USF Tax for Internet Access Enterprise Alert
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote at the end of March on whether to expand a Reagan-era phone subsidy to include provision of internet access for low-income Americans. The debate is...
View ArticleHealthcare Tops Data Security Breaches
A recent study by Symantec Corporation revealed that healthcare data breaches accounted for 39 percent of all data breaches last year. The report does not mention it directly, but this is most likely...
View ArticleAre Land Lines Dead?
In the past three years, thirteen states have removed regulations and laws that require telephone companies to provide traditional land lines to rural areas. New rules allow carriers to use wireless,...
View ArticleFCC Ends Early Termination Fees, Introduces New Competitive Framework
Under the title Out with the Old, In with the New, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler introduced sweeping changes and a Futher Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that calls for...
View ArticlePitfalls from Thinking Small: ILEC Roundup
A recent FierceTelecom review of the first quarter results for U.S. ILECs highlights important trends for enterprises, and potential pitfalls from relying solely on this roundup. This is a year of...
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