Julius Genachowski
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FCC Proves Yet Again That It’s Out To Kill Net Neutrality
...FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, despite weeks of backlash, still wants to allow Internet Service Providers like Comcast and Verizon to “offer” different levels of service to internet companies, although he refused to call them a “fast lane” and a “slow lane” and refused to recognize how those arrangements up the food chain affect consumers and a neutral internet...
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FCC To Hire Healthcare Director, Step Up Health Efforts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a public briefing this week with its mHealth Task Force, which formed just this past June to work with various other healthcare professionals and technologists to create a report full of “concrete” next steps that the FCC (and other agencies) can take to facilitate the adoption and acceleration of mHealth in the United States. Read More »
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Former FCC Head: In Times Of Crisis, Open WiFi Can Keep Us Connected
After the Boston Marathon bombings, the traditional cellular networks went down hard and fast. Could generous strangers and ad hoc access help us weather the next disaster without losing touch? Read More »
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How the Government's 2013 Tech Policy Agenda Will Impact IT
From cybersecurity to privacy, mobile broadband to net neutrality, the coming year in Washington promises to be a busy one for the technology sector. Read More »
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Mozilla Tells The FCC To Grow A Spine, Reclassify ISPs As Common Carriers
Mozilla might not be as big as Google or Netflix in most consumers’ minds but as the maker of the popular Firefox browser, it does have some clout. That’s why it’s noteworthy that Mozilla on Monday recommended that the Federal Communications Commission use the “nuclear option” against Internet service providers by reclassifying them as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act...
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Net Neutrality's Death Could Spark Populist Revolt
With echoes of the Gilded Age, Washington coddles moneyed, monopolistic internet barons...If history is a guide, our generation's Standard Oil, the populists' boogeyman, may be Comcast, Verizon and/or AT&T – the sprawling internet providers who, like Rockefeller and his railroad co-conspirators, could monopolize the price and quality of indispensable goods.
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Obama Should Fire His FCC Chairman
...[L]ast Thursday, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, proposed a network neutrality rule that would authorize those pay-to-play fast lanes. The FCC approved the proposal but will take public comment over the next four months before a final ruling...
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White House: It's Time To Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking
In what is sure to draw the attention (and disdain) of mobile providers nationwide, the Obama Administration is arguing that it's time to legalize cell phone unlocking. Read More »
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