I-NEW YORK - Umhlinzeki omkhulu wamakhebula we-Charter Communications - ngokusobala esaba ukuthukuthelisa abaphathi baka-Obama ngenkathi kusalindelwe isivumelwano esikhulu sokuhlanganisa - uvimbele indawo ephuma kuyo amakhebula eduze nesikhungo sokulawula ama-drone e-Whiteman AFB eMissouri ukuthi siphathe isikhangiso esikhokhelwayo sinxusa abaqhubi be-drone ukuthi benqabe ukundiza.
U-Charter wenze lesi sinqumo sokuvala le ndawo (okuyinto ebucayi kakhulu ohlelweni lwe-Obama Administration Drone) ngo-Ephreli 22, 2016, ngokusho kwe-imeyili evela kumthengi wesikhangiso sabezindaba, ngenkathi ilinde ukugunyazwa uMnyango Wezobulungiswa wokuphatha kanye ne-Federal Communications Commission for ukuhlanganiswa kwayo kwamabhiliyoni angama-88 ne-Time Warner Cable kanye ne-Bright House Networks.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuvinjelwa kwendawo elwa ne-drone, ngo-Ephreli 25, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa wagunyaza isivumelwano, nemibandela. USihlalo we-FCC u-Tom Wheeler uthe ngalo lolo suku uzovotela ukuhlanganiswa, kodwa yonke ikhomishini ayikavoti. Isivumelwano futhi silindele ukugunyazwa ngabalawuli baseCalifornia.
Isikhangiso (www.knowdrones.com/2016/01/help-show-the-real-truth-to-us-tv-audiences.html) ikhiqizwe i-Knowdrones.com futhi yakhokhelwa i-Peaceworks-Kansas City kanye ne-Knowdrones.com ngaphambi kombhikisho we-Peaceworks ka-April 30 ngokumelene nomkhankaso wezempi wase-US ozokuba se-Whiteman AFB eduze kwase-Knob Noster MO, umphakathi lapho Ishatha umhlinzeki wekhebula.
Emzamweni wokuthola ukuthi u-Charter uyasivala yini lesi sikhangiso ngenxa yezithombe zazo ngezinye izikhathi eziyingcaca zezingane ezibulawa ama-drones ase-US, u-Knowdrones ubuze ukuthi u-Charter uzogijima yini indawo eyi-:15 yesibili engenazo izithombe, isikrini esimnyama nje esinombhalo omhlophe ophethe i-anti- umlayezo we-drone. Umthengi wesikhangiso ubike ukuthi u-Charter "ngeke ayamukele indawo ngisho noma kuyisikrini esimnyama esinombhalo ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwesihloko."
"Ngesikhathi lapho abezindaba base-US begwema ukusabalala kwempi ye-drone yase-US, eye yabulala okungenani abantu abangu-6,500 ngaphandle kwenqubo efanele," kusho umxhumanisi we-Knowdrones u-Nick Mottern, "kubuhlungu kakhulu kuzisulu zokuhlaselwa kwe-drone yase-US kanye nomphakathi wase-US. leyo Charter yelula lokhu kuhlolwa ngisho nasekukhangiseni okukhokhelwayo. Ngokusobala, noma singakhokhela ukukhangisa, izinkampani ezifuna umusa kuhulumeni zizocubungula izindawo ezithathwa zenza abaphathi bamanje babukeke kabi.”
Izinguqulo zesikhangiso sesihloko ziqhutshwa abahlinzeki bekhebula eduze nezinye izikhungo zokulawula izindiza ezi-drone zase-US nezokuqeqesha e-Creech AFB, e-Beale AFB nase-Hancock Air National Guard base, phakathi kwezinye.
Ukuhlanganiswa kweCharter kuzoletha isisekelo sababhalisi bayo ezigidini eziyi-18, ngemuva kwezigidi ezingama-22 zeComcast futhi ngaphambi kwe-AT&Ts eyizigidi eziyi-16, ngokusho kweWired.com.
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/feds-set-approve-charter-time-warner-mega-merger/
