Tech at Night: Obama FCC still doesn’t get it on spectrum, Don Young admits USF is corrupt [Fixed]

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  August 9th at 01:30 AM  | 

With the Cybersecurity Act on hold for now, it seems like a slow news week, so a quick one tonight. We’re in a spectrum crunch, and as long as the Obama administration is restricting spectrum allocation, including the critical secondary spectrum market that firms like Verizon and AT&T are trying to operate in, it’s not going to get better. The Obama FCC claims to get | Read More »

Tech at Night: FCC to get grilled, Cybersecurity debate continues

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  July 10th at 12:30 AM  | 

Darrell Issa’s House Energy and Commerce is going to have a special hearing with all five members of the FCC, including newly confirmed members Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai. The FCC is expected to be questioned about issues ranging from wired phone competition to spectrum. I hope Mitt Romney’s people are listening, because the hearing should also highlight regulatory reforms needed across the executive branch | Read More »

Tech at Night: A good old FCC roundup on Independence Day

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  July 5th at 12:00 AM  | 

It’s Independence Day, which was very nice for me since I kept on resting and feel just about healthy now. No Tech on Monday thanks to my cold that wiped me out since Sunday. Unfortunately Google decided today was the day to celebrate a song that, while American, was specifically designed to carry political meaning as well as to reply to the Christian and patriotic | Read More »

Obama and Biden to be succeeded by Republicans?

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  April 30th at 06:42 PM  | 

Rasmussen released two new polls today. The Illinois and Delaware Senate races would seem to have little in common, but they do share a common element: they are being held for the seats vacated by Barack Obama and Joe Biden after their victory in November 2008. Are voters inclined to send more Democrats to the Senate to work with them?

Re: Protest

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 03:32 PM  | 

Besides, no self-respecting Vulcan would violate the Prime Directive and visit us before we had warp technology. Biden has to be a Romulan. There’s no doubt in my mind.