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In an effort to cut on so called "bill shock" or surprise high cellphones bills, the FCC is looking into imposing a measure that would force wireless carriers to send a warning to their users when they are about to reach their plan limits.
Otherwise, for people who can't shut-up, they need a friendly reminder to do so.

For more, see WSJ.com

Labels: bill shock, cellphone plans, data roaming limits, FCC, text message alerts., truth in billing, wireless companies, wireless data plan

In Ridgville South Carolina, prison authorities are trying to implement a cell phone- jamming system to tackle the increase smuggled cellphones used to coordinate escapes, organize riots or plot more crimes.
The jamming system is being provided by CellAntenna Corp a technology company based in Florida.
If the plan succeed, Cingular tagline of "more bars in more places" would be replaced by CellAntenna new tagline: "More bars in one place."

Original story in WSJ.com

Labels: CellAntenna, cellphones, FCC, jamming

In a ruling expected this Friday , the FCC is expected to rule against Comcast for slowing some of its customers' Internet traffic. The company has admitted the allegations but said it was doing it to prevent some bandwidth hogs -particularly those using file-sharing services like BitTorrent -, from taxing its network.
If left unchallenged or upheld in court after a challenge , the FCC decision will affirm the agency authority in the heart of the net neutrality debate.
For now at least, it seems like their can only be one cop when it comes to Internet traffic.

Labels: Comcast, FCC, Web videos