A new federal program, Emergency Broadband Benefit, will provide low-income residents with a monthly stipend to help pay for internet service.
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Comcast ends New York merger review
Last week, Comcast publicly and definitively ended its bid to swallow up Time Warner Cable. Part of the merger process involved regulatory reviews in the states, mostly around the transfer of Time Warner’s franchise agreements to Comcast. In New York, the company had petitioned the state Public Service Commission to clear the way for the […]
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FCC net neutrality decision is all about traffic
The Federal Communications Commission passed new net neutrality regulations yesterday that includes a measure that would classify broadband Internet as a utility, just like landline telephones. The regulations say that Internet service providers can’t prioritize one stream of traffic over another. They can’t provide “fast lanes” where a content provider pays the ISP for a […]
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Comcast and TWC respond to merger comments
Over the past few months, state regulators have been flooded with public comments for and against — mostly against — the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. Staff from state agencies have submitted comments, too — which are basically recommendations regarding the deal. Yesterday, Comcast and Time Warner Cable submitted their joint response to the comments, […]
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New York to review Comcast-Time Warner deal
The state Public Service Commission has started its review of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. The review should take about four months. Here’s the good news for New Yorkers who get cable, Internet, or phone services from either company: the PSC will examine some very important criteria in assessing the $45 billion deal. According […]
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NEWS BLOG: Rochester district’s website gets a new look
The Rochester school district has an unenviable communications challenge The Rochester school district has an unenviable communications challenge. School officials have a slew of audiences, many with different needs and interests. And the district’s website hasn’t been a particularly helpful communications tool. But the website has been given a much needed makeover. The site isn’t […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’11: Rochester blogs
 [ LOCAL COLOR ] By Kate Antoniades Amongst all the pharmaceutical-hawking spam messages, the tweets about Justin Bieber’s new haircut, and the YouTube comments that make you question your faith in humanity, you can still manage to find plenty of good stuff online. The following local blogs, each with a specific focus on an aspect […]
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STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE ’08: Digital music guide
BY KATHY LALUK More and more things are becoming extinct everyday. Some of the most recent victims include CDs, cassettes, and records. We’re the millennial generation. We’ve gone digital — and so has our music. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Since the birth of Napster around the turn of the century, music downloads have become the center of attention […]
