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April 27, 2004
businesses of billions of dollars per year The D C Circuitâ s recent decision invalidating the FCC â s pro competitive framework poses a mortal threat to this progress however Left in place that...is equally critical VoIP must be allowed to develop free of burdensome regulation In particular the FCC should be encouraged to resist the insistence of the Bell companies by far the largest telephone companies...have consolidated into four much larger companies wielding even more market power Nevertheless the FCC has granted the Bells the enormous competitive benefit of long distance entry in every state To obtain...
March 25, 2004
Honorable John McCain  Today the Committee examines the continued escalation of cable rates The FCC â s most recent report found the overall average monthly rate for consumers subscribing to a cable...œmust carryâ rules of the 1992 Cable Act to the Supreme Court Today it is arguing at the FCC about the gross inequity that would result from cable systems being forced to carry unwanted digital...Local rate regulation was thought to be a substitute rate restraint in the absence of competition but FCC actions have frustrated rate regulation efforts by local franchising authorities In addition there...
February 24, 2004
provision of emergency services and the provision of services to low income and rural customers As the FCC considers how this industry is to be regulated â and Chairman Powell has already indicated that...collected In light of the significance of these revenues to state and local government as Congress and the FCC begin to consider how to handle these issues I think that it is most important to raise a red flag...current moratorium on the taxation of Internet access this House bill sounds innocent enough but if the FCC should decide as it has indicated it might do to designate VOIP as an information service then the...
February 11, 2004
to be designing programs to â œpush the envelopeâ and the bounds of decency At the FCC we used to receive indecency complaints by the hundreds now they come in by the hundreds of thousands...done We need to provide parents with better tools to help them navigate the entertainment waters The FCC needs to be more responsive We need to provide parents with more tools to watch television as a family...documented the harm that such programming particularly violent television can have on young people At the FCC we used to receive indecency complaints by the hundreds now they come in by the hundreds of thousands...
November 4, 2003
can continue to enrich our society If I am confirmed I look forward to working with the Congress the FCC and U S industry in the development of national policies focused on cultivating that environment Many...technology sectors as well While the Department of Commerce has had great success in working with the FCC on key spectrum issues like the authorization of ultrawideband technologies finding an additional 90...of very small computers that incorporate wireless capabilities That pressure will require the NTIA FCC and other federal agencies to redouble their commitment to the technical resources necessary to forge...
October 9, 2003
Alliance  We petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to establish 3 Digit dialing and the FCC is moving to the required rulemaking  We continue to work with the Council on Environmental Quality...
October 2, 2003
yardstick If we let the top 4 firms be permitted to reach 45 instead of 35 of national population as the FCC ruled then the 4 firm concentration rises to 27 At the same time local concentration of broadcast TV...magazines and periodicals We use here the HHI index for aggregation purposes and weigh them by the FCC â s and Nielsen Media Researchâ s determination of peopleâ s usage of the medium as a...subsequently rose to a level somewhat higher than 20 years ago Now the question is how would the new FCC rules affect media concentration nationally and locally We did last night some preliminary calculations...
September 30, 2003
Not Call Registry First and foremost let me assure every American consumer and the Congress that the FCC will continue to devote its full resources and exhaust every legal remedy to ensure that the national...court s order last night has raised questions about the FCC s ability to enforce the list Most directly to the extent the court s ruling prevents the FCC from accessing the FTC s database our enforcement efforts...list receive a prohibited call they may file a complaint by calling 1 888 CALL FCC or by visiting our website at www fcc gov The Commission will evaluate all complaint data so that to the extent legally...
September 17, 2003
a more flexible anti piracy policy that the one in Hollywoodâ s proposal In my bill it is the FCC that will resolve any disputes that arise in determining if a self certified technology does not comply...that may not only work better than the content protection standards currently being developed at the FCC but also may have positive consumer effects Imagine for example how computer based DRM could enable...they impose through DRM on digital works The FCC â s Broadcast Flag and â œPlug and Playâ Orders The broadcast flag dramatically expands the FCC â s regulatory authority and would have...
July 23, 2003
in the Communications Act of 1934 For almost 70 years academics Federal Communications Commission FCC Commissioners courts and legislators have discussed the meaning of the phrase public interest convenience...recent and former FCC Commissioners have charged that the public interest mandate is vague providing neither guidance nor constraint on the agency s regulatory and licensing actions Current FCC Chairman Michael...have bemoaned the negative effects they claim consolidation has had on localism In January 2000 the FCC sought to promote the use of radio to provide local content by creating a new class of radio stations...
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