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Trump Names Brendan Carr to Lead FCC
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
Contract Emerging from AT&T Strike Could Give Workers 19.3% Wage Bump
Trump's pick to head the FCC was largely expected. Stance on USAC and rural broadband should come into focus quickly.
Article's Original Publication Date
November 17th, 2024
Contract Emerging from AT&T Strike Could Give Workers 19.3% Wage Bump
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
Contract Emerging from AT&T Strike Could Give Workers 19.3% Wage Bump
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
Sometimes it's fun to read a company's press release instead of news articles from a publisher. We'll just say that ATT is very proud of its fiber roll out.
Article's Original Publication Date
September 9th, 2024
AT&T Strike Continues in Southeast as Company Presents ‘Final Offer’ for Union Contract
AT&T Strike Continues in Southeast as Company Presents ‘Final Offer’ for Union Contract
AT&T Strengthens Fiber Leadership with Plans to Bring High-Speed Internet to More People
Strike now going into its 4th week, with customers across the south starting to feel the effects.
Article's Original Publication Date
September 6th, 2024
Verizon Buys Frontier . 3 Reasons to Hate the Deal.
AT&T Strike Continues in Southeast as Company Presents ‘Final Offer’ for Union Contract
FCC Gives Starlink Permission to Upgrade Its Satellites
Verizon set to acquire Frontier. Clearly, this writer doesn't like the deal.
Article's Original Publication Date
September 5th, 2024
FCC Gives Starlink Permission to Upgrade Its Satellites
AT&T Strike Continues in Southeast as Company Presents ‘Final Offer’ for Union Contract
FCC Gives Starlink Permission to Upgrade Its Satellites
Permission to upgrade makes one thing obvious: Starlink is way ahead in terms of number of satellites in Low Earth Orbit. There's just one problem: the satellites are already outdated.
Article's Original Publication Date
August 21st, 2024
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
While the lawsuits surrounding the recent CrowdStrike induced system outages are only getting started, we're encouraging all of clients, prospects, and well, pretty much everybody to pull out that cyber insurance policy and actually take a look at the fine print.
Article's Original Publication Date
August 7th, 2024
Court Blocks Net Neutrality, Says ISPs are Likely to Win Case Against FCC
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
Still confused by "Net Neutrality?" In a nutshell: Trump struck it down with the support of his FCC chair. Biden's FCC chair wants it back. Court says she can't have it back. We'll wait and see.
Article's Original Publication Date
August 5th 2024
Appeals Judges Rule Against Fund Used to Provide Phone Services for Rural and Low-Income People
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say
Appeals Judges Rule Against Fund Used to Provide Phone Services for Rural and Low-Income People
While this ruling is likely to be appealed, it does put a spotlight on just who exactly is authorized to impose a "fee," when it comes to telecom related charges. This court's decision seems to be clear in stating that the Universal Service Administration Company (the FCC's third party administrator) does not hold such authority.
Article's Original Publication Date
July 25th 2024
AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Chris Sambar, Head of Network, AT&T, to Board of Directors
AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Chris Sambar, Head of Network, AT&T, to Board of Directors
Appeals Judges Rule Against Fund Used to Provide Phone Services for Rural and Low-Income People
Starlink competitor AST Mobile is forging strong carrier relationships as it looks to launch "Direct To Device" or D2D technology.
Article's Original Publication Date
June 24th, 2024
Popular Internet Subsidy Program Ends, Despite Push to Renew
AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Chris Sambar, Head of Network, AT&T, to Board of Directors
Popular Internet Subsidy Program Ends, Despite Push to Renew
This COVID inspired subsidy has run out. Our guess is that pre-election politics will have it back in action sooner rather than latter.
Article's Original Publication Date
May 31st, 2024