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Big quote: "[Comcast] chose to contest the challenge before doing a serious investigation into the validity of the challenge. Anyone can make a mistake, but to opt to defend that mistake rather than correct it is a deliberate choice that flows from the fact that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose from sticking by an inflated claim." — Harold Feld, senior VP of consumer-advocacy group Public Knowledge.
Last week, a small-town broadband provider admitted to lying to the FCC about its coverage map specifically to prevent a competitor from getting a government grant to upgrade its service to the area. But it's not just small providers lying to the Commission. This week, Comcast was caught submitting false coverage maps for several regions in Colorado.
Matthew Hillier, an engineer for 30 years for several telecom companies, told Ars Technica that he discovered that the FCC's coverage map showed Comcast offered coverage at his address when that was not true. When he filed a challenge to the claim, Comcast doubled down, telling the FCC that it did offer service to that residence despite Hillier's claim.
The FCC took no action other than telling Hillier he had 60 days to sort it out with Comcast. In the meantime, it changed his address on the map to "pending." It did not even consider upholding the challenge after Hillier sent the Commission screenshots from...
The Dangote Group has denied claims that its President, Aliko Dangote, is at odds with Tony Elumelu, describing the report as false, malicious and baseless. In a statement signed by its Group Chie...