Evidence That Verizon Throttled CA Fire Department

Verizon throttled a California fire department’s “unlimited” data during CA wildfire by Jon Brodkin – 8/21/2018 | Original article here. Fire Department had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response. Verizon Wireless’ throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit that …

Time to Break Up Verizon, AT&T and CenturyLink

By Bruce Kushnick; New Networks Institute | June 10, 2018 | Original Medium article here. The Mergers that Created Verizon, AT&T and CenturyLink Were Failures AT&T= SBC, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Telesis, SNET, Ameritech, BellSouth and the original AT&T. Verizon = Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, GTE, Alltel, and MCI CenturyLink = US West turned into Qwest For …

New Networks Institute Files to Halt Proposed Verizon-NY Settlement

NNI and the IRREGULATORS Call for a Continuation of the Investigation April 27, 2018 by Bruce Kushnick; Original article here. What’s At Stake Billions in Cross-Subsidies: from the regulated State Wireline Telecom Utility to unregulated private Wireless companies Rampant customer overcharging Failure to upgrade cities’ Wireline infrastructure from copper to fiber optics Decades of questionable …

How Big Wireless Duped the World re: the Hazards of RF/MW Radiation

By Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie, THE NATION, March 29, 2018 Original article here. Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s environment correspondent and investigative editor, is the author of seven books, including HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth . Mark Dowie, an investigative historian based outside Willow Point, California, is the author of the …

No CPMRAs In Monterey Vista Neighborhood

No Close Proximity Microwave Radiation Antennas in the Monterey Vista Neighborhood There are less intrusive means for Verizon to close any alleged "coverage gaps" in the Montery Vista neighborhood, detailed below. The 1996 Telecommunications Act requires the Wireless Carrier applicant, not the City, to prove that less instrusive alternatives do not exist. Such alternatives may …

Powerful Comments Opposing FCC Docket 17-84

One can read all the comments for this docket by following the following link, which unfortunately seems to not present all comments in order of receipt, but prioritizes comments from large companies and influential groups “above the fold”. https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/filings?proceedings_name=17-84&sort=date_disseminated,DESC We Must Unite to Strike Down FCC Docket 17-84 "Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deploymentby Removing Barriers to …

Repeal Net Neutrality Ruling 17-108

Links to original file.docx, file.pdf and file.txt. Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom WC Docket No. 17-108 DECLARATORY RULING, REPORT AND ORDER, AND ORDER Adopted: December 14, 2017 Released: January 4, 2018 By the Commission: Chairman Pai and Commissioners O’Rielly and Carr issuing separate statements; Commissioners …

Bruce Kushnick Primer

IRREGULATORS v. FCC Judges: Rogers, Katsas, Williams Arguing: W. Scott McCollough, Matthew J. Dunne (FCC) Jan 17, 2020 Audio recording of W. Scott McCollough’s argument in IRREGULATORS v. FCC. It sounds like the IRREGULATORS might be able go after the states upon a decision in this case Ruling (est. to be July/Aug 2020), but that …

Regulation

Who knew? The FCC now has its own podcast. They have maintained a blog for sometime. 2021 FCC Open Commission Meetings January 13, 2021 FCC Open Commission Meeting February 17, 2021 FCC Open Commission Meeting March 17, 2021 FCC Open Commission Meeting April 22, 2021 FCC Open Commission Meeting May 20, 2021 FCC Open Commission …