCS Coalition, C3SR—it's just one big dogpile over at the FCC's proceeding on the XM/Sirius merger. Read More... Read More... Posted Jun 05 2008, 07:12 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: dogpile, fcc, proceeding, xm sirius merger

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  Epic fail: FCC gives Tucson a "failing station" TV duopoly A Tucson television station has succeeded in meeting the FCC's criterion for failure and is now part of a regional TV duopoly. Read More... Read More... Posted Jun 03 2008, 04:10 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: failure, fcc, criterion, television station, regional tv

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  Consumer advocates battle Verizon early termination fee plan State consumer advocates hate Verizon's plan to take the cell phone termination fee problem out of the courts and put it in the hands of the FCC. Read... Posted Jun 01 2008, 10:58 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: cell phone, verizon, fcc, consumer advocates, termination fee

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  Civil rights groups blast à la carte cable Over a dozen civil rights groups are denouncing FCC Chair Kevin Martin's latest "à la carte" scheme. But some of them endorsed the XM/Sirius... Posted May 30 2008, 03:03 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: fcc, kevin martin, civil rights groups, xm sirius merger

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  Hearing used for finger-pointing on 700MHz auction, D Block Congress hauls the FCC Commissioners in to talk about the 700MHz auction and what went wrong with the public/private D Block. "I told you so,"... Posted Apr 15 2008, 10:24 AM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: auction, failure, congress, fcc, d block, joe barton, fcc commissioners

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  FCC boss says no to Skype's desire for open cell networks During his keynote at the CTIA Wireless convention in Las Vegas, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he would recommend that the FCC deny Skype's request... Posted Apr 01 2008, 05:15 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: openness, keynote, fcc, kevin martin, ctia wireless, fcc chairman, cellular carriers, cellular networks, las vegas

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  FCC Chair warns ISPs against making "arbitrary distinctions" FCC Chair Kevin Martin calls Comcast's P2P management behavior "troubling" and warns against ISPs making "arbitrary distinctions"... Posted Mar 10 2008, 06:25 PM by Ars Technica Feeds Filed under: p2p, comcast, fcc, broadband applications, management behavior, kevin martin, arbitrary distinctions