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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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House Continues Deep Dive into Digital Antitrust and Big Tech
The House Antitrust Subcommittee heard from two major players in the government's review of Big Tech and whether the antitrust laws have kept up with their exponential growth, but not before the legislators had staked out their own positions.
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Can social media “targetcasting” and democracy coexist?
Now profit comes not through the broad delivery of common information, but the targeted delivery of selected information. The result is an attack on the model of shared information that is necessary for a democracy to function.
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How the FCC solves consumer problems—well, it doesn’t, really
FCC refers complaints to Internet providers, and that's about it.
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CAF II Auction Support Authorized For 66 Winning Bids
$13,468,201.20 in CAF II support for winning bids
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Fact Sheet: Frontier Has Failed Rural America
Despite raking in hundreds of millions in government broadband subsidies, Frontier Communications has failed time and time again to bring reliable, high-speed connectivity to the rural communities it serves.
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Top Broadband Providers Surpass 100 Million Subscribers
Cable has a 67% market share vs. 33% for Telcos
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T-Mobile has made big promises about its merger — but talk is cheap
Past mergers have come with huge commitments that never panned out
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SHLB Petitions FCC to Reconsider Rural Health Care Order
The Order will likely raise the costs of broadband for many rural healthcare providers
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Grading the Presidential Candidates' Positions on Broadband: The Democrats Receive Mostly Poor Marks
Graded on free-market principles
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My Insanely Long Field Guide To The C-Band Spectrum Fight, And Why This Won’t End In December.
What Is C-Band and Why Are People Fighting About It?
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Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its local newsrooms
Over 65 million Americans live in counties with only one local newspaper—or none at all.
