As tomorrow's FCC net neutrality vote looms, Ars has been sharing as much of our reporting on the topic as possible. And this week, a longtime reader nudged us about this classic on the FCC's ...
Analyzing the wave of innovation that resulted from an earlier battle to open telecom networks is a good way to judge how much lost innovation the end of Net Neutrality (1) can cause. I’m referring to ...
"I've been waiting 40 years, and thought nobody would ever ask me to come celebrate the Carterfone decision," declared former Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, speaking at a ...
When I was growing up, the closest thing we had to a wireless phone was a cheap set of walkie-talkies that had a range of about 100 feet and the sound quality of the original telephone — at best. It’s ...
Last time I noted a notable anniversary of a technology-related event, I was a few days early. This time I’m a week late from the 40 th-anniversary date. Hang with me, please; I’ll eventually get my ...
The FCC decree in 1968 that permitted users to connect their own telephone equipment to the public telephone system. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...
Skype petitioned the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week to force U.S. mobile operators to loosen controls on what kinds of hardware and software can be connected to their networks. In ...
In 1921, a small company in New York — you might call it a tech start-up — invented a solid-state device to ease the social discomfort occasioned by the advent of the telephone. The earliest phones ...
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