Brad Smith says lessons from the fictions of Wargames and the realities of the recent SolarWinds cyberattack serve as an important wakeup call that must be heeded.
GeoLinks on Tuesday announced a new fixed wireless platform based on the DOCSIS 3.1 specification that runs in the 60GHz spectrum band that will be deployed across its footprint.
The move would shift GeoLinks off the 5GHz band it has primarily used across its ten years of operation. CEO Skyler Ditchfield said the 5GHz band is becoming increasingly crowded and that the company s new platform will support faster speeds and more reliable connections.
The question driving GeoLinks shift is: How do you deliver gigabit services at a reasonable price? Ditchfield explained.
GeoLinks today counts around 8,000 enterprise customers, and around the same number of residential customers across primarily California and a handful of other states. The company, which primarily operates a fixed wireless Internet network spanning roughly 400 towers, has been working to expand its operations via acquisitions and government funding. For example, the company recently closed on its acquisition of
Outgoing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said he won t pursue a rulemaking to offer more clarity on regulations that shield social media outlets and other tech companies from liability for what users post to their platforms.
That regulation, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, protects social media companies and other, similar interactive computer services from being held liable for materials posted by users considered to be obscene, violent or otherwise objectionable. Section 230 also gives the social media firms latitude on moderating content on their respective platforms.
Last fall Pai said he intended to push forward with such a rulemaking effort. But he changed his position after the November elections, the FCC chair said on the latest edition of