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Poverty 101 [VIDEO]
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 14 days ago
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Experiencing a life in poverty during the Community Action Poverty Simulation on Friday was an eye-opening experience for some Frederick Community College students. The United Way of Frederick County and FCC intended the event to inspire participants...
Tags: FCC, Frederick County, Rick Weldon, United Way CAPS, Frederick, Simulation, Operations research, Federal Communications Commission, Social Issues
Cox to test new way to handle Internet congestion
Berlin :: Germany | 15 days ago
Credibility Cox Communications, the third-largest U.S. cable company, stepped on to the battleground of the "Net Neutrality" issue Tuesday, saying it will be trying out a new way to keep its subscribers' Internet traffic from jamming up. Starting on Feb. 9 in parts...
Tags: Cox Communications, Cox Enterprises Inc., Comcast Corp., internet traffic, management systems, FCC, Germany, Berlin, Network neutrality, Network neutrality in the United States, Suddenlink Communications, Business Finance, Computer law, Internet access, Comcast, Technology Internet
Prepare for the DTV Transition Happening June 12
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility In Chicago, Nielsen estimates that about 475,910 households rely entirely on over-the-air broadcasts. The FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have identified Chicago as one of the DTV transition �hotspot� markets, where...
Tags: Chicago, FCC, converter box
Media Juggernaut Grows
Baghdad :: Iraq | 15 days ago
Credibility This means one company can own all the radio stations, television stations, newspapers and cable systems it can gobble up. Since the 1940s, the rules limited one company from owning TV stations that reach more than 35% of American households, prohibit...
Tags: FCC, tv stations, Iraq, Baghdad, Clear Channel Communications, Business Finance, Federal Communications Commission, Fairness Doctrine, Concentration of media ownership, Entertainment Culture
The Fall of Pirate Cat Radio
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility But Pirate Cat Radio isn't going quietly into the night. Not only is the thirteen-year-old San Francisco station still quasi-legally streaming to half a million listeners online per month, but the 1,200-watt station formerly broadcasting at 87.9 FM is...
Tags: American Idiot, FCC, Bay Area, Pirate Cat Radio, Washington, San Francisco, Low-power broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, Pirate radio in North America, Mbanna Kantako, Pirate radio, The Boat That Rocked, Entertainment Culture
Cell Tower Complaint Filed With FCC on Behalf of Honey Bees
On October 28, 2009 a local Washington, DC area telecommunications services company executive filed an informal complaint with the FCC stating that the GSM mobile system is modulated at 217 HZ and interferes with the honeybee "natural" operating frequency...
Tags: cell, tower, complaint, fcc, honey bee, honey, bee, bees, frequency, colony collapse disorder, ccd
AOL stacks board with FCC, media, technology names
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility When the separation from New York-based Time Warner is complete, the eight new directors will make up a board led by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, 38, who will serve as chairman, the company said Monday in a statement. The designated directors are Richard Dalzell,...
FierceWiFi: FCC votes for net neutrality rule-making process
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility As expected, the FCC voted to move forward with a proposal to codify its four net neutrality principles and add non-discrimination and transparency rules to the regulations that will govern both wireless and wired broadband networks...The next steps will...
Tags: net neutrality, FCC
FCC votes to draft net neutrality rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The vote kicks off a months-long process to draft the new rules in a effort that promises to be contentious. Heavyweights such as Google have already weighed in supporting new rules, while wireless carriers and others have argued for the need to manage...
Tags: FCC, net neutrality, neutrality rules, Google Inc.
“We may see a degradation of internet service”
Lon :: Burkina Faso | about 1 month ago
Credibility We may see a degradation of internet service” Published 23 October, 2009, 19:31 The US congress should make no law regarding internet regulation says Jim Harper of the Cato Institute, who discussed with RT the decision by the FCC to start exploring possible...
Tags: FCC, Federal Communications Commission, network neutrality, net neutrality, neutrality rules, internet service, pc world
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