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Bandwidth: Why Fast Is Important in a Global Economy

Bandwidth is the basic foundation for Internet traffic as a connector to everything important in our lives. Whether it is basic bandwidth for connecting to family...

Expert Opinion10 years ago

WISPA Tackles Key Issues at Summer Meeting in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, July 30, 2010 - The Wireless Internet Service Providers’ Association took the opportunity to address key issues of concern to its members at its...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC, FDA Partner to Address Health Technologies Using Spectrum

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2010 – To plug it in and keep it beating, these two agencies must keep on meeting was the general theme of a...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Boucher and Terry Declare USF Broken

WASHINGTON July 22, 2010- Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) Chairmen of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and Lee Terry (R-NE) introduced a new bill...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Genachowski Calls for Removal of Barriers to Minority Business Owners

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010- Market barriers to minority and small business owners must be removed so that they can compete in the global marketplace says Federal...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Smithsonian, FCC and USDA Announce Online Learning Registry

WASHINGTON July 21, 2010- More than 150 rural education stakeholders and technology experts from 26 states came together to learn from one another and provide feedback...

#broadbandlive10 years ago

Do Consumers Really Care About the Smart Grid? Some Think Not, at Broadband Breakfast Club

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2010 - The "smart grid," or the way that the electric infrastructure can be enhanced with interactive, telecommunications- and broadband-related capabilities, may not...

FCC10 years ago

FCC Speed Test Surpasses 1 Million Results

WASHINGTON July 19, 2010- The Federal Communications Commission is reporting that their online speed test at www.testmyisp.com has surpassed 1 million tests. In a blog post...

National Broadband Plan10 years ago

American Cable Association Supports Creation of Connect America Fund

WASHINGTON July 15, 2010 – The American Cable Association has publicly endorsed the Federal Communications Commission’s plan for the creation of the Connect America Fund. "Like...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

FCC to Expand Universal Service Rural Health Care Fund

WASHINGTON July 15, 2010- Rural America lags the rest of the country in both access to quality healthcare and high speed broadband but today’s action by...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Phoenix Center Economist Drubs FCC for Unclear Policies

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2010 – A Phoenix Center economist said Thursday that no one “would really believe that [the FCC chairman’s] administration would go down in...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Consumer Advisory Group Discusses Spectrum, Bill Shock and More

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2010 - The Consumer Advisory Committee meeting at the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday covered a range of issues, including white space spectrum usage,...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Experts Debate Causes, Cures for Cyber Bullying and High Risk Behaviors

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2010 – The best way to avoid cyber bullying is not to be a teenage girl, said an expert on Tuesday at a...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Launches Data Initiative and Names Its First Chief Data Officer

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission today launched the Data Innovation Initiative, a plan to modernize and streamline how the agency collects, uses...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Obama to Implement Spectrum Recommendation from National Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2010On Monday the President announced that he has instructed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) to make...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Experts Debate U.S. Global Broadband Rankings

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 – Experts this week debated whether the United States is seriously lagging behind other countries on broadband access and if its place...

Expert Opinion10 years ago

FCC: We Will Regulate Broadband

Since the dust has settled from a stinging defeat in federal court, the FCC has decided to move on its own to settle the broadband regulation...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Aspen Institute Communications and Society Fellow Blair Levin Gives Insight to National Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2010. Blair Levin, former executive director of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative at the Federal Communications Commission, spoke about some of the issues that...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Connected Nation Helps State Mapping Efforts

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2010 - As a part of an effort to make a comprehensive, national map, states are mapping broadband coverage and options available in...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Roadmap to Broadband Adoption Conference: Adoption Paradox Panel

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2010 – Consumer Research Director for the Federal Communications Commission John Horrigan led a panel on broadband adoption at the Roadmap for Broadband...

Broadband's Impact10 years ago

Study: More Federal Workers Seek Teleworking Opportunities

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2010 – More federal workers wish to telework and the government should study private sector efforts to make that happen, according to a...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Announces New Mobile Broadband Spectrum Plans

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2010 - The Federal Communication Commission’s Spectrum Task Force this morning announced plans to increase the spectrum available to mobile broadband.

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Broadband Issues Echo Electrification Debate of Decades Ago

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2010 – Today’s broadband expansion throughout the United States faces similar challenges to wiring the nation with electricity decades ago, and the nation’s...

National Broadband Plan10 years ago

Senators Urge FCC Take Action on White Space

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2010 – Yesterday Senators Kerry and Snowe sent a letter to the FCC urging them to open up the white space created after...

National Broadband Plan10 years ago

Universal Service Working Group Announced

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2010 – The National Broadband Plan recommends that the current Universal Service Program be updated and split into two separate programs the Connect...

#broadbandlive10 years ago

Will This Signal Be Televised? ‘Retransmission Consent’ Unscrambled At Breakfast Panel Of Broadcasters, Cable Industry and Public Interest Reps

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2010 - If you missed Broadbandbreakfast.com's panel session on retransmission consent fees, here's your chance to catch up and re-examine the issues in...

National Broadband Plan10 years ago

Experts Debate FCC Chairman’s ‘Third Way’ Proposal

WAsHINGTON, June 11, 2010 —The first panel of the Pike and Fischer Broadband Policy Summit VI was on the regulatory outlook. With the recent announcement of...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Commissioner Baker Criticizes Chairman’s Plan

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2010 – Federal Communications Commission member Meredith Baker criticized a regulatory recommendation offered by her agency’s chairman, saying it’s draining resources from dealing...

FCC10 years ago

Edward Lazarus Compares Electricity Expansion to Broadband

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2010 – At today’s Pike and Fischer Broadband Policy Summit Edward Lazarus, Chief of Staff for the Federal Communications Commission, was the first...

FCC10 years ago

Congressional Leadership Voice Support of National Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2010 – Last week 40 house members, mostly from rural districts, said that they no longer supported the national broadband plan on the...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Forbearance and Reclassification – It’s Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2010 – FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn spoke at the Media Institute last week on the issue of broadband authority and regulation. She devoted...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

FCC Accepting Applications for Native Nations Broadband Task Force

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it is accepting applications for membership in its newly-established Native Nations Broadband Task Force....

FCC10 years ago

Verizon to Seek Rural Partners as It Rolls Out More Robust Network

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – Verizon plans to blanket the nation with a faster communications network and is looking for help in rural areas. In addition...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Asks FCC to Change Policy on Broadband Internet Access

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2010 – Rep. Mike Doyle sent a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission requesting changes in regulatory policy regarding broadband...

FCC10 years ago

Congress Asks FCC to Increase Rural Broadband Goals

WASHINGTON June 2, 2010-- A bipartisan coalition of 40 congressional officials has sent FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski a letter asserting that the official goal of 4...

Broadband Data10 years ago

Four out of Five Americans Don’t Know the Speeds of Their Internet Connections

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2010 – Four out of five Americans do not know the speeds of their high-speed Internet connections, according to data released today from...

FCC10 years ago

Wireless Industry Group Asks FCC to Dismiss County Executives’ Proposal

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2010 - Wireless industry lobbying group CTIA is asking for the Federal Communication Commission’s dismissal of a free broadband proposal by the County...

Broadband Updates10 years ago

Genachowski Extols Broadband at International Telecommunications Union

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2010 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski spoke about the United States’ broadband development and challenges regarding education at the World Telecommunications...

#broadbandlive10 years ago

Broadband Breakfast Club Featured International Perspectives on U.S. Broadband Plan

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2010 - BroadbandBreakfast.com on Thursday released, for FREE, the full-length video of the Broadband Breakfast Club event on May 18, 2010: "International Perspectives...

Expert Opinion10 years ago

Genachowski to Broadband: Reduce Prices, Increase Speeds, Increase Access, Embrace Competition

Broadband providers are not taking the recent move by the FCC to reclassify broadband under Title II; i.e., put broadband under its regulation arm along with...

Broadband Breakfast

Bandwidth: Why Fast Is Important in a Global Economy

WISPA Tackles Key Issues at Summer Meeting in St. Louis

FCC, FDA Partner to Address Health Technologies Using Spectrum

Boucher and Terry Declare USF Broken

Genachowski Calls for Removal of Barriers to Minority Business Owners

Smithsonian, FCC and USDA Announce Online Learning Registry

Do Consumers Really Care About the Smart Grid? Some Think Not, at Broadband Breakfast Club

FCC Speed Test Surpasses 1 Million Results

American Cable Association Supports Creation of Connect America Fund

FCC to Expand Universal Service Rural Health Care Fund

Phoenix Center Economist Drubs FCC for Unclear Policies

FCC Consumer Advisory Group Discusses Spectrum, Bill Shock and More

Experts Debate Causes, Cures for Cyber Bullying and High Risk Behaviors

FCC Launches Data Initiative and Names Its First Chief Data Officer

Obama to Implement Spectrum Recommendation from National Broadband Plan

Experts Debate U.S. Global Broadband Rankings

FCC: We Will Regulate Broadband

Aspen Institute Communications and Society Fellow Blair Levin Gives Insight to National Broadband Plan

Connected Nation Helps State Mapping Efforts

Roadmap to Broadband Adoption Conference: Adoption Paradox Panel

Study: More Federal Workers Seek Teleworking Opportunities

FCC Announces New Mobile Broadband Spectrum Plans

Broadband Issues Echo Electrification Debate of Decades Ago

Senators Urge FCC Take Action on White Space

Universal Service Working Group Announced

Will This Signal Be Televised? ‘Retransmission Consent’ Unscrambled At Breakfast Panel Of Broadcasters, Cable Industry and Public Interest Reps

Experts Debate FCC Chairman’s ‘Third Way’ Proposal

FCC Commissioner Baker Criticizes Chairman’s Plan

Edward Lazarus Compares Electricity Expansion to Broadband

Congressional Leadership Voice Support of National Broadband Plan

Forbearance and Reclassification – It’s Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

FCC Accepting Applications for Native Nations Broadband Task Force

Verizon to Seek Rural Partners as It Rolls Out More Robust Network

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Asks FCC to Change Policy on Broadband Internet Access

Congress Asks FCC to Increase Rural Broadband Goals

Four out of Five Americans Don’t Know the Speeds of Their Internet Connections

Wireless Industry Group Asks FCC to Dismiss County Executives’ Proposal

Genachowski Extols Broadband at International Telecommunications Union

Broadband Breakfast Club Featured International Perspectives on U.S. Broadband Plan

Genachowski to Broadband: Reduce Prices, Increase Speeds, Increase Access, Embrace Competition

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Pushes to Privatize USPS Threaten the Oldest Universal Communications Network and Efficiency of Mail-in Ballots

Microsoft Moves to Buy TikTok, Deepfake Identification Software, Facebook Advertising Growth Unchanged

Digital Infrastructure Investment: Preview Video

Breakfast Media Minute: August 3, 2020

Jim Baller, Champion of Municipal Broadband, Fights the Fight for More Than 25 Years

Daniel Hanley: Google and Facebook Are Essential, Let’s Regulate Them That Way

Breakfast Media Minute: July 31, 2020

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Breakfast Media Minute: July 29, 2020

Senators Discuss Section 230 Shortcomings and Potential Reforms

Fair Use is Essential But its Enforcement is Broken, Says Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee

Increased Security Initiatives Essential to the Future of Telework

Senate Unveils HEALS Act, FCC Transparency Concerns, Wisconsin’s Broadband Task Force

Big Tech CEOs Prepare to Defend Alleged Anticompetitive Practices

Breakfast Media Minute: July 28, 2020

Dana Floberg: Broadband Maps Are Just One Step Toward Closing the Digital Divide

Commerce Department Asks Federal Communications Commission to Reconsider Section 230 Protections

Current Data Practices are Harming Internet Users, says Northeastern Professor

Hospital Robocall Protection Group Undertakes Responsibilities in Inaugural Meeting

New Stimulus Checks, Google Continues Telework, Television Stations Promote Conspiracy Theories

Breakfast Media Minute: July 27, 2020

Innovation and Contrarianism Define Bob Frankston, Champion of Broadband

American Resources Should Be Focused on Connectivity, Says Rep. Greg Walden

Senate Committee Moves to Ban Government Employees from Using TikTok

Ben Miller: For Deployed Military, Voting is Long and Arduous, But Technology Can Help

Breakfast Media Minute: July 24, 2020

Stakeholders and Tech Experts Gather to Discuss the Future of Internet Governance

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Breakfast Media Minute: July 23, 2020

U.S. Anti-Chinese Tech Stance Could Backfire, Big Tech Congressional Hearing, LinkedIn Adds Name Pronunciation Feature

Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly’s Nomination Advanced by Senate Committee

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