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Comcast, Mozilla strike privacy deal to encrypt DNS lookups in Firefox (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 06/25/2020 - 10:50T-Mobile already trying to get out of merger conditions on 5G and hiring
T-Mobile is already trying to get out of merger conditions imposed by state regulators in California less than three months after completing its acquisition of Sprint. T-Mobile filed a petition with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), asking the agency to provide two extra years to meet 5G build-out requirements and to eliminate a requirement to add 1,000 new employees. T-Mobile, which had agreed to other conditions imposed by the federal government, completed the Sprint merger on April 1 without waiting for California's approval.
Indiana Supreme Court: It’s unconstitutional to force phone unlocking (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:45New Google rule bans discriminatory targeting for housing ads (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/12/2020 - 12:20Internet Archive ends “emergency library” early to appease publishers (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/12/2020 - 10:36Chairman Pai caves to SpaceX but is still skeptical of Elon Musk’s latency claims
The Federal Communications Commission has reversed course on whether to let SpaceX and other satellite providers apply for rural-broadband funding as low-latency providers. But FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said companies like SpaceX will have to prove they can offer low latencies, as the FCC does not plan to "fund untested technologies." Chairman Pai's original proposal classified SpaceX and all other satellite operators as high-latency providers for purposes of the funding distribution, saying the companies haven't proven they can deliver latencies below the FCC standard of 100ms.
Timothy Lee: The Internet’s most important—and misunderstood—law, explained (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 06/10/2020 - 09:35Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users
Cox Communications is lowering Internet upload speeds in entire neighborhoods to stop what it considers "excessive usage," in a decision that punishes both heavy Internet users and their neighbors. Cox, a cable company with about 5.2 million broadband customers in the United States, has been sending notices to some heavy Internet users warning them to use less data and notifying them of neighborhood-wide speed decreases.
Small ISP cancels data caps permanently after reviewing pandemic usage
The coronavirus pandemic caused big Internet service providers to put data caps on hold for a few months, but one small ISP is going a big step further and canceling the arbitrary monthly limits permanently. Antietam Broadband, which serves Washington County in Maryland, announced that it "has permanently removed broadband data usage caps for all customers," retroactive to mid-March when the company first temporarily suspended data-cap overage fees.