---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <f1e826fee722d7fb9c4b0504a92fe85d.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:58:11 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: FCC Joins Industry to Eliminate Illegal Robocalls FCC Joins Industry to Eliminate Illegal Robocalls; Releases NPRM to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks By Ashley Ludlow, CommLawBlog, March 28, 2017 Your phone rings. You look down at your phone, which reads "IRS." You answer. "Hello?" There's a pause. Then, in an automated tone, you hear this: "This call is to inform you that the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you. To get more information about this case file, please call immediately on our department number (202) 470-2565. I repeat (202) 470-2565. Thank you." http://www.commlawblog.com/2017/03/articles/cellular/fcc-joins-industry-to-eliminate-illegal-robocalls-releases-nprm-to-remove-regulatory-roadblocks/?utm_source=Fletcher%2C+Heald+%26+Hildreth%2C+PLC+-+CommLawBlog&utm_campaign=aad9ab99a6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6cc65bf771-aad9ab99a6-71094321 -or- http://tinyurl.com/Robo-CLB Neal McLain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0583a8e73ffc4a6ba658c434bc9ddd4b.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:00:59 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: Google Fiber Ended 2016 With 84,232 Pay TV Subs: Study By: Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News, 3/27/2017 Google Fiber ended 2016 with 84,232 pay TV subs, marking a sharp decline in the rate of growth, MoffettNathanson found in an analysis based on fresh data from the U.S. Copyright Office. Across all Google Fiber markets, year-on-year growth declined to 57.8%, from 78.8% a year ago, the firm found. But Google Fiber's video business is still growing amid a rising cord-cutting trend that is affecting most major U.S. pay TV providers. http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/google-fiber-ended-2016-84232-pay-tv-subs-study/411758 -or- http://tinyurl.com/GooFiber Neal McLain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <53856f21372dba48168fd64828b99a32.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:28:33 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: FCC's Pai to Eliminate Federal Lifeline Eligibility Program By John Eggerton, Broadcasting and Cable, Mar 29, 2017 Saying the FCC will still include broadband in its Lifeline low-income subsidies program, FCC chairman Ajit Pai will return the eligibility portion of that program to the states and will not authorize nine federal lifeline authorizations he rescinded last month. "Going forward, I want to make it clear that broadband will remain in the Lifeline program so long as I have the privilege of serving as Chairman. And we will continue to look for ways to make the program work even better," Pai said in a statement Wednesday. Lifeline is a Universal Service Fund subsidy for basic telecommunications services for those least able to afford them. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/fccs-pai-eliminate-federal-lifeline-eligibility-program/164488 Neal McLain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <53856f21372dba48168fd64828b99a32.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:28:33 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: FCC's Pai to Eliminate Federal Lifeline Eligibility Program By John Eggerton, Broadcasting and Cable, Mar 29, 2017 Saying the FCC will still include broadband in its Lifeline low-income subsidies program, FCC chairman Ajit Pai will return the eligibility portion of that program to the states and will not authorize nine federal lifeline authorizations he rescinded last month. "Going forward, I want to make it clear that broadband will remain in the Lifeline program so long as I have the privilege of serving as Chairman. And we will continue to look for ways to make the program work even better," Pai said in a statement Wednesday. Lifeline is a Universal Service Fund subsidy for basic telecommunications services for those least able to afford them. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/fccs-pai-eliminate-federal-lifeline-eligibility-program/164488 -or- http://tinyurl.com/FCC-PAI-170330 Neal McLain ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 31 Mar 2017