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Ajit Pai Still Thinks Killing Net Neutrality Was a Brilliant Idea
The FCC boss insisted at CES that ignoring the public and killing net neutrality fixed America’s broadband problems. It didn’t.
Ajit Pai Says FCC's Investigation into Sale of Phone Location Data Nearly Complete
Motherboard previously revealed how AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon have sold real-time phone location data to middlemen companies which then provided it to third parties.
FCC Says Wireless Carriers Lie About Coverage 40% of the Time
Real world tests show that mobile speed and coverage maps are often more fantasy than reality.
How the FCC Helped Pave the Way for Predatory Prison Telecoms
A company is charging inmates by the minute to read ebooks on “free” tablets. The FCC could have stopped prison telecoms from gaining so much power, but didn’t.
Courts Shoot Down Another Barrier to Community Broadband
Court ruling makes it easier for Connecticut towns and cities to build better, faster, cheaper broadband networks.
Against All Common Sense, FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
40 years of US telecom history shows that mindless telecom mergers kill jobs, worsen service, and raise prices. So why are we still doing this?
FCC Study Declares US Broadband Is Wonderful, Nothing to See Here
A Congressionally-mandated report by the FCC clings tightly to unreliable data to justify apathy toward obvious US broadband problems.
Courts Mostly Back FCC Assault on Net Neutrality
But the court also blocked the FCC’s attempt to ban states from stepping in and protecting consumers themselves.
Study Proves The FCC's Core Justification for Killing Net Neutrality Was False
The biggest study yet finds Ajit Pai’s repeated claims that net neutrality hurt broadband investment have never been true.
Court Says FCC Ignored Hard Data in Rush to Help Media Monopolies
The court found the FCC failed to consider the negative impact pandering to media monopolies has on the broader public.
Jimmy Kimmel Is in Trouble With the FCC for Using Emergency Alert Sounds
The FCC fined ABC $395,000 after a "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" sketch used emergency alert system sounds three times.
Experts Say the DOJ Justification for T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Approval Is a Joke
The DOJ’s proposed plan to protect competition will do nothing of the sort, industry watchers say.