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FCC loses Barry Ohlson

At the conclusion of yesterday's meeting, Commissioner Adelstein announced the departure of Barry Ohlson . Barry has been Adelstein's wireless adviser since forever, and Adelstein's senior legal...

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Assessing the 700 MHz Order Part II: “C” Does Not stand For “Crap;” Why the...

Few things in the last few days have generated more discussion and overall pessimism in the Order than the C Block wireless Carterfone or network attachment conditions. A tease, says Art Brodsky ....

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700 MHz Appendix: A List of All My Posts on The 700 MHz Auction Proceeding

Well, it's been a fun couple of months. I expect we will see more action on the actual implimentation of 700 MHz Auction, new developments, and so forth.

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Time For Some Hot Bi-Partisan Action on Cable: Or, Why Copps and Adelstein...

I gotta hand it to the NCTA they really know how to spin the press. Given the outrageous excesses of market power displayed by incumbent cable operators, you would imagine that activists would leap at...

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Nothing Like Biting Industry On The Ass To Get Republicans Hot For Process

OK, color me cynical, but I find this recent bipartisan interest in the fairness of FCC processes a source of some considerable eye rolling on my part. Not because the issue isn't timely, important,...

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YAMA (“Yet Another 'Mission Accomplished'”) On Wireless Carterfone.

Mission Accomplished has become a useful catch phrase denoting a declaration of victory so premature as to be ironic, comical, and/or tragic. Sadly, Kevin Martin's decision to circulate an Order...

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Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC on LFA Limits: A Bad Decision and A Sad Day for...

The Sixth Circuit has denied the Petitions for Review filed by local franchise authorities (LFAs) and PEG programmers challenging the FCC's December 2006 Order limiting the ability of LFA's to...

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Update: Cable Cos Respond, FCC Reviewing.

To update on the question of whether cable companies think they are above the law . According to this piece by Ted Hearn in Multichannel News , all 13 cable cos responded to the FCC's letter of...

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Adelstein Is Right On FCC Authority to Launch An Investigation Into Arbitron...

FCC Commissioner Adelstein wrote Chairman Martin a letter yesterday asking Martin to launch a formal inquiry into Arbitron's use of the new portable people meter (PPM). As I noted back in September...

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Adelstein To Go To RUS, But When?

In a not entirely unexpected move, FCC Commissioner Jonathon Adelstein will shift over to the RUS program . One would be hard put to think of anyone better qualified to oversee spending to stimulate...

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