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Note to Obama: The FCC Needs Transparency

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report accusing Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), of being deceptive and opaque in his management of the agency’s affairs. That a politician would pull such moves is no surprise, but the report should send a strong signal to the incoming…

The Dawning Digital TV Age

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

This story was originally published on Oct. 2, 2008, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. D-day — the day television broadcast signals switch from analog to digital — is less than five months away. While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and broadcasters like ABC, CBS, NBC…

Obama Set to Change Science and Tech

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States this week, he promised that his administration would “restore science to its rightful place.” Whether reality will fit the rhetoric remains to be seen, and there are reasons to be both optimistic and a little wary. In his inaugural speech, the…

The Flawed Focus of Universal Broadband

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

This month, the Federal Communications Commission begins drafting a national broadband plan as part of the 2009 stimulus package. This is not the first government attempt at broadband ubiquity, so the FCC can learn from past failures. The commissioners have less than eight months to “ensure that all people of the United States have access…

What Has President Obama Done for Silicon Valley?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

President Obama’s inability to fill even half of his major political appointments is in the news this week, but the appointments he’s already made are causing some in Silicon Valley to question whether they supported the right candidate. The president chose non-Silicon-Valley candidates for the nation’s two major technology posts. In March, Obama appointed Vivek…

FCC Eyes Flames Threatening LA Broadcasting, Communications

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The smoke and haze from the 190-square mile Station Fire near Los Angeles isn’t just making it difficult to see in the area of the San Gabriel Mountains. It’s also having an impact on advanced forms of communications in Southern California: cellphone signals, television and radio broadcasting, even transmissions among the police, sheriff and fire…

FCC’s Genachowski Not Neutral on New Net Rules

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski stirred up the Net neutrality pot last week with his speech at the Brookings Institution where he pledged to create new rules for governing the Internet. While the chairman’s comments were delivered eloquently, they were problematic for a number of reasons. The FCC boss implied that because the…

How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently voted to move forward on a rule-making process that could lead to new government regulations for the Internet. That is what the FCC and some activist groups want, although they claim to be supporting only “neutrality.” Even key players seem confused. The Open Internet Coalition (OIC) says neutrality “is…

Free Flow of Internet Traffic Requires Sensible Road Rules

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

This column is a response to “How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue,” by Sonia Arrison. Free marketeers’ primary argument against Net neutrality is that a government watchdog role in protecting neutrality is bound to be “political” — and that any government agency will ultimately start a slippery slide to full-bore regulation of the Internet.…

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