Reporter: cable ISP & satcom regulation, FCC for @Comm_Daily. You hear something stupid and you realize it’s coming from your mouth. mdaneman@warren-news.com
Joined June 2009
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Jun 8
The Chinese AI firms being sued by major movie studios for copyright infringement: you used our AI platform to create copyright-infringing content cited in your lawsuit, that violated the TOS. @Comm_Daily
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Jun 4
On this date in 1974, the infamous 10-cent beer night at Cleveland Stadium. Players had to protect themselves with bats from the drunken mob. The game ultimately was a forfeit to the Rangers.
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Jun 3
Subsea fiber optic cable industry like #NASCA has pushed back on @FCC proposal to start licensing sub line terminal equipment. Apparently, it didn't sway the agency, as commishes'll vote in June on doing that. @Comm_Daily
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Jun 3
Happy birthday, incomparable Curtis Mayfield, born OTD in 1942. youtube.com/watch?v=-cmo6MRY…
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Jun 1
. @SpaceX to @FCC: those 1M data center satellites'd be distributed in six groupings, with orbits of anywhere from 550 km to ~1000 km. @Comm_Daily
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May 29
. @DOJ to @FCC: #Lifeline benefits are subject to Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act and recipients need to provide more than SSN to be eligible. Also aimed at preventing immigrants from enrolling in USF program. @Comm_Daily
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May 28
. #SCOTUS reversed the 4th Circuit on whether @CoxComm was liable for piracy by internet subscribers, and now the 4th has reversed the US District Court and sent it back to that lower court to finish off the case. @Comm_Daily
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May 27
OTD, 1902, the modern kazoo—also the first one made of metal—was patented by George D. Smith of Buffalo, New York. youtube.com/watch?v=Fd19Moey…
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May 21
🎶 @SpaceX factories turning out zillions of orbital data center satellites/building on the moon 🎶
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May 20
. @CWAUnion in letter to @SECGov: Make @SpaceX be clear about how much it needs #BEAD funding and the risk that funding faces. @Comm_Daily
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May 19
. @saschameinrath at #FiberConnect2026: Big biz making big $$ on data extraction, but not incentivized properly to protect people's data. Will stay that way until far bigger fines for hacks and poor data architecture. @Comm_Daily
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May 19
. @DCC_org's Dan Diorio at #FIberConnect2026: Notable part of anti-data-center sentiment driven by new entrants in industry with no expertise pitching wildly unrealistic projects they dont intend to follow thru on. We use less than 0.5% of water in Tx. @Comm_Daily
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May 18
. CEO of Canada's #PomeGran at #FiberConnect2026: Many poles we want to attach to never been replaced. Pole owners say 'dont touch it, it will fall apart.' @Comm_Daily @LibertyPR exec says it's gotta put power backups in network, due to shaky state of island's power grid.
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May 18
. @fiberbroadband chief Gary Bolton at #Fiberconnect2026: Past 5 yrs, 45.9M homes passed by fiber, with 60M others to be passed in next 5.
11.8M homes passed alone in 2025, up from record 10.3M in 2024, and 2026 will hit new record again. @Comm_Daily
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May 15
You buy a parallel dimension, you end up going to Home Depot or Lowe's, like, every *day*.
May 13
Physicist Michio Kaku suggests dark matter isn’t matter at all. It is gravity leaking from a parallel dimension.
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May 12
Space startup launched by co-founder of Robinhood is joining the ranks of companies seeking to put massive data center satellite constellations into orbit. @Comm_Daily #datacenters
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May 11
. @Echostar to @FCC: making us put some spectrum sale money in escrow to pay off wireless network suppliers could jeopardize those spectrum sales. Also says it's settled with many of those suppliers @Comm_Daily
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May 6
. @dishwireless to pay $17M fine to settle fraud allegations it signed up ineligible people for the FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefits Program and Affordable Connectivity Program, DOJ says. @Comm_Daily
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May 5
Ummm, @bandsintown? Yes, I do like these artists, agreed. But I'm a little skeptical they're playing around here anytime soon.
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