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Sen Hawley (R-MO) Blasts Social Media as Unproductive 'Peril' (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 12:44Charter: Broadband-Only Users Average 400GB of Monthly Data Usage (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 13:37Attorney General Barr: Social media 'stepping up' in the wake of Russian meddling in 2016 election (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/01/2019 - 14:41House Communications Subcommittee Hearing on Robocalls
The House Communications Subcommittee held a hearing on more than six robocall bills, and there was bipartisan momentum for action. Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), author of one of the bills, talked up the Republican take on robocalls, which is to empower more info sharing between companies and the Federal Communications Commission, provide access to blocking technology, and to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate robocalls.
Broadband, Mobile Drive Q1 at Charter (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 11:50Cox Says There’s No Paid Prioritization Happening with Its New ‘Elite Gamer’ Broadband Service (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 13:15President Trump: Mueller Stories Were "Corrupt" Reporting (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 12:35NATOA to FCC (and NCTA): Text Notifications Don't Cut it
Local franchising officials don't want the Federal Communications Commission to cut cable operators some new tech slack when it comes to how they send mandatory notifications to customers about service and rate changes. The FCC is considering whether to allow notifications by electronic means other than e-mails, like texts or app-based notifications or via the TV. It has concluded that notice must not simply be any method "reasonably calculate" to reach subscribers.