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FCC Votes in Favor of New Net Neutrality Regulatons: One Step in a Long Process, Critics Say

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Hosting

The Federal Communications Commission has voted in favor of a plan to reclassify broadband Internet as a telecommunications service under Title II, treating it as a public utility, Continue reading →

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Obama Appoints VMware CIO Tony Scott as Next US CIO

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Hosting

President Barack Obama has appointed VMware CIO Tony Scott to be the next US CIO — the top federal government IT role. The position was created in 2009, and the first White House CIO was Vivek Kundra, who kicked off the current Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative and started a lot of other major efforts to overhaul the way government buys and consumes IT. Continue reading →

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FCC Redefines Broadband in Bid to Encourage Faster Internet Speeds

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Hosting

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) defines broadband as 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speed, as of a vote Thursday. The move to change the definition has several implications, including requiring ISPs to provide those speeds for services advertised as “broadband.” Continue reading →

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Less Than 1 Percent of Comments to FCC Oppose Net Neutrality

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Hosting

On Tuesday, the Sunlight Foundation released the results of its study of over 800,000 online comments made to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding net neutrality. Continue reading →

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FCC Extends Deadline for Comments Regarding Net Neutrality Decision

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Hosting

The US Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday that it will extend the deadline for comments on the historical net neutrality decision. The new deadline is July 18, 2014. Continue reading →

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