insert_link Tech Made Simple Appeals court upholds California’s Net Neutrality Law The Verge reports that a federal appeals court has ruled that California’s net neutrality law can remain in place, upholding a lower court decision. California’s 2018 law is the toughest in the country, and was signed into law a year after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the federal Open Internet Order. That 2015 order put into place strict net neutrality rules barring internet providers from blocking or throttling legal […] todayFebruary 2, 2022
insert_link Tech Made Simple The FCC is Using Streaming Services as an Excuse to Raise Cable Rates The rise of streaming services could give cable companies an excuse to raise rates under a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order handed down on October 25th. The order, which comes in response to a petition by Charter (the parent company of Spectrum), finds that AT&T’s TV Now streaming service qualifies as reasonable competition for conventional cable, opening the door to a massive deregulation in monopoly cable markets. Under the Cable […] todayOctober 31, 2019