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Google Meet, Google’s Zoom competitor, is now free for everyone (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Jon Sallet on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 15:37SpaceX will start testing Starlink broadband service in a private beta sometime in late summer 2020 (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Jon Sallet on Fri, 04/24/2020 - 13:57A critical iPhone and iPad bug that lurked for 8 years may be under active attack (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 16:32AT&T’s massive TV losses continue as another 900,000 customers flee (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 13:26AT&T gave FCC false broadband-coverage data in parts of 20 states
AT&T falsely reported to the Federal Communications Commission that it offers broadband in nearly 3,600 census blocks spread across parts of 20 states. AT&T disclosed the error to the FCC in a filing that provides "a list of census blocks AT&T previously reported as having broadband deployment at speeds of at least 25Mbps downstream/3 Mbps upstream that AT&T has removed from its Form 477 reports." The 78-page list includes nearly 3,600 blocks.
In the COVID-19 era, the wheels on the bus increasingly bring Wi-Fi (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 14:22Charter still hates broadband competition, asks FCC to help prevent it
Charter Communications is asking the Federal Communications Commission to block government funding for Internet service providers that want to build networks in parts of New York where Charter is required to offer broadband. An FCC rule for Phase 1 of the commission's $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) bans funding in census blocks where at least one ISP has been awarded money from any federal or state broadband-subsidy program "to provide 25/3Mbps or better service," and it also bans funding in areas that already have home-Internet access at those speeds.