Word: fcc
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...FCC • solemn assessment by that the "graphic and shocking, albeit brief, exposure of Janet Jackson's bare right breast to a nationwide audience composed of millions of children and adults" warrants - lo, these 5½ years after that insanely overhyped distraction from the Iraq war - further investigation...
...companies to rent lines to local Internet service providers for use with broadband DSL. The Federal Communications Commission attempted to do the same during the middle of the decade to allow competition, but it had to back down from this practice after phone companies threatened to sue. Worse, the FCC and the courts allowed SBC to buy both AT&T and Bellsouth in 2005 and 2006, creating a huge monopoly that rivaled AT&T of the 1980s. Lack of competition in the U.S. broadband market has lead to huge profits for companies like Comcast and Verizon, making U.S. Internet...
...surprise that market-only solutions have failed, because monopolies have little incentive to change, and the benefits of high-speed Internet are somewhat unclear to low-income Americans. The FCC and the courts need to stand up to the established telecommunications companies if they hope to put consumer and business interests first...
While some have speculated that the last straw was the recent FCC investigation into Apple's refusal to carry a native Google Voice app - supposedly on the grounds that it competes with partner AT&T's visual voice mails - the split was inevitable. (See pictures of work and life at Google...
...fleeting expletives" •FCC ban on is upheld by Scalia-led Supreme Court majority...