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Staff ReportsJanuary 3, 2017

Florida utilities regulator Ronald Brisé will serve another term on an advisory committee to the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a membership list for its Intergovernmental Advisory Committee on Dec. 29 indicating that Brisé would continue to serve as sole representative of state utility regulators through 2019. Brisé has served on Florida’s Public […]

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 AmmannAugust 31, 2015

Digital ads may be the hot new thing in political campaigns, but traditional television still reigns as the king of advertising, as it had for more than a half-century. Media advisory firm Borrell Associates estimates that candidates and outside groups will spend nearly $1.1 billion in 2016 on digital advertising, a seven-fold jump from $162 […]

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 AuthorJanuary 27, 2015

In the State of the Union, President Barack Obama outlined his plan to unleash the power of broadband service to all Americans and the economic rewards expanded broadband service will secure. As outlined in a report released by the White House, “affordable, reliable access to high speed broadband is critical to US economic growth and competitiveness.” The […]

Dominic CalabroMay 21, 2014

My college-age children often ask me, “How did you make it through school without the Internet?” Reflecting back to simpler times before laptops, smartphones and “the cloud” reminds me just how integral these technologies are to modern society. None of these technologies could operate without a key service we all rely on — from students […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 3, 2013

Waiting for a flight from Tallahassee to Orlando some years ago, I was introduced to the private life of a young woman sitting a few rows distant. So was everyone else in earshot. Changing seats was not an option. Her voice was loud and clear and had carrying power. We learned about her recent vacation, […]

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PSC’s Ronald Brisé reappointed to FCC advisory panel

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

With political advertising, digital may be growing, but television remains king

Marco Rubio criticizes FCC net neutrality vote

Bill Eberhardt: AT&T merger with DirecTV helps close digital divide

Dominic Calabro: Letting the FCC regulate the Internet is a bad idea

Martin Dyckman: Allowing chatterboxes at 30,000 feet is a very bad idea