WASHINGTON, May 29, 2009 - The Broadband Technology Opportunity Program can be put back on a faster schedule if state governments are used as a main...
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 - Rural broadband deployment has many possible hurdles to clear, the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday in “Bringing Broadband to Rural...
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 - The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments has been updated to include summaries of comments from the American Legislative Exchange Council, American...
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2009 – With a grant from the Ford Foundation, the non-profit organization One Web Day has brought on board Nathaniel James as the...
NEW SALEM, MASS., May 26, 2009 – Governor Deval Patrick (D) on Tuesday designated the Massachusetts Broadband Institute as the “eligible entity” for receiving broadband data...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – By June 30, the NTIA intends to hire an outside contractor to help administer its broadband grants program, release rules for...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – One key area of the broadband stimulus package in which states are certain to have an impact is in the area...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 - Broadband stimulus funds from the Commerce Department will begin flowing in either October or in December, according to either an NTIA...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 - The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments has been updated to include summaries of additional comments filed with the Commerce Department's National...
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2009 - Because the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 charges government agencies not only with choosing grant recipients and setting performance...
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2009 - The White House quietly announced the schedule for the broadband grants issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the...
May 21, 2009 - A December 2008 study released Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows the United States, already the largest consumer...
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2009 – Extending fiber-optic internet service to public libraries would help increase the demand for super-high-speed internet at home, broadband experts said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2009 - Though confirmation proceedings for his successor remain postponed, Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps (D) isn't slowing down in the...
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2009 - With little questioning or controversy, the Senate Commerce Committee appeared poised ready after a Tuesday hearing to submit to the full...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 - Broadband policy is becoming central to a host of debates concurrently occurring: it’s about national infrastructure, the use of wireless frequencies,...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The United States desperately needs a national broadband strategy, agreed a wide range of telecommunications experts, speaking last week at a...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The federal government’s Commerce Department is at least one month off from finalizing the rules that will govern the broadband stimulus...
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 - One of President Obama's top technology and economic policy officials said Thursday that broadband infrastructure is and must remain a key...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12th, 2009 - Increased demand for wireless bandwidth will require a wholesale reassessment of how the U.S. allocates wireless spectrum, a group...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12th, 2009 - Implementing a smart electrical grid could save consumers money while allowing utilities to better serve their customers, a panel...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12, 2009 - As the Obama administration's FCC and technology policy agenda begins to take shape, internet policy experts at the Tech...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 12, 2009 - 24 hours into the third annual Tech Policy Summit in San Mateo, two members of Calfornia's House delegation and...
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2009 - The chairman of a House Communications Subcommittee on Tuesday warned against too narrowly defining eligibility limits for grants in dispensing $7.2...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 - With the FCC working on a national broadband strategy, many longtime boosters of the plan used a Monday panel...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 - "Best Practices" for increasing broadband "take rates" should include better data collection and a focus on placing more computers...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 - The broadband stimulus program of the federal government needs a concrete and transparent mechanism for sifting through applications, and for determining...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 – The debate around the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act placed a strong focus on “shovel ready” projects, including the...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 – Over the course of about three months, the dialogue about high-speed internet connectivity went from the general to the specific. Now...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 - States looking for answers to many questions on how to implement the broadband stimulus program should look to California,...
BroadbandCensus.com Deputy Editor Andrew Feinberg spoke with Marvin Ammori, general counsel for Free Press between sessions at the 2009 Tech Policy Summit.
SAN MATEO, CALIF, May 11, 2009 - Familiar faces gathered and familiar arguments on the best way to spend $7.2 billion rang out Monday at the...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2009 – Broadband data collection needs to be more thorough and more transparent than currently existing models, a range of academic experts, builders...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2009 – The Massachusetts Broadband Institute on Wednesday announced that it would work with the MassGIS, the state’s Office of Geographic and Environmental...
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2009 - BroadbandCensus.com is now live on Twitter! To follow our feed, go to http://twitter.com/BroadbandCensus.
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2009 - Unprecedented demand to attend the Broadband Breakfast Club has caused BroadbandCensus.com to relocate the event, beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday,...
DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Broadband is and must be more than better-quality voice signals, higher-definition television, and more digital products bundled together, internet visionary David...
DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Regulations have not yet been issued regarding the federal government’s program to invest $7.2 billion in broadband networks, but experts inside...
The Rural Utilities Service last week released rules for its Community Connect grant program. While not a part of the recently-passed federal broadband stimulus, a RUS...
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 - BroadbandCensus.com announced that Rep. Rick Boucher, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee, will speak at the Broadband Breakfast...
