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Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website prior to 2002 or 2003, and still used on some publications and areas of their website. The central part of the logo is also used on products which conform to FCC requirements. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) US agency that regulates Internet service too poor to build a good website | Ars Technica :  ""Efforts to upgrade this IT capability were a casualty of sequestration," Wheeler wrote in a blog post yesterday. "Most recently, the agency requested of Congress approximately $13 million for IT upgrades in the FY 2015 appropriation. I appreciate that the Senate subcommittee has provided the Commission with full funding in its FY 2015 spending bill, so that we can make these important upgrades. Unfortunately, the appropriations bill passed by the House today would fund the FCC at $17 million below current levels and $53 million below our overall budget request, dramatically under...

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable: Say goodbye to the public interest - latimes.com :  "Let's get to the bottom line. There's no way this combination can conceivably be in the public interest. The deal is a blunt challenge to the Federal Communications Commission and its new chairman, Tom Wheeler; the question is whether the FCC will fold against the economic and political power of these two behemoths. "  ...ero. Related articles Comcast strikes deal to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion - latimes.com Comcast strikes deal to buy Time Warner Cable There's no way Comcast will buy Time Warner Cable Comcast & Time Warner Cable: A Wedding That Should Be Called Off Before It's Too Late Comcast CEO Says Time Warner Cable Buy Is ‘Pro-Competitive’ and ‘Pro-Consumer’ How Comcast-Time Wa...

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) FCC Revisits Cellphone-Cancer Link :  ""This needs further study, but what we know right now is that it is heavily absorbed by brain tissue ," said Gultekin. " Radiation penetrates the brain and gets absorbed. It also causes the temperature of the tissue to rise. We also know that absorption is not uniform throughout the brain, that there are hot spots that cause variations in energy inside the tissue."" Related articles FCC Revisits Cellphone-Cancer Link US Watchdog to Revisit Cell Phone-Cancer Link 5 Reasons Why Cellphones Are Bad For Your Health

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Bruce Kushnick: AT&T, ALEC, FCC, Part 2: The AT&T FCC Petition is ALEC Model Legislation. :  "The irony of all of this: AT&T's entire U-Verse broadband and cable service is based almost entirely on the PSTN and uses the old copper wire that was already in place. And U-Verse already offers VOIP -based service over these old wires as AT&T's digital voice service." Related articles Bruce Kushnick: AT&T, ALEC, FCC, Part 2: The AT&T FCC Petition is ALEC Model Legislation. BlackBerry Q5 stops by the FCC with AT&T-friendly 3G Sprint HTC Windows Phone Spied at FCC FCC Filing Reveals HTC Windows Phone 8 Device with LTE Sprint's next Windows Phone, the HTC Tiara, inches closer to release with FCC cert Human Evolution Affected By Culture: Big Feet Preference In Rural Indon...

Security lapse exposes some Lifeline phone customers to ID theft risk » Times Record News :  "More than 170,000 records from two participating companies — O klahoma City-based TerraCom Inc. and its affiliate, YourTel America Inc. — were posted online, a Scripps News investigation has found. The records, from residents of at least 26 states, include Social Security numbers , dates of birth and information about participation in other government-assistance programs. Of those records, 343 were viewed by unknown individuals, an official for both companies acknowledged." ...ero. Related articles Security lapse exposes some Lifeline phone customers to ID theft risk Phone assistance program leaves many exposed to identity theft Some Lifeline phone customers face risk Lifeline: Direct line to ID theft? McFeatters: Lifeline could be direct line to identity theft Lifeline: Direct line to ID theft? Scripps uncovered security risks for some Lifeline phone customers How ...

net neutrality world logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) AT&T and Verizon End Run Net Neutrality Rules By Giving You (Some) Free Mobile Data - At A Cost - Forbes :  " AT&T T -0.4%‘s CEO, Randall Stephenson , last week told a group of investors that AT&T plans to charge content providers and app developers to keep their data use from counting against their mobile data caps." Related articles AT&T and Verizon End Run Net Neutrality Rules By Giving You (Some) Free Mobile Data - At A Cost - Forbes AT&T and Verizon End Run Net Neutrality Rules By Giving You (Some) Free Mobile Data - At A Cost MetroPCS ditches net neutrality lawsuit following T-Mobile acquisition, Verizon becomes sole belligerent MetroPCS Abandons FCC Net Neutrality Suit T-Mobile drops anti-net neutrality lawsuit filed by MetroPCS, leaving Verizon on its own AT&T Hangout Block Highlights a Timid, Incompetent FCC - What it Looks Like When Barney Fife Is Your Telecom Regulator M...