FCC Cuts Public Line To Phone Outage Data
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The Federal Communications Commission, citing concerns about national security, has abandoned a 10-year-old policy and will no longer give the public access to information about past telephone network outages. -The Washington Post
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U.S. regulators ruled Tuesday that providers of Internet-based phone call services fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government and cannot be regulated by states. -AP
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Multiple fiber cuts to undersea cables show the fragility of the Internet at its choke points.
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The telecom company cuts medical benefits for its retirees.
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Subscribers of the company's Net phone service can get information on park locations, public transit, and so on.
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Carriers work to restore service and are providing free calls to people affected.
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The Federal Communications Commission has made changes to its regulations that will allow power companies to provide broadband services over electric lines.
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Federal regulators decided yesterday to prevent states from heavily regulating companies that provide Internet-based phone service.
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After the FCC dismissed applications to use a bandwidth segment as a nationwide wireless network, the future of the band is uncertain.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)Â has proposed fines totaling $2.8 million to three wireless carriers for failing to meet coverage requirements for an emergency dialing service called E911, the agency said Thursday.
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A U.S. district judge struck down the section of the act that requires telephone and ISPs to turn over records to the government without telling customers.
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Nextel Communications Inc. agreed yesterday to a plan by federal regulators aimed at ending the interference from Nextel cellphones that disrupts public safety communication systems in hundreds of communities.
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Gobble up too much bandwidth, and Comcast is cutting you off.
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AT&T's wireless data networks in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. were down today.
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New rules will force wireless telecommunications companies to disclose serious network outages, but the public won't have access to the information for fear that terrorists may read it. By Ryan Singel.
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Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005.
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The majority of Internet users in the U.S. have ditched dial-up, survey says.