New Orleans Local 100, United Labor Unions, turned in scores of complaints from our members in Houston and Little Rock as did Action United in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh over the obstacles Comcast put in the way of lower income families attempting to gain access to the internet and inexpensive computers. We endured meeting after meeting …
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FCC Notes Broadband Failures While Still Snubbing Digital Divide
New Orleans FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski released the annual report on broadband internet access this week in Washington, DC, bemoaning the fact that the United States is still not among the leaders in broadband speed and that 19,000,000 do not have access. The FCC thinks this is mainly a rural problem, and god knows, having just …
FCC Gives Comcast a Slap for Reneging on Agreements for Broadband Access
New Orleans No sooner are we dissecting Comcast and VP David Cohen’s remarks about metering broadband access than later in the day Gerry Smith, the Huffington Post tech writer, breaks the story of the FCC’s announcement of a settlement with the company over their foot dragging on their agreement to market a fixed rate broadband …