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It's Time For FCC Chair To Step Down

There's a lot of uncertainty not just in the economy but also in the policies guiding American media, the Internet included. Perhaps to quell some of that uncertainty, the public and government officials should pay close attention to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's opinion…and do the opposite.

Telecom Immunity Bill Delayed For Now

Voting on a bill to give telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for participating in the government's warrantless electronic surveillance program was originally scheduled for today. The Democrats, who are suddenly discovering they may have a set of cojones after all, have successfully delayed renewal of the speciously titled "Protect America Act," at least until next week.

The Web's Most, Biggest, Best, and Worst of 2007

2007 was a frenzied year for all things digital, and could be marked as when the revolution really began to take hold. Social media took center stage, impacting everything from politics to major corporate maneuvers to raising awareness of social causes.There were lawsuits, mysteries, legal abuses, policy shifts, embarrassments, scandals, oppressions, miscalculations, bubble discussions, and significant innovations. All and all, 2007 was a big year for anybody with a stake on the Net.So, without further ado, we present the Most, the Biggest, the Best, and the Worst of 2007.

Brits Pay 3x Less Than US For Telcom Bundles

Britain edged out the US in broadband penetration for the first time in 2006, joining a host of other countries with better broadband access. It could have something to do with the fact that US households have to pay nearly three times as much.

Senators Call For Net Neutrality Hearing

Senators Bryon Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sent a letter today to Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, calling for a hearing to discuss phone and cable companies' recent discrimination against content on their networks, and whether current regulatory protections are enough.

Google Says It's Time To Turn Japanese

Phone and cable companies are losing the Net Neutrality debate, and losing it badly. And Google's Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Richard Whitt doesn't mind pointing that out.

Schmidt Speaks From the Lion's Den

It's one thing to talk about Net Neutrality and a little regulation to a crowd of digerati idealists. It's quite another to bring that up at the Masters of the Universe Ball.

Free Broadband Isn't Really Free

The US broadband situation is so dire that you may not even be able to give away access. Worse, there might be good reason for that. You may not have heard of M2Z Networks, Inc., but 50,000 others have and are pressuring the FCC to approve the company's offer of free nationwide broadband access.

Google Will 'Probably' Bid On Wireless Spectrum

Google will "probably" bid in the FCC's 700 MHz spectrum auction set to take place in 2008, CEO Eric Schmidt told attendees at a Colorado summit with telecommunications industry representatives heavily in attendance.

A Lot Of Noise In The FCC's White Space Dilemma

In case you had any hope left that the FCC really works for you, the taxpayer, and not for telecom incumbents, or even a smidge of optimism that the regulatory agency is competent, leave this article now, I’m about squash what hope you have remaining.