The fight over the Open Internet (better known as net neutrality) continued Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission voting to reverse the 2015 Title II Order, which reclassified broadband Internet access as a “telecommunications service.” This decision means that the Internet will return to its pre-2015 Title I “information service” classification (For a history of how … Continue Reading
$202k fine reduced to $40k … but there’s a catch. Three years ago – doesn’t the time just fly? – we told you about Towerstream, a wireless Internet service provider (WISP) whose transmitters had caused interference to airport weather radars. The FCC proposed a fine of $202,000, apparently in keeping with its rumored policy of … Continue Reading
An FCC enforcement official once told us a bit of internal policy: "We keep jacking up the fines till we get their attention." At $202,000, we suspect the FCC got Towerstream's attention.… Continue Reading
For once, rather than gear up for all-out enforcement, the FCC treated a rule violation with restraint - even after actual interference to safety-related aviation equipment.… Continue Reading
