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At launch, AT&T’s real 5G will only be as fast as its fake 5G (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/25/2019 - 13:57Private equity firm buys .org domain months after ICANN lifted price caps (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/25/2019 - 06:46Lawsuit: Comcast wants to cripple Denver sports network and take over broadcasting rights (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/18/2019 - 17:05How the FCC solves consumer problems—well, it doesn’t, really
The Federal Communications Commission's extremely hands-off approach to broadband-customer complaints has alarmed Rep Mike Quigley (D-IL). Rep Quigley wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in Aug after learning of a Frontier customer who was forced to pay a $10-per-month rental fee for a router despite buying his own router. It turns out that the FCC hasn't proactively forwarded any broadband-billing complaints to the Federal Trade Commission despite the agencies' working agreement. But Chairman Pai's initial response to Rep Quigley didn't reveal that tidbit.