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1. Front Page News Returning January 24th -

   
   
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2. Happy New Year! -

   
   Wishing you health and happiness in 2022
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3. FCC Settles For $6M With AT&T, Verizon, Intrado, And CenturyLink Over Failed 911 Calls During 2020 Outages; + more news -

   
   The FCC settles with AT&T, Verizon, Intrado, and CenturyLink over failed 911 calls during network outages in 2020; the companies will pay $6M collectively theverge.com
   A look at US satellite internet speeds, with Starlink median download/upload speeds of 87.3 Mbps and 13.5 Mbps, followed by HughesNet at 19.3 Mbps and 2.5 Mbps speedtest.net
   Global broadband demand surges in 2021 capacitymedia.com
   Here s why streaming services are always duking it out over channels theverge.com
   YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic thestreamable.com
   5G might be costly but competition settings still matter lightreading.com
   US airlines are still super worried about 5G techradar.com
   T-Mobile says its Scam Shield service blocked 21B scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls in 2021, as scam call traffic hit an all-time high of 425M calls per week bleepingcomputer.com
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4. Front Page Taking a Break -

   
   The front page will be taking a break so family and friends can take some time to enjoy the holidays.
   
   We wish you happy times gathering and celebrating. Health and happiness for the New Year!
   
   Cheers!
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5. If 6G Becomes Just 5G+, We'll Have Made A Big Mistake; + more notable news -

   
   If 6G Becomes Just 5G+, We ll Have Made a Big Mistake spectrum.ieee.org
   Faster Home Broadband Should Be Enshrined in Law wired.co.uk
   United Airlines CEO: 5G Rollout Would Be Catastrophic webpronews.com
   Dish FreedomFi Pilot Aims to Expand Wireless Coverage with CBRS Hotspots telecompetitor.com
   Verizon's mmWave 5G deployment continues to polarize lightreading.com
   Verizon and Google partner on new 5G edge computing push zdnet.com
   FCC opens conversation on the future of the Universal Service Fund rcrwireless.com
   The 'full fiber' vs 'tech neutral' debate heats up in US lightreading.com
   Comcast rings video doorbell for Xfinity Home customers venturebeat.com
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6. Patch fixing Critical Internet-Threatening Log4J 0-Day Has Own Vulnerability That's Under Exploit; + more notable news -

   
   Patch fixing critical Log4J 0-day has its own vulnerability that s under exploit arstechnica.com
   Global broadband demand surges in 2021 capacitymedia.com
   Full-fibre broadband now available to 8 million UK homes, but only 24% take advantage pocket-lint.com
   Harmonic and Rogers Communications to evolve next-gen broadband services rapidtvnews.com
   RDOF Funding Approved for Consolidated, Conexon, Cox, Dozens of Smaller Winners telecompetitor.com
   Comcast will keep data caps out of the Northeast in 2022 lightreading.com
   Another AWS outage and more cloud worries lightreading.com
   The Internet Association will close at year's end; sources describe tension between large members like Meta, Google, and smaller companies, and financial woes politico.com
   You may get a free Ooma Telo Air VoIP device if you are using T-Mobile's home internet phonearena.com
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7. White House Wants Universal Broadband By 2030, But Funding Could Take Years To Deliver; + more notable news -

   
   White House wants universal broadband by 2030, but funding could take years to deliver cnbc.com
   EarthLink Launches Wireless Home Internet Service prnewswire.com
   30 million eligible households haven t signed up for the FCC s broadband discount program dailydot.com
   Frontier Calls 25G PON Trial a Success telecompetitor.com
   T-Mobile s Ray: Next Year s 5G Expansion Will Encompass Rural Areas Not Targeted By AT&T, Verizon telecompetitor.com
   How children are helping to fuel US wireless growth lightreading.com
   Industry hopes to delay return of net neutrality by blocking Biden FCC nominee washingtonexaminer.com
   The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's vice-like grip on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action techcrunch.com
   T-Mobile s not-Chromecast Google TV dongle adds an ethernet jack theverge.com
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8. CISA Director Says Log4j Flaw Affects Hundreds Of Millions Of Devices, May Be Most Serious Bug She Has Seen; + more news -

   
   CISA Director Jen Easterly says the Log4j flaw likely affects hundreds of millions of devices and may be the most serious bug she has seen in her career cyberscoop.com
   FCC Tightens STIR/SHAKEN Timeframe for Small Carriers telecompetitor.com
   Don't worry about C-band spectrum delays - analysts lightreading.com
   Jan. 6 organizers sue to keep Verizon from turning over their cellphone records: report rawstory.com
   Verizon Turns 5G Spotlight to Mid-Band Spectrum in 2022 verdict.co.uk
   Biden signs an executive order directing 17 US agencies to modernize services and bring more of them online, including passport photo uploads and taxes protocol.com
   YouTube TV warns that Disney channels might go dark lightreading.com
   Spectrum Internet customers get 3 free months of Peacock Premium cnet.com
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9. US Doesn't Make The Top 10 List For Internet Freedom; + more notable news -

   
   US Doesn't Make the Top 10 List for Internet Freedom uk.pcmag.com
   New federal broadband maps show wide disparity in US internet access independent.co.uk
   AWS blames its hours-long Tuesday outage on network devices overloading, plans to revamp its status page to address complaints about updates and support cases cnbc.com
   The Internet s biggest players are all affected by critical Log4Shell: Seeing is believing. Critical Log4j vulnerability is an Internet-wide threat arstechnica.com
   DirecTV Stream Reportedly Set to Raise Prices nationalinterest.org
   T-Mobile just set a $20 per hour company-wide minimum wage androidpolice.com
   Verizon 5G Home adds three more cities to its coverage area cnet.com
   Report Highlights States Using ARPA Funding for Broadband, Including Line Extensions telecompetitor.com
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10. Why Utility Companies Should Offer Broadband And What They Need To Know; + more notable news -

    
    Why Utility Companies Should Offer Broadband and What They Need to Know telecompetitor.com
    Charter Communications showcases public-private partnership as a model for expanding rural broadband access across the USA totaltele.com
    LTD Broadband Sues Iowa Utilities Board Over ETC Designation Impacting RDOF Winning Bid telecompetitor.com
    US cable to rake in nearly $22B in commercial services revenues in 2021 lightreading.com
    Zeroday in ubiquitous Log4j tool poses a grave threat to the Internet arstechnica.com
    How the 3G Shutdown in 2022 Could Screw Your Car thedrive.com
    Google says it will release Google Play Games in 2022 as a native Windows app that brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11 9to5google.com
    Comcast now sells Xfinity Flex users internet cable TV from YouTube theverge.com
    Verizon tops 14,000 5G Ultra Wideband cells sites convergedigest.com
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11. Ookla: Average Speeds Of Smaller ISPs Often Top The Major National Providers; + more notable news -

    
    Ookla: Average Speeds of Smaller ISPs Often Top the Major National Providers telecompetitor.com
    AWS Is the Internet's Biggest Single Point of Failure vice.com
    Mobile is Charter's 'biggest single opportunity' in 2022, CEO says. lightreading.com
    Stadia finally launches on LG TVs, shows off the greatness that could ve been arstechnica.com
    Apple Is Building Verizon, AT&T And T-Mobile A Massive New Business Opportunity seekingalpha.com
    How Biden can make his internet freedom agenda a success brookings.edu
    Google confirms a permanent fix is coming for a bug that prevents some Android users from calling 911 if Microsoft Teams is installed but they are not logged in 9to5google.com
    Roku and Google Settle YouTube TV Spat, Agree to Multi-Year Deal webpronews.com
    Google shuts down network of one million hijacked devices across the world dailymail.co.uk
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12. Senate Confirms Jessica Rosenworcel To Lead The FCC, The First Female Chair In The Agency's History; + more notable news -

    
    The Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC, the first female chair in the agency's history, in a 68 to 31 vote theverge.com
    Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US including New York Times, Venmo, Disney+, Switch Online abc7news.com
    Verizon overrides users opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history arstechnica.com
    Space X Engine Production Woes Could Screw Up Musk's Starlink Broadband Play techdirt.com
    5G May Still Interfere With Aircraft in Low Visibility Conditions webpronews.com
    Comcast set to add record mobile lines in Q4 lightreading.com
    AT&T CEO says antitrust criticism 'unfounded' in WarnerMedia deal bizjournals.com
    Google sues two Russians it claims help run a botnet that has infected 1M+ devices and uses command-and-control server addresses stored on Bitcoin's blockchain bloomberg.com
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