Facebook and the fight against spammers – CNN.com

Facebook and the fight against spammers – CNN.com.

November 17, 2011 0

Court Should Strip FCC of Indecency Authority | Center for Democracy & Technology

Court Should Strip FCC of Indecency Authority | Center for Democracy & Technology.

November 17, 2011 0

Giving Android a Chance

A little less than a month ago, I wrote some effusive praise for the iPhone 4S on this blog and chronicled my buying experience. The 4S is a very impressive…

November 15, 2011 8

How Technology and Markets Made Net Neutrality Moot

Before the courts have even ruled on Verizon’s lawsuit against the FCC‘s proposed Net Neutrality regulations, it appears that technological progress will make the wireless device neutrality portion of the…

November 15, 2011 11

“Unlimited” Now Equals 300 Megabytes

A small wireless company called Republic Wireless has started a new “unlimited” wireless voice/text/data service for $19 per month.  It was bad enough when companies were calling 5 gigabytes unlimited, but…

November 9, 2011 8

Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

This summarizes a selection from 173 applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during August and September 2011. These are related to long-range low-frequency radar, amateur radio,…

November 7, 2011 0

Verizon Takes a Step Forward

PC Magazine broke a very interesting piece of news Saturday about a new system Verizon has developed for their wireless network. Briefly put, this system presents an API that allows…

November 6, 2011 2

Digital Day 11-01-11 Reading List

Today is digital (binary) day and the date is 11-01-11, though the 2-digit year masks the fact that it’s 1000 years too late.  The year isn’t even over and it has…

November 1, 2011 1

Spectrum Deficit Disorder

The discussion about the wireless spectrum crunch can be hard for the average citizen to follow. While it’s easy to understand the straightforward fact that every network has a capacity…

October 31, 2011 13

$4.5 Billion Annual Subsidies for Broadband Approved

The FCC has unanimously approved the conversion of the $4.5 billion Universal Service Fund (USF) High Cost fund into the Connect America Fund (CAF) for bringing broadband to rural america.  Even…

October 28, 2011 2