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Spying AI, FCC Battles Robocalls, Oath, and More

Internet Telecom Cable Service News

This is your weekly internet and cable service news update for April 10, 2017. These are the top stories making industry headlines this week:

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States to US Congress: If You Won’t Protect Internet Privacy, We Will

States step in to preserve Internet Privacy

The States Strike Back

In response to the US Congress repealing the FCC’s Internet privacy guidelines that were passed last year, several state governments have decided to take matters into their own hands by enacting Internet privacy rules of their own.

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ISPs: Yes It Is Our Business What You Do Online

Your ISP Wants To Profit From What You Do Online

If you have been online at all recently, you've probably read something about the new online Privacy Rules that were supposed to go into effect later this year that would prevent your ISP from profiting off of your browsing history or private information. You might also be aware that those rules were repealed by Congress through a Congressional Review Act resolution.

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Frontier Communications Expands Broadband in Texas, Indiana and Illinois

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Frontier Communications recently announced that it will be making broadband available to thousands of additional households in Texas, Indiana, and Illinois utilizing tax dollars from the FCC Connect America Fund.

Frontier Communications recently announced that it has made enhanced broadband service available to an additional:

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Frontier Service Area Grows, Congressional Review Act Takes Out Net Neutrality, and more

Internet Telecom Cable Service News

Here is the latest cable tv, technology, and internet service-related news rewind for the week of April 3, 2017:

The Story No One is Keeping Private

The big news in the Internet arena recently was the Internet Privacy Media Circus. Congress used the Congressional Review Act to remove several rules put on the books in the final days of the Obama Administration. Among them, the new privacy rules created by the FCC. There has been a lot of public and media attention as a result.

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Fun Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy or How to Stick it to the (Ad)man

Fun ways to protect your online privacy

Internet Service Providers will now be able to treat you like a cash cow, much like Facebook and Google have been doing for years. Maybe it's just me, but I've never been a fan of big soulless multi-national corporations with no regard for real people. Thanks to new leadership at the agency that was created to protect you, the consumer, Internet Service Providers can mine your private browsing information for profit.

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VPNs – Now More Than Ever

Add Layer of Online Security and Privacy with a VPN

What Is A VPN?

A Virtual Private Network (or VPN) is a private network that is set up to use a public network (i.e., the Internet) to connect remote sites or users together. The VPN creates a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunneling protocols, or traffic encryption.

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FCC Rule Used Against Legislators Who Sold Your Browsing History

crowdfunding campaign hopes to expose congressional member browsing history

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably already heard that Congress recently passed a bill that would allow Internet Service Providers (ISP's) to sell your personal information, usage data, and browsing history to the highest bidder. While some websites already do that, take for example the targeted ads you see on Facebook and Google, this is the first time the practice has gotten a nod from lawmakers - particularly where the ISPs themselves are concerned.

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Comcast/Time Warner Cable - NO I Mean Charter/Time Warner Cable

Comcast/Time Warner Merger Woes

Even before Donald Trump became the 45th President, the cable and telecom industries were active with mergers and acquisitions. This has been going on for more than a hundred years, but in 2013, word got out that Comcast Cable was attempting to buy Time Warner Cable. They kicked it around for a bit but with grumblings from the Justice Department and the threat of an anti trust lawsuit, Comcast decided to drop the bid.  

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1001 Ways to Save on Your Internet Bill

1001 Ways You Can Save Money On Your Internet Bill

Disclaimer: The title of this article was written using the binary numeral system. After all, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and computer software are all based on the binary system. 1001 is the binary notation that equals the number 9 in the decimal system. Please enjoy these 1001 (9) ways to save on your Internet bill:

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