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FCC Launches Inquiry Into Broadband Data Caps

By George Winslow published

REGULATION Agency says it received complaints from nearly 3,000 consumers

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Helene

FCC Offers Discounted Phone, Broadband Service to Hurricane Survivors

By George Winslow published

FCC temporarily waived the Lifeline eligibility requirements to permit households not already enrolled the program for discounted services if they are receiving help from FEMA

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FCC Sets Agenda for October 17 Meeting

By George Winslow published

Items include wireless handset model hearing aid compatibility and other issues

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Storm track for Hurricane milton

Hurricane Milton Knocks Out 3 TV, 14 Radio Stations in Florida

By George Winslow published

1.27 million subs are without phone, pay TV or internet services; 12% of cell sites are down

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Anna M. Gomez

NAB Pushes for New Regs on vMVPDs in FCC Visit

By George Winslow published

NAB’s Curtis LeGeyt and Rick Kaplan pushed for reclassification of YouTube TV and other vMVPDs as pay TV operators during a meeting with Commissioner Anna Gomez and staff

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FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel

FCC Chair: Attempts To Prosecute TV Stations for Airing Abortion Ad Are ‘Dangerous’

By George Winslow published

Rosenworcel said that the threats by a Florida state agency “undermine the fundamental principle of free speech”

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FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel

Rosenworcel Proposes Expanding 6-GHz Band for ‘Very Low Power’ Devices

By Tom Butts published

FCC chairwoman wants to make more spectrum available for next-gen tech

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FCC Names Former Verizon Exec as Enforcement Bureau’s First CTO

By Tom Butts published

People Andy Hendrickson will also support regulator’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force

People
Graphic of the path for Hurricane Helene

UPDATED 9/30: FCC Reports 5 TV Stations, 35 Radio Stations Still Off Air Post-Helene

By George Winslow published

Just over a million subscribers in areas hit by Helene were without phone, internet and/or pay TV services on Sunday in the wake of the storm on Sept. 28, according to the FCC

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NOAA mape of hurricane Helene

FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting System for Hurricane Helene

By George Winslow published

As Hurricane Helene approaches landfall, FCC Chair Rosenworcel outlined the agency's efforts to keep providing information and secure communications networks

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