The FCC asked us to address the interference issues and some contention issues as related to people who had claims to the spectrum.
Unfortunately, they seem to be a necessary evil in this crazy supply-versus-demand world of capitalism we all call home, particularly in light of the spectrum crunch the FCC keeps warning us about.
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Instead of selectively evaluating whether a jamming device is in the public interest (to, say, protect us from the malicious), the FCC generally blocks all such devices from the market.
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Gigabyte's latest entry into that crowded arena has just swung by the FCC, raising the likelihood of US availability while also showing off its 11.6-inch, 1, 366 x 768 pivoting touchscreen wedded to a 21mm-thick (0.8-inch) chassis with a chiclet keyboard and large touchpad.
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As for availability, we heard that this S2109 will launch at some point this month, though our shy friend didn't specify which market it'll debut in -- the FCC document lists Germany, Canada, US, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Mexico, Chile, Japan and China.
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Now we hate all the feet dragging by cable operators in the US as much as the next, and wish the FCC would enforce the Telecommunications Act of 1996 already, but that doesn't mean that everything big cable does is evil, or that the FCC is useless.
Today, the FCC has put together a National Broadband Plan to help us maintain a competitive edge.
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When the FCC wants VOIP for the country, they can count on us.
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That bottom-dwelling, budget tier, first announced at this past Mobile World Congress, has already seen a couple of category cousins come out into the open (see: Vodafone's G 300 and T-Mobile's G 312), so color us unsurprised to find yet another single-core, Googlefied device crop up at the FCC.
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The FCC did, and decided to team up with 13 major broadband providers in the US to test how they performed from February to June of this year.
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