While modern technology and regulations have made sweeping changes to the operation and safety of ships since the Titanic, as told by Wilson, the fundamental cause of disaster is the human element.

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He also called on Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz to examine how this new technology fits in with existing consumer privacy regulations.

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Imposing inconsistent local regulations on providers of broadband technology "could undermine the development of intermodel competition, " between cable operators, telephone companies, providers of wireless telecommunications services, and satellite communications firms, the FCC brief says.

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