May 1, 2021
Internet usage has increased dramatically over the last year with distant learning and work from home situations. Many families have struggled to provide Internet access for their kids or even their own working conditions, but that could soon change. The Emergency Broadband Benefit can ultimately help millions of families pay for at home Internet access. This program was passed in December as part of the relief package, which included the second stimulus payments. As part of the relief package, the Federal Communications Commission was given a $3.2 billion fund to distribute to Americans with low incomes. Those who are eligible will get $50 monthly internet subsidies. And this week, the FCC explained how they can sign up for the subsidy. Starting May 12, you can enroll at GetEmergencyBroadband.org. This is open to those who qualify for Lifeline benefits through participation in Medicaid, SNAP, Supplemental Security Income, Federal Public Housing Assistance, or Veterans a
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Zoom’s Immersive View feature
Zoom’s new Immersive View feature will take on Microsoft Teams’ Together Mode, allowing meeting hosts to place (manually or automatically) video participants and webinar panellists into a single virtual background. Immersive View’s present scenes can have up to 25 participants, while additional participants will be displayed in a thumbnail strip on the top of the scene, Zoom noted in a blog post. Hosts can also move participants around a scene, resize a participant’s image, and change the scene or revert to Speaker or Gal
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By Dave Basner
Apr 30, 2021
When it comes to helping Americans in need, there has been so much talk about stimulus checks that people have totally missed the other types of financial aid that are available. One of them is called the Emergency Broadband Benefit and because of the act, millions of Americans can receive a monthly subsidy to help pay for their Internet.
The program passed in December as part of the relief package that included the second stimulus check. It gives the Federal Communications Commission a $3.2 billion fund to distribute to Americans with low incomes and those who lost income during the pandemic. Eligible recipients will get $50 monthly internet subsidies. This week, the FCC explained how they can sign up for them.
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Back in 1991, when mobile phones were a luxury item weighing about two pounds and dial-up internet was getting ready to hit the market, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (TCPA), with an eye towards reigning in robocalls and other abusive telemarketing practices of the time. Thirty years later, the TCPA still stands, prohibiting calls to consumers on the nationally curated ”do not call” list, and restricting the use of certain technologies, including autodialers or, technically speaking, “automatic telephone dialing systems” (ATDS). Paired with a per-call statutory damages scheme and a class action device, the TCPA has become a potent weapon in the plaintiff’s arsenal, with autodialers and those who use them being the favored targets at least until recently when, on April 1, 2021, the Supreme Court decided what is and what is not an autodialer under the statute.