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Comcast Wins Battle Over the FCC

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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A U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overstepped their authority when it issued a citation in 2008 against Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, for slowing some Internet traffic on its network. This deals a blow to internet-based commerce, peer-to-peer usage and other forms [...]

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YouTube Interview with FCC Chairman Genachowski

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Here’s a followup to the post Why the FCC Broadband Plan Matters and worth a few minutes watching it:

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Comcast’s Oscar Fail Followup “We Dunno”

Monday, March 8, 2010

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This morning’s post, “Comcast’s Oscars Fail in MN” was one that’s received a fair amount of traffic today and in it I promised I’d update you, so here you go. Moments ago I got off the phone with Mary Beth Schubert, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Comcast in Minnesota. While pleased to receive an [...]

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Comcast’s MN Oscars Fail

Monday, March 8, 2010

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Though the problem seemed to begin on Friday with our Comcast cable TV service, we didn’t much care until the family sat down to watch the 82nd Academy Awards and the video stuttering and audio dropouts were so horrifically bad that it was almost unwatchable. Rebooting the device during a commercial break was a mistake [...]

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