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Staff ReportsOctober 20, 2018

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Friday to establish safeguards against wireless communications breakdowns like the one that followed Hurricane Michael. “After more than a week of wireless service failures in Hurricane Michael’s hardest hit areas, I urge you to recommend industry-wide measures that would help prevent downed telecommunications for […]

Scott PowersMay 21, 2018

Patriot Majority USA has begun a barrage of television commercials in Orlando supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s re-election campaign. Patriot Majority USA, a liberal dark-money committee, has reserved more than 350 commercial spots for this month on Orlando’s four biggest television stations for ads that began appearing late last week, extolling Murphy’s commitments to […]

Drew WilsonApril 25, 2018

There’s four months left before Republicans pick their nominee in to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Pensacola Rep. Frank White’s advantage could be a deciding factor in how the race shakes out. White has a little over $2 million banked for his campaign, including $1.5 million from himself, while his chief rival, former circuit […]

Peter SchorschApril 25, 2018

Tech companies say opening up the radio frequencies used by first responders and infrastructure workers could bring better mobile data speeds to consumers, and the FCC seems to be giving it some thought. Apple, Cisco, HP, Facebook, Google, Intel, and others made their pitch to the FCC last year, asking the commission to look into […]

Guest AuthorAugust 22, 2017

When the issue of net neutrality first emerged more than 10 years ago, some wondered whether it would result in overreaching, heavy-handed government intervention. We saw this intervention come to life in 2015, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Obama took the unprecedented and rather extreme step of classifying the internet as a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2015

Monday’s meeting of City Councils Neighborhood Improvement and Enhancement Committee was to be highlighted by subcommittee presentations about the persistent issues of vehicle requirements and backing cars into driveways. However, the real highlight ended up being a committee inquiry into federal law, overly restrictive FCC guidelines relative to robocalls, and a potential lawsuit against Google […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 26, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today weighed in on net neutrality, panning the Federal Communications Commission decision to implement rules ensuring Internet service providers handle all legal content equally. In a vote Thursday morning, the FCC elected to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications utility under Title II of the Communications Act, which consider ISPs as public […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2014

Post-primary punditry about low voter turnout in Florida (especially in Democrat-rich Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties) is as predictable and prolific as it is paltry. Adding up the numbers, analysts–I use the term loosely–have come to the unremarkable conclusion that Charlie Crist’s chances of defeating Rick Scott are in doubt. Henny Penny’s sky is […]

Daniel TilsonMay 29, 2014

As if Internet service isn’t expensive enough, get ready for a “two-tiered” pay-to-play version. The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a controversial plan that would let Internet service providers (ISP) charge companies extra to stream their content at faster speeds. Companies like Netflix, Amazon and Google would be charged new fees to deliver […]

Guest AuthorApril 30, 2014

The definition of a common carrier is a person or company that transports goods or passengers on regular routes at set rates. Last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a tough time with labeling Internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers, despite the fact that they provide transportation of data at a set rate. […]

Tag: FCC

Jimmy Patronis asks FCC to shield wireless networks against disaster

Patriot Majority USA starts Stephanie Murphy commercials in CD 7

Frank White’s cash position an advantage in AG race

Tech company priority could wreck first responder radios, group says

Sal Nuzzo: Long-term policy needed to guarantee a free internet

Jax NICE committee questions federal law, proposes suing Google in snipe sign discussion

Marco Rubio criticizes FCC net neutrality vote

Stephen Goldstein: Voters aren’t apathetic; They’re sick of political lies

Daniel Tilson: It’s HOW the FCC regulates the Internet that matters

Jon Tietz: How municipalities can end the net neutrality debate