Tag: FCC
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The FCC Plans Spend $20.4 Billion To Expand Broadband Internet to 4 Million Rural Americans
Today the FCC announced plans to spend $20.4 billion on efforts to bring broadband to 4 million rural American homes. To do this the FCC is creating a new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. This new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund will be used to help roll out infrastructure to rural Americans in peroration for 5G technologies according…
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The FCC is Launching a Phone Number To Help Americans Rescan For FREE OTA TV
This week the FCC announced that they are launching a new phone to help Americans rescan their TV as some over the air TV channels move to new numbers this year. “As an over-the-air TV viewer myself, I know that consumers sometimes need extra help rescanning televisions when broadcast stations add channels or change frequencies.…
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The FCC Wants to More Than Broadband Double Speed Requirement For Rural America
Last week The FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released a long blog post on 5G, Rural Broadband, and unwanted robocalls. In that post, he went on to call for the minimum speeds for rural broadband to be more than doubled. He proposed doing this by making changes to the Universal Service fund that is used to help…
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The FCC Makes It Easier for Companies to Roll Out 5G Internet
This week the FCC made it a lot easier for companies to roll out 5G internet. They accomplished this by blocking cities abilities to slow down the rollout of new 5G networks. Now local governments will be required to approve or deny deployment of new small wireless facilities within 90 days, or just 60 days…
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The FCC Is Trying to Speed Up the Roll Out of 5G Internet
Recently the FCC announced they will vote in three weeks on a plan to accelerate the roll out of 5G wireless internet in the United States. The goal is to pass rules that would override local rules that are holding up 5G deployment. Many cities have rules that delay the placement of 5G small cells,…
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Can a Home Owners Association Ban Antennas? The FCC Says No…
2018 has been a great year for over-the-air TV and with the new 3.0 OTA standard on the horizon, your antenna is about to get better. We often hear that a home owner’s association or other similar groups try to block people from installing an antenna on their condo or house. Yet the law is…
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Cord Cutting This Week 40 – NFL Sunday Ticket on DIRECTV NOW, FCC AT&T Merger, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. This week…
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The FCC Says the Court Made an Error in Approving AT&T/Time Warner Merger
This week the Federal Communications Commission came out in support of the Department of Justice’s attempt to reverse the AT&T/Time Warner merger. The FCC filed a court briefing supporting the DOJ’s attempt to overturn the approval of the AT&T/Time Warner merger this week. “While the Commission takes no position on the relevance of any document…
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The FCC Just Made It Easier For Google Fiber to Expand & For 5G to Roll Out
For years Google Fiber and others have fought to expand their internet services into new markets. Sadly they have been slowed by existing providers blocking access to poles. This has greatly impacted Google’s ability to expand their fiber internet service. Now an FCC Committee has handed Google Fiber, and other internet providers who want to expand,…
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Sinclair Makes Changes to Address FCC Concerns Over the Tribune Deal
Today Sinclair announced that they are canceling plans to sell three stations to third parties who have ties to Sinclair. This comes shortly after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he had concerns that Sinclair had planned to sell the station to companies Sinclair had partnerships with. These stations include KDAF in Dallas, KIAH in Houston,…