Around this time every year, the appropriations committees in the House and Senate get together to work out their budgets. And for the last few years special interests have used these bills to push their agendas and attach poison-pill riders.
If you’re a pay-TV subscriber you’re probably shelling out hundreds of dollars a year for that little box your cable company forces you to rent. This is just one of the many ways in which cable companies have a lock on what we see — and don’t see — on our TV screens.
I have the opportunity and the means to stay connected. The same isn’t true for my relatives, who have to choose between grocery shopping and paying for Internet service.
The Federal Communications Commission is in the midst of developing important new rules to protect broadband users’ privacy and their personal information.
