December 2022

Streaming’s Golden Age Is Suddenly Dimming (New York Times)

Submitted by benton on Mon, 12/19/2022 - 05:50

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Support for 1,764 Winning Bids Ready to be Authorized

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau and the Office of Economics and Analytics announced they are ready to authorize Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (Auction 904) support for 1,764 Auction 904 winning bids. Nearly all of the winning bids are Resound Networks, a wireless internet service provider. Bids are to serve parts of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The FCC also announced that Xiber, a broadband provider headquartered in Indianapolis, is forfeiting bids in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas.

2023 Urban Rate Survey

Here are the 2023 reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed voice and broadband services for eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) that are subject to broadband public interest obligations.

Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost. (Washington Post)

Submitted by benton on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 19:45

Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors

Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post. Twitter says it will take action against users that violate this policy “at both the Tweet level and the account level.” This means users can no longer include links to their profiles on other social networks in their Twitter bio, nor can they send out tweets directing users to check out their Instagram or Facebook accounts.

Elon Musk Polls Twitter Users, Asking Whether He Should Step Down (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 19:38

Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns (Guardian, The)

Submitted by benton on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 19:37

Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists

Elon Musk said that Twitter was reinstating the accounts of several journalists whose accounts were suspended after he had accused them of violating the social media platform’s rules on personal privacy. Musk said he was restoring most of the accounts, which had been deactivated on Dec 15, after a majority of respondents in his informal Twitter survey voted that the suspensions should be lifted immediately.

Twitter Plans to Remove Tweets Promoting Rival Social Media Platforms (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 16:26

A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon (Washington Post)