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It’s been two years since net neutrality was killed in the US. Let’s celebrate by having another fight over it

Comment Senate Democrats push for another vote; get rejected again

Networks11 Dec 2019 | 21

Since the FCC won't act, Congress finally moves on robocalls by passing half-decent TRACED Act

Only took seven years of consumer hell to get this far

Legal04 Dec 2019 | 67

You'll never get Huawei with this, FCC tells US telcos: Buy Chinese kit and you won't see another dime from us

Regulator will cut providers from Universal Service Fund dollars

Networks22 Nov 2019 | 41

Satellite operators' shares plummet as FCC plumps for public 5G spectrum auctions

You win some, you lose… 75 per cent of your share value

Networks20 Nov 2019 | 43

Congress to FCC: Where’s the damn report on mobile companies selling location data?

Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats not happy with Ajit Pai

Personal Tech08 Nov 2019 | 43

Phew! All that competition in the US mobile industry was exhausting. Thank God for the FCC, am I right?

Analysis Regulator OKs Sprint-T-Mobile US merger because... 5G? Higher prices?

Personal Tech05 Nov 2019 | 20

Huawei with you! FCC's American Pai proposes rip-and-replace of scary Chinese comms kit

ZTE also on hit list

Security29 Oct 2019 | 41

Remember the millions of fake net neutrality comments? They weren't as kosher as the FCC made out

Comment Data was pulled from 2016 credentials hack

Networks04 Oct 2019 | 118

Landmark US net neutrality decision reveals that both sides won and lost out

After brief hiatus, it’s back to fighting over internet access

Legal01 Oct 2019 | 23

American ISPs fined $75,000 for fuzzing airport's weather radar by stealing spectrum

FCC also moves, albeit glacially, on robocalls

Networks24 Aug 2019 | 64

US regulators push back against White House plan to police social media censorship

New powers? No thanks

Legal23 Aug 2019 | 116

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

FCC delivers postmortem after blunder cripples US fiber links

Networks20 Aug 2019 | 53

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's two-dozen government surveillance balloons over America

Back at base, bugs in the software. Flash the message, 'Something's out there'... Floating in the summer sky, 99 Fed balloons go by

Security02 Aug 2019 | 74

Spri-Mobile? T-Print? Time to think of a nickname: The Sprint/T-Mobile US merger is go

Uncle Sam's legal eagles sign off on $26bn mega-mashup – multiple states still not happy with biz deal

Personal Tech26 Jul 2019 | 33

Enjoying that 25Mbps internet speed, America? Oh, it's just 6Mbps? And you're unhappy? Can't imagine why

Comment Internet testers went down to Georgia and found a fraud

Networks19 Jul 2019 | 112

FCC boosts broadband competition by, er, banning broadband competition in buildings

Analysis George Orwell's got nothing on this lot with doublespeak

Networks11 Jul 2019 | 29

America's latest 5G drama: Spectrum row bursts into the open with special adviser fingered as agent provocateur

Special report Next-gen 24GHz cellular broadband roll-out stalls amid 'personal animosity' claims

Networks28 Jun 2019 | 25

FCC adviser and fiber telco CEO thrown in the clink for five years after conning investors out of $270m with fake deals

Funnily enough, she was keen to slash infrastructure investment red-tape

Networks26 Jun 2019 | 12

Weather forecasters are STILL banging on about 5G clashing with their sensors. As if climate change is a big deal

Analysis Now gimme that 4K HD live stream of kittens

Networks25 Jun 2019 | 31

The latest FCC plan to boost US broadband? Prevent competition in apartment blocks

Ajit Pai turns logic on its head while doing Big Cable's bidding

Personal Tech19 Jun 2019 | 34

The FCC has finally, finally approved a half-decent plan to destroy the robocall scourge... but there's a catch

Customers get to pay for it!

Personal Tech06 Jun 2019 | 60

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

Privacy slip allegations dog US cellular network giants... while FCC twiddles its thumbs

Security23 May 2019 | 68

FCC boss blesses T-Mobile US-Sprint merger amid sketchy promises, lashings of incoherency

Analysis American tech regulation reduced to: If the telcos want it, it must be a good thing

Personal Tech20 May 2019 | 14

Hours before Congress backs robocall blocking law, guess what the FCC boss suddenly decides?

Amazing how fast Pai and his team can move when motivated

Legal15 May 2019 | 48

FCC promises, yet again, to tackle robocalls. Translation: Expect six more months of waiting

I'm going to hold a summit, says Pai. Just get on with it, demands fellow commissioner

Personal Tech13 May 2019 | 21

Baltimore hit with more ransomware, ChinaMobile gets the boot in the US, and another (mild) Systemd system-d'oh!

Roundup Plus, Diachenko strikes again with Indian data find

Security13 May 2019 | 11

Put a stop to these damn robocalls! Dozens of US state attorneys general fire rocket up FCC's ass

Foot dragging causing real harm to Americans caught up in scams

Personal Tech07 May 2019 | 137

Gather round, friends. Listen close. It's time to list the five biggest lies about 5G

Comment Let's cut the crap, El Reg style

Networks25 Apr 2019 | 144

China Mobile, you can kiss good Pai to America: FCC to ban 'spy risk' telco from US

Welcome to the free market as defined by right-wing politics

Networks17 Apr 2019 | 46

Fake Google robocallers hit with $3.4m fine – but it turns out that the joke's on you

Because it won't have any impact and the FTC probably won't collect the money

Legal06 Apr 2019 | 56

What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul

Analysis Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal

Security15 Mar 2019 | 26

US telcos' best pal – yes, the FCC – urged to dump its dodgy stats, crowd-source internet speeds direct from subscribers

Meanwhile: Commissioner celebrates forcing ISP to remove abusive content ban

Networks19 Feb 2019 | 6

White House and FCC announce big, broken solutions to America's pitiful broadband

Why fight an oligopoly when you can subsidize it?

Personal Tech14 Feb 2019 | 23

It's OK, everyone – Congress's smart-cookie Republicans have the answer to America's net neutrality quandary

Analysis It's something to do with the Mexican border wall

Networks08 Feb 2019 | 51

US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)

Analysis Privacy advocates stunned that explicit rules ignored, blame head of FCC

Security08 Feb 2019 | 50

Grumble Pai: FCC boss told by House Dems to try the novel concept of putting US folks first, big biz second

Snotagram accuses comms regulator chief of being a Useful Ajit for telcos

Networks04 Feb 2019 | 50

Our vulture listened to four hours of obtuse net neutrality legal blah-blah so you don't have to: Here's what's happening

Analysis Appeals court hears arguments over whether watchdog was right to tear up protections

Networks02 Feb 2019 | 47

FCC accused of colluding with Big Cable to game 5G legal challenge

House Commerce committee says it has inside knowledge of dodgy regulator antics

Networks25 Jan 2019 | 19

Man drives 6,000 miles to prove Uncle Sam's cellphone coverage maps are wrong – and, boy, did he manage it

Amazing how a big cash payout focuses the mind

Networks17 Jan 2019 | 100

FCC: Oh no, deary me. What a shame. Too bad, so sad we can't do net neutrality appeal during the US govt shutdown

Updated Not so fast, there, Ajit...

Networks17 Jan 2019 | 36

US comms watchdog's industry-friendly 5G rules challenged by fresh legislation

California Congresswoman claims FCC 'failed to listen to reasonable input'

Legal16 Jan 2019 | 14

FCC's answer to scandal of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US selling people's location data: Burying its head in the ground

Congressman warns telco regulator: Must Pai harder

Personal Tech15 Jan 2019 | 28

FCC tosses aside rules, treats Google to a happy ending following request for handy tech

Comms watchdog lets Chocolate Factory power up with special waiver

Personal Tech03 Jan 2019 | 18

O little town of Bethlehem, Georgia. How still we see your internet lie... US govt throws another $600m at rural broadband

Analysis Money in form of loans and grants – but will it work or be wasted?

Networks17 Dec 2018 | 12

One year on after US repealed net neutrality, policymakers reflect soberly on the future

Analysis Don't be daft, of course they haven't, we're still in Crazytown USA

Networks14 Dec 2018 | 34

Small American town rejects Comcast – while ISP reps take issue with your El Reg vultures

And the FCC and AT&T claim everything is hunky dory

Legal12 Dec 2018 | 56

Poor people should get slower internet speeds, American ISPs tell FCC

Analysis It's just not fair on profit-making companies otherwise

Networks11 Dec 2018 | 136

FCC slammed for 'arbitrary and reckless' plan to change how text messages are regulated

US watchdog says it's about spam, but really it's about profits

Legal06 Dec 2018 | 29

Net neutrality is heading to the courts (again): So will the current rules stand or be overturned (again)?

We dig in and find a surprising answer

Legal21 Nov 2018 | 18

Trump in Spaaaaaaace: Washington DC battles over who gets to decide the rules of trillion-dollar new industry

Analysis Sudden changes to FCC document raise eyebrows

Science16 Nov 2018 | 54

5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1... Runty-birds are go: 12,000+ internet-beaming mini-satellites OK'd by USA

FCC signs off on broadband-in-space plans, plus connections to Europe's GPS

Networks15 Nov 2018 | 45

FCC Commissioner slams San Jose mayor for not approving 5G cells… then slams him for approving them

I'm best, you're worst, cries telecoms watchdog man

Networks09 Nov 2018 | 8

Six lawsuits against FCC's 5G idiocy – that $2bn windfall for telcos – is bundled into one appeals court sueball

Tenth Circuit wins lawsuit lottery over terrible policy

Networks07 Nov 2018 | 28

Supreme Court tells Big Cable to shut up for once: Net neutrality challenge shot down

Even America's top court is bored of 'open internet' legal shenanigans

Personal Tech05 Nov 2018 | 31

Spectrum-starved Wi-Fi vendors look at DSRC band, sharpen knives

FCC reckons 5.9 GHz coexistence can Pai

Networks31 Oct 2018 | 8

Pirate radio = drug dealing and municipal broadband is anti-competitive censorship

Comment The world according to FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly

Networks29 Oct 2018 | 85

Super Cali goes ballistic, net neutrality hopeless? Even Ajit Pai's gloating is something quite atrocious

US govt's legal challenge halts rollout of internet safeguards

Networks26 Oct 2018 | 29

What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It's made for the home! The office! On fruits!

Yeah, everyone's getting fed up with next-gen wireless hype

Networks26 Oct 2018 | 30

Americans' broadband access is so screwed up that the answer may lie in tiny space satellites

FCC prepares to approve new wave of small internet birds

Science25 Oct 2018 | 38

'This is insane!' FCC commissioner tears into colleagues over failure to stop robocalls

US fines two scumbags $120m but still the calls carry on

Legal26 Sep 2018 | 98

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It’s been two years since net neutrality was killed in the US. Let’s celebrate by having another fight over it

Since the FCC won't act, Congress finally moves on robocalls by passing half-decent TRACED Act

You'll never get Huawei with this, FCC tells US telcos: Buy Chinese kit and you won't see another dime from us

Satellite operators' shares plummet as FCC plumps for public 5G spectrum auctions

Congress to FCC: Where’s the damn report on mobile companies selling location data?

Phew! All that competition in the US mobile industry was exhausting. Thank God for the FCC, am I right?

Huawei with you! FCC's American Pai proposes rip-and-replace of scary Chinese comms kit

Remember the millions of fake net neutrality comments? They weren't as kosher as the FCC made out

Landmark US net neutrality decision reveals that both sides won and lost out

American ISPs fined $75,000 for fuzzing airport's weather radar by stealing spectrum

US regulators push back against White House plan to police social media censorship

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's two-dozen government surveillance balloons over America

Spri-Mobile? T-Print? Time to think of a nickname: The Sprint/T-Mobile US merger is go

Enjoying that 25Mbps internet speed, America? Oh, it's just 6Mbps? And you're unhappy? Can't imagine why

FCC boosts broadband competition by, er, banning broadband competition in buildings

America's latest 5G drama: Spectrum row bursts into the open with special adviser fingered as agent provocateur

FCC adviser and fiber telco CEO thrown in the clink for five years after conning investors out of $270m with fake deals

Weather forecasters are STILL banging on about 5G clashing with their sensors. As if climate change is a big deal

The latest FCC plan to boost US broadband? Prevent competition in apartment blocks

The FCC has finally, finally approved a half-decent plan to destroy the robocall scourge... but there's a catch

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

FCC boss blesses T-Mobile US-Sprint merger amid sketchy promises, lashings of incoherency

Hours before Congress backs robocall blocking law, guess what the FCC boss suddenly decides?

FCC promises, yet again, to tackle robocalls. Translation: Expect six more months of waiting

Baltimore hit with more ransomware, ChinaMobile gets the boot in the US, and another (mild) Systemd system-d'oh!

Put a stop to these damn robocalls! Dozens of US state attorneys general fire rocket up FCC's ass

Gather round, friends. Listen close. It's time to list the five biggest lies about 5G

China Mobile, you can kiss good Pai to America: FCC to ban 'spy risk' telco from US

Fake Google robocallers hit with $3.4m fine – but it turns out that the joke's on you

What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul

US telcos' best pal – yes, the FCC – urged to dump its dodgy stats, crowd-source internet speeds direct from subscribers

White House and FCC announce big, broken solutions to America's pitiful broadband

It's OK, everyone – Congress's smart-cookie Republicans have the answer to America's net neutrality quandary

US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again)

Grumble Pai: FCC boss told by House Dems to try the novel concept of putting US folks first, big biz second

Our vulture listened to four hours of obtuse net neutrality legal blah-blah so you don't have to: Here's what's happening

FCC accused of colluding with Big Cable to game 5G legal challenge

Man drives 6,000 miles to prove Uncle Sam's cellphone coverage maps are wrong – and, boy, did he manage it

FCC: Oh no, deary me. What a shame. Too bad, so sad we can't do net neutrality appeal during the US govt shutdown

US comms watchdog's industry-friendly 5G rules challenged by fresh legislation

FCC's answer to scandal of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US selling people's location data: Burying its head in the ground

FCC tosses aside rules, treats Google to a happy ending following request for handy tech

O little town of Bethlehem, Georgia. How still we see your internet lie... US govt throws another $600m at rural broadband

One year on after US repealed net neutrality, policymakers reflect soberly on the future

Small American town rejects Comcast – while ISP reps take issue with your El Reg vultures

Poor people should get slower internet speeds, American ISPs tell FCC

FCC slammed for 'arbitrary and reckless' plan to change how text messages are regulated

Net neutrality is heading to the courts (again): So will the current rules stand or be overturned (again)?

Trump in Spaaaaaaace: Washington DC battles over who gets to decide the rules of trillion-dollar new industry

5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1... Runty-birds are go: 12,000+ internet-beaming mini-satellites OK'd by USA

FCC Commissioner slams San Jose mayor for not approving 5G cells… then slams him for approving them

Six lawsuits against FCC's 5G idiocy – that $2bn windfall for telcos – is bundled into one appeals court sueball

Supreme Court tells Big Cable to shut up for once: Net neutrality challenge shot down

Spectrum-starved Wi-Fi vendors look at DSRC band, sharpen knives

Pirate radio = drug dealing and municipal broadband is anti-competitive censorship

Super Cali goes ballistic, net neutrality hopeless? Even Ajit Pai's gloating is something quite atrocious

What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It's made for the home! The office! On fruits!

Americans' broadband access is so screwed up that the answer may lie in tiny space satellites

'This is insane!' FCC commissioner tears into colleagues over failure to stop robocalls

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