News about S. Derek Turner

The DIRECTV debacle came at a high human cost.

Small ISPs are urging the FCC to investigate whether Space-X can deliver on its broadband promises.

The FCC faces pressure from rural ISPs to deny a planned $886-million subsidy to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has asked the FCC to block broadband funding earmarked for Frontier, saying the ISP isn't capable of delivering gigabit-speed service.

After digging into the FCC maps of the winning bidders, consumer groups like Free Press say something ugly is afoot.

FCC Chairman Pai's priority seems to be "closing the golf-course and parking-lot digital divide," wrote Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner.

"We started poking around the FCC's maps of winning RDOF bids, and there's enough smoke to suggest a fire," wrote Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner.

This FCC can routinely be found parroting inaccurate lobbyist claims on a wide variety of subjects.

Free Press pointed out that Pai's broadband-deployment claim was based on a gigantic error.