AT&T R.I.P.
While it brings me no joy to report that this once-great company may soon meet its demise, I will also not be shedding any tears on the day AT&T disappears ... (
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July 2004 IT Update (pdf)
The July issue of IT Update reports on the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 14 decision not to review a lower court’s rejection of FCC rules requiring incumbent ... (
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Negotiation, not Litigation
When the D.C. Circuit Appeals Court in March once again threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules requiring incumbent telephone companies ... (
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Reforming Telecom Will Create Jobs
Currently, the United States ranks 11th in high-speed Internet use per capita, behind such countries as Italy and Canada. To make matters worse, American ... (
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UNE-P Crunch Time at the PUCs
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 15 not to review the D.C. Circuit Court’s rejection of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Triennial Review ... (
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VoIP: The 400-Foot Genie that Won’t Fit in a Box
This March, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came close to declaring itself irrelevant. In a dispute over the charges that large phone companies ... (
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Wiretap Rules Need Cost Vetting
On March 10, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the Federal Communications ... (
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