Matt Daneman

Reporter: cable ISP & satcom regulation, FCC for @Comm_Daily. You hear something stupid and you realize it’s coming from your mouth. [email protected]

[Matt Daneman @mdaneman]

Big Abacus: I mean, *we're* safe, right?

[Reuters @Reuters]

US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028 https://t.co/PCQfgOdjA8

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About time the slide got some respect. https://t.co/RhkmucoFtp

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. @Bank_Street's Richard Lukaj at #Incompas26: Cable operators are 'victim of their own success' and will see market share losses for years to come. Cable had 'way past their fair share' of market. @Comm_Daily @INCOMPAS

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. @GrainManagement CEO David Grain at @Incompas 2026 show: satellite direct-to-device shaking up telecom mkt., look at how the market caps of the carriers are dropping. 'Something really big is going on here.' #Incompas @Comm_Daily

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Speaking at #Incompas 2026 show: fiber operator CEOs are big-time bullish. 'It’s a great time to own fiber,' sez Jason Adkins, CEO of Bluebird Fiber. “Maybe the best time ever to own fiber. The tailwinds are ridiculously good.' @Incompas @Comm_Daily

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Zayo CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath at @INCOMPAS 2026: AI will be big driver of US GDP growth in coming years. 'This is not a time to go weak in the knees' in investment, waves off concerns of AI bubble. @Comm_Daily #Incompas

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TIL I am Finnish-American.

[Embassy of Finland in the US 🇫🇮 @FinlandinUSA]

It's becoming nightmarish... for the Finns.

Happy Halloween from the Embassy of Finland! 🎃

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@JonahDispatch 'With 23% of precincts reporting in the district, we am predicting a big win for belly pets and snacks.'

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@MontyTayloe Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of snack packaging regulatory arbitrage.

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And the 2027 Nobel Prize for Ideas That Are Self-Evident and Yet Took Forever goes to ....

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Cheerios is boldly going where no cereal has gone before: a resealable Ziploc bag.

The option will be available on Original and Honey Nut Cheerios beginning Tuesday, online at Walmart, before rolling out to retailers nationwide in the coming months. https://t.co/kJQxKLKOxK

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.@FCC looking to fine #BoomerangWireless $4.4 million for alleged Lifeline fraud for seeking reimbursement for 442 dead people, using fake or false address info. @Comm_Daily

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. @FCC makes it official - Courtney Reinhard, chief counsel for the Senate Communications Subcommittee, is now Space Bureau chief. @Comm_Daily reported 3 weeks ago this was in the works. @MontyTayloe

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For all my @FCC nerds out there:
Just discovered that its ICFS portal, for Space Bureau and OIA filings, has a 404 message that incorporates a functioning Breakout video game you can play.

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AI is Big Tech pumpkin spice - it's now in everything.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The first trailer for Greta Gerwig's ‘NARNIA’ has been released.

In theaters on February 12, 2027.

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@Thebiglade 'Love' is really good, but I prefer The Cult's 'Electric' album, which came out two years later.

[Monty Tayloe @MontyTayloe]

Communications attorneys that I talk to all say there isn't anything in the Comm Act that would bar a TV station from airing a live execution. Indecency complaints could be filed afterward, but it's not even clear that an execution would run afoul of those rules.

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Numerous speakers at #AnchorNets2026: Parents got legit concerns about excessive screen use in classrooms, but looking at E-rate and federal support of schools' connectivity is wrong way to tackle it. @comm_Daily at @SHLBCoalition conference.

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The Congressional universal service fund reform working group apparently has a draft bill that it's showing to interested parties, @SHLBCoalition sez at its #AnchorNets2026 conference. @Comm_Daily https://t.co/WbvJ54bDLC

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Wait, have we always been at war with Eastasia or never been at war with Eastasia, I can never remember.