Broadband's Impact
Battle For The Net
Source: www.battleforthenet.com This could be an interesting development…. We will be watching to see if this advocacy effort gains traction. See on Scoop.it – BroadbandPolicy
Drew Clark
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. He founded Broadband Census crowdsourcing. He ran the state broadband Partnership for a Connected Illinois. He has six kids and lives in Great Falls, Virginia.
Broadband's Impact
Washington Responds to FCC’s Wheeler on Broadband Competition | Benton Foundation
CourFederal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said that broadband users need Internet connections of at least 25 megabits per second — far beyond what DSL connections are capable of providing. He also confirmed that users have few if any competitive options for these kinds of modern bro
FCC
Broadband Conference in Western Massachusetts Aims to Highlight Internet’s Role in Economic Development
September 5, 2014 – Broadband Communities Magazine is hosting its third annual conference on the role that broadband plays in economic development from Tues., Sept. 16 through Thurs., Sept. 18 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The conference builds on successful prior event held in Danville, Virginia,
Infrastructure
U.S. Commerce Department Promotes Community Networks in Minneapolis Broadband Workshop
September 5, 2014 – The agency responsible for articulating President Obama’s communications policy is taking its campaign to promote community broadband initiatives on the road, and on Thursday in Minneapolis hosted its second workshop on the topic. The event, “Building a Community Broadband Roadma
Infrastructure
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Promotes Google Fiber’s Impact on Competition and Gigabit Networks
WASHINGTON, September 5, 2014 – Google Fiber has been perhaps the primary driver of the current push toward high-speed internet in the United States, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a speech here yesterday on the future of broadband competition. In an otherwise general
Broadband's Impact
Agenda-at-a-Glance | Springfield Economic Development Conference
Source: www.bbcmag.com Don’t miss the important Economic Development Conference Series, in Springfield, Mass., from September 16 through September 18. More details about the event will be forthcoming here at BroadbandBreakfast.com, but register now to attend! See on Scoop.it – BroadbandPolicy
Broadband's Impact
Connected Nation Joins AT&T’s ConnectED Initiative | Connected Nation
See on Scoop.it – BroadbandPolicy Connected Nation is a leading technology organization committed to bringing affordable high-speed Internet and broadband-enabled resources to all Americans. We work with public and private partners to help communities, institutions and individuals realize the benefi
Broadband's Impact
UEN: millions served, every day
See on Scoop.it – BroadbandPolicy Ray Timothy, CEO of the UEN network, explains the ins and outs of a system that makes Utah the envy of the nation. BroadbandBreakfast‘s insight: A great interview/profile of the Utah Education Network by Lee Benson in the Deseret News. The UEN is highlighted for its
Commerce
NTIA’s Larry Strickling Recounts Broadband Stimulus Gains, Seeks to Continue Efforts Without Federal Funds
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2014 – The president’s chief adviser on telecommunications, the head of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on Thursday heralded the first of a series of workshops designed to find ways to “build on the momentum of our successful
DC Circuit
Building a Legal Case for Net Neutrality Rules, FCC’s Wheeler Hopes Courts Will Look Favorably on His Logic
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2014 – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s last two efforts to enshrine network neutrality. So what makes current chairman Tom Wheeler feel as though he can succeed where two of his predecessors failed? The answers lie in the det
events
Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition to Meet in Washington This Week
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2014 – Efforts to construct Gigabit Networks will be featured prominently at the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition meeting this week in Washington, the fourth annual event for this community of broadband users. The even will run from Wednesday, May 7 through Friday
Infrastructure
For Utah’s UTOPIA, New Utility Financing Model for Open Gigabit Networks Contrasts with Google Fiber
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, May 5, 2014 – One of the largest global companies involved in the construction of highways, airports, bridges and other capital-intensive infrastructure projects plans to spend more than $300 million to complete a Gigabit Network in Utah. The Australian-based company, Macquar
BBC
Building Gigabit Networks: Three Powerful New Financing Models in Utah, Mississippi and Texas
April 29, 2014 – As communities across the country consider ways to build Gigabit Networks, a range of public- and private-financing models are now being considered in geographies as diverse as the Wasatch Front in Utah, rural Mississippi; and College Station, Texas. Three separate financial models
Broadband's Impact
Rural Telecommunications Congress Members Release Report on 50 State Broadband Initiative Entities
AUSTIN, Texas, April 10, 2014 – Members of the Rural Telecommunications Congress on Thursday released a comprehensive report on the state of the 50 State Broadband Initiative entities. The report was compiled by Galen Updike, immediate past president of the RTC, with the assistance of state broadban
Broadband's Impact
Fiber Investments by Counties Pay for Themselves, Says Broadband Consultant
AUSTIN, Texas, April 8, 2014 – It makes sense for communities and local government to build fiber networks to manage their communications need, said Joanne Hovis, President of CTC Communications, at the Broadband Communities Conference here. Using a simple analysis of the costs to deploy T-1 communi
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Gigabit Networks Will Enable World of Virtual Work
AUSTIN, Texas, April 8, 2014 – Imagine a world in which we connect to our “virtual office” by unleashing our Gigabit Network connections from our home, said Rob Pettiford, of Cox Communications, at the Broadband Communities Summit here.
