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Is the FCC stalling on the IP Transition to coerce concessions from telcos?
October 9, 2013
The companies that own the old copper telephone networks are chomping at the bit to transition to Internet Protocol so they can carry not only...
Code Words in Tech Policy & the Politicians Who Use Them
October 7, 2013
Senator Rockefeller has detected code words from Republican FCC nominee Michael O’Rielly. When O’Rielly reiterated that he advocated a “flexible” and a “light hand” on regulation, Rockefeller...
Now in its 100th year, the FTC has become the Federal Technology Commission
September 26, 2013
Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which will be commemorated tomorrow by FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen in an public address...
The Federal Trade Commission Has Become the Federal Technology Commission: TF in TechDirt
September 26, 2013
Today, the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Trade Commission, TF’s Berin Szoka and Geoffrey Manne wrote in TechDirt about the agency’s dominant...