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Cable industry fights plan to require robocall-detection technology (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/27/2019 - 17:08
DOJ’s plan to make Dish the fourth major carrier has a fatal flaw
When the Department of Justice approved T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint, the DOJ's antitrust officials insisted that an unusual remedy could replace the competition lost in the merger. Sprint will no longer exist as a separate entity if the DOJ's plan is finalized, reducing the number of major nationwide mobile carriers from four to three.
Australia plans to block sites hosting extremist content during attacks (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/26/2019 - 15:48Google defends tracking cookies—some experts aren’t buying it (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/26/2019 - 13:42US phone carriers make empty, unenforceable promises to fight robocalls (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 08/26/2019 - 06:16The FCC has no idea how many people don’t have broadband access
A new broadband mapping system is starting to show just how inaccurate the Federal Communications Commission's connectivity data is. In Missouri and Virginia, up to 38 percent of rural homes and businesses that the FCC counts as having broadband access actually do not, the new research found. That's more than 445,000 unconnected homes and businesses that the FCC would call "served" with its current system.