CPI Sues FCC Over U.S. Broadband Competition

seriouslywtf writes "The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) wants to access data from the FCC on broadband subscriptions in various parts of the US, but the FCC won't hand it over. Why? Because the FCC thinks giving the CPI the data will give a competitive advantage to the other broadband companies. The FCC says everything is fine and has generated reports saying nothing needs to be done. From the article: 'But the agency's methods for generating these reports have come under scrutiny, and CPI wants to take a look for itself. When talking about broadband deployment, for instance, the FCC says that any particular ZIP code has broadband access if even a single cable or DSL connection exists there. It also classes "broadband" as anything above 200kbps — a woefully low standard for any true broadband connection.'"

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Give us Free Speech

[bobs666]

I don't care about some dumb paper work.
I want the Public to have a share of the radio spectrum.
My Wifi FON router should have a 10 to 15 km range.
not 100 to 500 foot range. It should be illegal/unconstitutional
that we don't have reasonable Free Speech in digital spectrum.

But no We have to pay the Teloc's, the King ( of England ).
This is the sort of thing that created this country.
But some how the government has lost sight of this,

Its time to throw your cell phones (Tea) into the harbor.

The FCC

[crhylove]

Other than completely eliminating free speech financially and otherwise, is there anything the FCC has actually done RIGHT in the last 20 years? Isn't it time to fix this regression in the Bill of Rights once and for all? SHE'S A WITCH!! BURN HER!!!

rhY