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online.wsj.com - 10/28/2009

FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

— online.wsj.com — AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and auctioning them off... to wireless companies to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. Federal Communications ... (more) FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

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phonescoop.com - 10/28/2009

FCC Mulls Retrieving Airwaves from TV Broadcasters

— phonescoop.com — In order to combat what Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a "looming spectrum gap," the Federal Communications Commission... recently said it is giving thought to taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and then auctioning the airwaves ... (more) FCC Mulls Retrieving Airwaves from TV Broadcasters

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phonescoop.com - 10/29/2009

Google Says It Will Scale Back Call Blocking

— phonescoop.com — Today Google sent the FCC a letter wherein it disclosed that it will limit the types of... calls it blocks with its Google Voice product. Google said, "We told the FCC today that Google Voice now restricts calls to ... (follow link to read) (more) Google Says It Will Scale Back Call Blocking

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.@marick Nice, EFF seems against Net Neutrality being the horse that brings in unfettered Fed regulation http://bit.ly/3T4ulZ 26 days ago

@EFF sez: FCC argues "ancillary jurisdiction" to reg net neutrality = huge & poss. dangerous internet power grab: http://bit.ly/3T4ulZ 11/1/2009

FUCK the FCC!!! http://bit.ly/6aCYl (via @RagnarsRepos) 10/31/2009

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Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction
Technology Liberation Front — ... No doubt, other industry players will cheer on such regulatory harassment of the titans of tech—and maybe even demand more of it. Regulatory creep is driven by more than the self-interests of every bureaucracy to expand its own mission, budget and staff. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation has noted, “Experience shows that the FCC is particularly vulnerable to regulatory capture.” While lobbyists play an important role in defending business from government, all too many businesses naively look at government as a beast that can be tamed, trained, and turned to one’s own ...

Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the 'Net?
Ars Technica — ... . They quarrel, however, over under what circumstances it should be used. A Trojan Horse? But it isn't just Comcast that says that the FCC is out of bounds. The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the agency's proposed rulemaking a "Trojan Horse" which is "built on a shoddy and dangerous foundation." Since Congress didn't give the FCC specific authority in this area, what's next, worries EFF—an "Internet Decency Statement" pushed by conservatives, or an "Internet Lawful Use Policy" urged on the agency by the Hollywood studios? That's why the group calls the move "a power ...