Tag Archives: Internet

AT&T/Verizon lobby asks FCC to help raise prices on smaller ISPs – Ars Technica

“This is an attempt by large incumbent providers to improperly use their market position in an anti-competitive way, especially in light of their proposal for a mere 18-month period for competitive carriers to transition away from these crucial facilities,” Windstream General Counsel Kristi Moody said in a statement to Ars. “To be clear, if this petition is granted, less competition will result, and schools, hospitals, libraries, nonprofit organizations and small and medium-sized businesses will see their rates go up.”

Source: AT&T/Verizon lobby asks FCC to help raise prices on smaller ISPs – Ars Technica

Cord-cutting just hit another record, and cable companies are in denial – BGR

The pay TV industry is in the midst of a huge change. Half a million pay TV customers cancelled their contracts in the last three months of 2017 alone, analysts at MoffettNathanson Research calculated this week. That makes a drop of 3.4% from the same period a year earlier, the biggest change since 2010.

Source: Cord-cutting just hit another record, and cable companies are in denial – BGR

Comey Calls on Tech Companies Offering End-to-End Encryption to Reconsider “Their Business Model”

The FBI director essentially wants tech companies to roll back secure encryption to something less secure that law enforcement can intercept.

Source: Comey Calls on Tech Companies Offering End-to-End Encryption to Reconsider “Their Business Model”