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On May 23rd, 2024, the Verizon New York 2023 Annual Report was made public by the NY Department of Public Service. We will lay out billions of dollars in just New York State that should be used to upgrade the state with fiber optic wires to the home, even in rural and low income unserved and underserved areas, and immediately lower basic phone rates. We will also address why America’s prices for all telecommunications, including wireless, broadband and internet should be immediately reduced — and what immediate investigations and actions should be taken throughout America. How much are you owed? How much will prices go down? Will your area get fiber optic upgrades, and how does this solve the Digital Divide? We will come back to these questions. Now, you probably have no idea about any of this, and most will think that this excerpt of the Verizon NY 2023 Annual Report looks like gibberish. You probably don’t know who or what Verizon New York is; maybe you think Verizon is a wireless company. And we’ll place bets virtually no regulator, politician or even ‘academics’ and experts know the basic facts — so whatever we lay out we will have to prove to substantiate any claims, right?
Mediacom Communications today announced that the company is making significant speed enhancements to several of its most popular Xtream Internet services. Beginning May 17 th , new and existing customers will be able to take advantage of the following speed increases: Xtream Internet 100 will become Xtream Internet 250—Speeds jump from 100 Mbps down to 250 Mbps down, a 150% increase. Xtream Internet 300 will become Xtream Internet 500—Speeds climb from 300 Mbps down to 500 Mbps down, a 67% increase.
“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.
Minnesota this week eliminated two laws that made it harder for cities and towns to build their own broadband networks. The state-imposed restrictions were repealed in an omnibus commerce policy bill signed on Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat. Minnesota was previously one of about 20 states that imposed significant restrictions on municipal broadband. The number can differ depending on who's counting because of disagreements over what counts as a significant restriction. But the list has gotten smaller in recent years because states including Arkansas, Colorado, and Washington repealed laws that hindered municipal broadband. The Minnesota bill enacted this week struck down a requirement that municipal telecommunications networks be approved in an election with 65 percent of the vote. The law is over a century old, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Community Broadband Network Initiative wrote yesterday.
OpenAI's efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU's privacy watchdog said.
To make matters worse, programmers in the study would often overlook the misinformation.
Minnesota legislators have repealed the state’s preemption laws that prevented cities and towns in the state from providing municipal broadband services. The rollback means that the number of states with laws that limit municipal broadband is now down to 16 states.
The American Privacy Rights Act, already revised since it was unveiled last month, will now move to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which could make additional changes.
Carr calls the effort “as misguided as it is unlawful” and said it would "do more harm than good"
U.S. News and World Report published the results of a new broadband survey in April that concentrated on what people are paying for broadband. The survey was administered to 2,500 people nationwide and asked about prices paid for broadband, service reliability, and overall satisfaction with their ISP. The survey had some interesting findings: The survey…
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo says the US is collaborating with other countries, including the UK, Japan, and Canada, to manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
"There is currently no privacy-protective way to determine whether a consumer is a child," staff at the California Privacy Protection Agency said in a memo to the board.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission just posted a new document on their website that includes proposed consent items of potential interest. The first is a request to expand Midcontinent’s ETC service area… P6186/SA-24-175 Midcontinent Communications In the Matter of a Petition of Midcontinent Communications for Expansion of ETC Service Area. 1. Should the Commission grant…
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With mere days until the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) runs out of funds, Congress is considering several ways to save the program. But a funding lapse is almost guaranteed, and a path to saving ACP is still murky.
PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - The European Union's industry chief has called on the United States to pass new technology regulations, in the hopes of fostering a cohesive digital marketplace across the Atlantic.
The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual.
Hello, and welcome to this week’s installment of The Future In Five Questions. I recently sat down with Matt Carter, a longtime tech and telecom executive who is now CEO of emergency communications company Intrado. Carter is at the center of debates in the U.S. around upgrading the 911 system — a key piece of national infrastructure that lawmakers are debating how to bring into a higher-tech era. Today, Carter discusses those possible changes alongside the potential risks posed by artificial intelligence and the promise of converging satellite and telecom companies. The following has been condensed and edited for clarity.
The company’s C.E.O. bet it all on a new kind of chip, Stephen Witt writes. Now that Nvidia is one of the biggest companies in the world, what will he do next?
Join Chris as he talks with Paul Dixson and Mike Smeltzer about the UC2B (Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband) project, which has revolutionized internet access in Champaign-Urbana, IL. They discuss the project's origins, its impact on local broadband competition, and the successful public-private partnership driving its expansion. Learn how UC2B is bridging the digital divide and setting a model for community-driven broadband initiatives.
Rep. Frank Pallone warned that the bill "could cause social media companies to overfilter content, out of an abundance of caution about legal risks."
An Illinois bill that would require big tech companies to pay usage fees for content they use from publications has moved to the next stage. Senate Bill 359 was advanced by the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday and is "now heading to the full Senate," writes State Senator Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford). Otherwise known as the Journalism Preservation Act, the bill ensures that “news publishers are fairly compensated for their work, which is increasingly being utilized by large tech platforms for profit,” Stadelman adds.
FCC broadband map processes were overhauled in 2022. The commission now wants to tweak the processes based on what it learned.
Without new rules, campaigns could hoodwink voters with AI-generated ads. And no one really seems to be taking the threat seriously.
Health Affairs posted a report on digital inclusion and health equity. Here are the key points... Digital inclusion is considered a super social determinant of health and rests on four pillars: available and affordable broadband service, quality devices, digital skills and training, and technical support for using accessible applications. Evidence suggests two pathways through which…
Broadband Communities reports… A bill in Minnesota that would take effect this August if signed by the governor will mandate the state’s broadband office to prioritize companies that meet strict new workplace standards when awarding grants. The bill, HF 5242, was passed in both the Minnesota house and senate last week. The legislation had been opposed…
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