Tag: Federal Communications Commission

On Oct.Â 22, the FCC will vote to decide whether to regulate the phone companies, which make $1.2 billion a year serving prisons and jails.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Should prison inmates pay $14 a minute to call home?

Daniel Allott · October 1, 2015 3:52 pm

Second quarter filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that AT&T's capital expenditures were down 29 percent for the first half of 2015 compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

New government regs slowed telecom investment

Rudy Takala · September 28, 2015 8:52 pm

"The only way to address the issues as it relates to contributions is to remind ourselves that we need to make sure the money is flowing where needed," Mignon Clyburn said.Â (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Should the FCC provide Internet vouchers?

Rudy Takala · August 19, 2015 4:26 pm

Drudge, Fox News could be censored under new federal rules, experts warn

Rudy Takala · August 13, 2015 7:09 pm

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The FCC flouts the rule of law

Randolph May · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

A Dish Network receiver is seen on June 4, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Reports indicate that Dish Network, the satellite television company, is in talks to acquire the wireless provider T-Mobile US. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Potential Dish and T-Mobile merger is trickle-up corporate welfare

Erik Telford · July 6, 2015 4:01 am

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks before voting on Net Neutrality at the FCC headquarters February 26, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Today the FCC voted to approve Net Neutrality regulating Internet service like a public utility, prohibiting companies from paying for faster lanes on the Internet. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

FCC chairman ‘will not let up’ on broadband regulation

Emilie Padgett · June 26, 2015 8:56 pm

AT&T faces $100m fine for misleading customers

Kelly Cohen · June 17, 2015 5:01 pm

Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai, right, and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler testify before the House Judiciary Committee about Internet regulation. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The courts and net neutrality

Jimmy Soni · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

Lt. Mike Baute from Florida's Child Predator CyberCrime Unit talks with a man on instant messenger during the unveiling of a new CyberCrimes office March 7, 2008 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The collateral damage of FCC Internet regulation

Daniel Berninger · June 12, 2015 9:00 am

The legislation from Claire McCaskill would increase fines on illegal telemarketers, raising the maximum fine from $16,000 to $25,000. (AP Photo)Â

McCaskill bill targets telemarketing scammers

Nathan Rubbelke · June 10, 2015 10:32 pm

The AT&T Corp. is displayed on a panel truck with the company's Golden Boy statue in background, outside company offices in Bedminster, N.J., Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

Obama has an offer that AT&T can’t refuse

Washington Examiner · June 8, 2015 4:01 am