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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Telecommunications
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FCC asked to bar cellular carriers from blocking SMS traffic
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December 11, 2007
A handful of public-interest groups have filed a petition (PDF) with the Federal Communications Commission asking it to prevent cellular service providers from blocking text messages from adv…
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AT&T Offers More for BellSouth Deal Approval
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January 1, 2006
" AT&T has agreed to stiffer conditions on its acquisition of BellSouth to try to win approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, according to a letter filed with the agency …
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Broadband Reality Check II
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January 1, 2006
Broadband Reality Check II exposes the truth behind America's digital decline: A failed policy that has left Americans with higher prices, slower speeds and no choices for Internet service. …
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An Internet for the few or the many?
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January 1, 2006
Michael Copps has a message for the technology industry when it comes to Net neutrality: Get involved. Michael Copps has a message for the technology i…
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Substrate neutrality
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January 1, 2006
For a generation of intellectual property scholars, communications issues were peripheral. The telephone wires were humming along, doing their jobs -- what really mattered were Hollywood's at…
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Good Fences Make Bad Broadband
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January 1, 2006
The genius of the Internet is its promise of unlimited accessibility. With very limited exceptions, any consumer with an Internet connection and a computer can visit any web site, attach any device…
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FCC Chief Backs Net Phone Taxes
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January 1, 2005
Chairman Kevin Martin said that imposing new taxes on more Internet phone users will probably be a priority next year for the FCC. The issue arose with regard to the Universal Service Fund (USF), w…
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Network Neutrality: Why it's a Big Deal
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January 1, 2005
A blog entry concerning telecommunications laws, broadband management and telecommunications companies, who want to dictate which Internet sites get preferential treatment. …
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Bill Launched to Overhaul Broadband Rules
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January 1, 2005
"A debate over upgrading U.S. telecommunications laws for the digital era began in earnest recently with a proposal aimed at substantially deregulating broadband, satellite and cell phone serv…
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Congress Proposes Tax on all Net, Data Connections
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January 1, 2005
A report prepared by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation proposes extending a 100-year-old tax on phone service to some or all data connections. The tax originated in 1898 to pay for the …

















