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T-Mobile Buys Layer3, Planning Launch of TV service in 2018
T-Mobile is launching a TV service in 2018, becoming the latest company to marry wireless and video. The service will target people who aren't interested in traditional cable and satellite TV packages. T-Mobile promises to address consumer complaints such as “sky-high bills” and “exploding bundles.” The company did not provide details on its upcoming offering, such as how it would differ from existing online TV alternatives from Hulu, YouTube, Sony, AT&T and Dish. The nation's No. 3 wireless carrier said Dec 13 that it bought cable-TV start-up Layer3 TV Inc.
Net Neutrality Fans Vocal As Repeal Looms
Since the Federal Communications Commission announced just before Thanksgiving that it was planning to gut the rules, there have been about 750,000 calls to Congress made through Battle for the Net, a website run by groups that advocate for net neutrality. By contrast, there were fewer than 30,000 calls in the first two weeks of November.
Fact check: Net-neutrality claims leave out key context (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 15:51Cybersecurity Company Finds Classified National Security Agency, Army Data Online (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/29/2017 - 12:45FBI gave heads-up to fraction of Russian hackers’ US targets (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 06:08AT&T suit may herald a new antitrust era - or Trumpian pique (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/22/2017 - 06:20Tweeter-in-chief ready to confront China’s ‘great firewall’
President Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday will serve as a test of reach for his preferred communications tool, Twitter. The White House is declining to comment on the president’s ability to tweet in China or the precautions being taken to protect his communications in the heavily monitored state. It’s about more than cybersecurity. Knowing the president’s penchant for showmanship, some aides are trying to build up social media suspense before Air Force One is wheels-down in Beijing. Spoiler alert: The American president will get his way.
Twitter kills its 140-character limit. Now tweets can be twice as long (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 18:08Stuck On Slow, Pennsylvania Renews Push For Rural Broadband
In Pennsylvania, there is a renewed push by state officials to capture $140 million in federal subsidies for rural broadband, a windfall that could go to another state after Verizon declined it two years ago. The Federal Communications Commission plans to distribute the rejected funds through an upcoming nationwide auction, a move that state officials are trying to head off through public advocacy and a pending FCC petition.