FCC Clears Broadband over Power Lines Barriers
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way for Internet access over the same infrastructure that carries electricity to homes and businesses in America.
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A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
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WASHINGTON -- New rules approved this week by the Federal Communications Commission are aimed at making high-speed Internet available to more Americans.
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Clearing the way for homes and businesses to receive high-speed Internet services through their electrical outlets, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules this week that would enable the utility companies to offer an alternative to the
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Broadband has out-stripped unmetered connections in the UK for the first time, official figures show.
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The Federal Communications  Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership  restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections  from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke  the action.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday adopted new rules about what parts of incumbent telephone carrier networks must be shared with competitors, backtracking on an earlier decision forcing incumbents to share local switching facilities in the residential market.
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By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 6--The final obstacle to cable television competition in Baltimore  County was removed last night when the County Council approved a deal with  Verizon Communications.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke the action.
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WASHINGTON-Despite the interference concerns of government-spectrum users, public-safety entities and amateur-radio operators, the Federal Communications Commission Thursday adopted rules to allow broadband over power lines.
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The decision marks the breaking down of one of the last barriers to allowing VoIP to fully compete with traditional phone carriers.
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U.S. regulators on Thursday said big local phone companies will not have to share new fiber-optic lines built for high-speed Internet and other services, spurring one carrier to speed roll-out plans.
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The FCC uses fines to get its message across.
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LAS VEGAS - The major U.S. regional carriers want to leapfrog cable operators with advanced video services over IP (Internet Protocol), and expected upcoming U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rulings may help pave the way for those roll-outs.
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Delivery of broadband service over power lines could catch on in areas with limited phone, cable outlets, says research firm.
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A broadband provider prevented customers from using its service, company says.
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FCC clears the way for more companies to offer the alternative form of Net access. The US Federal Communications Commission this week cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line