Search Results for: 17-79

by Robbie McBeath Round-Up for the Week of September 17-21, 2018; Original post here. The September 26, 2018 FCC vote to approve WT Dockets 17-79 and 17-84 means local governments need to start planning immediately on zoning, application processing cost recovery, antenna design, location and spacing, additional pole and equipment aesthetic requirements, and other issues. …

Continue reading “Your Town’s Role in 4G/5G Expansion”

We’ll be picking up the tab, say city officials. Federal price cap will undercut existing agreements, says just about every big city in America. By Kieren McCarthy in San Francisco, Sept 22, 2018 | Original The Register article here . A plan to impose a federal price cap and one-size-fits-all model for the roll out …

Continue reading “US Cities React in Fury to FCC’s $2 Billion Dollar Gift to Telecoms”

By Bruce Kushnick. Sept 25, 2018; Original article here Legend WT Docket 15-180: Revising the Historic Preservation Review Process for Wireless Facility Deployments WT Docket 17-79: Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment WC Docket 17-84: Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment WTB = Wireline Telecommunications Bureau WCB = …

Continue reading “30+ FCC Actions in 2017-2018 Eliminate States Rights and Consumer Protections”

by Mike Dano, Sept 21, 2018 | Original Fierce Wireless article here. A large number of U.S. cities, both big and small, voiced concerted and coordinated opposition to the FCC’s proposal to streamline the deployment of small cells across the country. At the center of the issue is the federal government’s attempts to override local …

Continue reading “Major US Cities Revolt Against FCC Small Cell Deployment Rules”

Focus: Exploring Spectrum Needs Committee: Senate Commerce Webcast: Wed, July 25, 2018 at 10:00 am ET — view webcast The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on July 25, 2018 at 10:00 am ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on “The Race to 5G: Exploring Spectrum Needs to Maintain U.S. …

Continue reading “Senate Hearing On The Race to 5G”

Adapted from a 3/8/18 article by Bruce Kushnick, New Networks Institute The 4G/5G Close Proximity Microwave Radiation Antennas (‘CPMRA’) scheme is the latest in a long list of scandals by AT&T and Verizon to use the promise of a new technology to Eliminate regulations Kill off competition Raise rates This 4G/5G CPMRA scheme relies on …

Continue reading “4G/5G Wireless Is the New Bait-and-Switch Scandal”

A. Vote in the House on 3/6/18: HR.4986 About 15,000 Words The Press Release https://energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/walden-blackburn-house-passage-ray-baums-act/ H.R. 4986 , the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018 is a bipartisan, bicameral agreement among House and Senate leaders to reauthorize the FCC and support the deployment of next-generation wireless services. The …

Continue reading “FCC Reauthorization Act of 2018 & New FCC Order”

Paul Thurrott: “I think of [Net Neutrality] as more of a fairness thing . . . What has happened . . . What have these companies done when they were unfettered by regulation? What have they done? There are so many stories. . . It’s also anti-innovation because what this does is it gives unfair …

Continue reading “FCC Aims to End Net Neutrality”