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...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...
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...
...Washington Don't F ___ With the FCC In a setback for potty-mouthed celebs, the Supreme Court ruled on April 28 that the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) can fine networks for "fleeting expletives" that appear during live broadcasts. The case, FCC v. Fox Television Stations, arose from awards shows in which Bono, Cher and Nicole Richie uttered passing profanities. The question of whether such fines violate First Amendment rights, however, was left to a lower circuit court...
...doctrine’s opacity grants the FCC enormous powers, as it will be able to dictate which viewpoints are legitimate enough for coverage, which would lead to one of two outcomes. Either the FCC would grant every viewpoint equal time, which clearly defies practicality, or it would grant only a handful of viewpoints equal time, which clearly defies “fairness...