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FCC chairman puts Verizon in hot seat over new throttling policy

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler addresses attendees at the 2014 Cable Show. CNET/Joan Solsman Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, who has been skewered publicly for his handling of the Net neutrality rules rewrite, is showing he can stand up to big broadband companies he thinks are taking advantage of consumers. On Wednesday, he sent a letter to Verizon’s top wireless …

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Why Sprint can’t hit the gas on cheaper plans…yet

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at a company event in June. Sarah Tew/CNET The wireless carriers are only mover faster when it comes to aggressively priced plans and promotions. Yet Sprint remains stuck in the slow lane. Over the last several months, Verizon Wireless piled on more data and cut prices through its , AT&T launched an attractive shared family plan …

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