Posts Tagged ‘FCC’
Goverment entities finally start working together to promote wireless medical technology
According to a story in "The Hill", a Washington D.C. based blog, the FCC and the FDA are joining forces to promote the use of wireless technology within the health care arena. According to the article "FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg signed a memorandum of understanding and released a joint statement of [...]
FCC! They have no power to regulate Net neutrality….
In what could signify the kicking open of the door, which could lead to the end of an open internet. A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. tossed out the FCC's cease and desist order against Comcast. Which required Comcast to carry, or allow, services such as Skype to run unrestricted across their network. Even though these systems directly [...]
A broadband catapult for America
3/15/2010 11:57:00 AM (Cross-posted from the Google Public Policy Blog) Power. Clean water. The Interstate highway system. It’s easy to forget that the advantages of modern American life result from basic infrastructure investments made by earlier generations. Tomorrow the FCC will release a national broadband strategy. The plan [...]
Lawyer questions FCC’s authority on Net neutrality rules
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks the statutory authority to make network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing some Internet traffic, a former U.S. solicitor general said Wednesday. If the FCC wants the authority to proceed with its Net neutrality, [...]
