Tech at Night: Universal Service Fund, Dick Durbin’s new tax, Ron Johnson’s regulatory freeze
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 30th at 02:30 AM |
I’ve been warning for ages that Universal Service Fund reform was coming, and that it would end up as an Internet tax. Well here we go: Plans are afoot. Oddly enough though, people seem fine with the America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan, which so far seems to be a plan to redirect funding toward greater Internet access. Free State Foundation is fine with the plans so | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Comcast, NBC, Internet, FCC, Republicans, Google
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | January 19th at 11:30 PM |
I went ahead and took Martin Luther King day off, so it’s a double dose of stories to cover tonight. Though first, in case you missed it, make sure to see my post today on Marsha Blackburn‘s call to action against stifling, destabilizing Internet and technology regulation. Other than that, the big story this week so far has been the FCC finally approving the NBC | Read More »
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