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Gigabit Networks in Austin, Texas
At the Broadband Communities Summit here in Austin, three providers — Google, AT&T and Grande Communications — discuss their Gigabit Network strategy.
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.
Infrastructure
Rural Telecommunications Congress Members and Others Take Spotlight at Broadband Communities Summit
AUSTIN, Texas, April 4, 2014 – Next week, at the Broadband Communities Summit here in Austin, the Rural Telecommunications Congress will take center stage with a series of sessions on “The Bandwidth of the States,” “Financing Future Bandwidth,” “Digital Learning in the Classroom,” “Rural Innovation,
FCC
The Broadband State of the Union? Obama Touts Apple- and Microsoft-Funded eRate Initiative in Address
WASHINGTON, January 29, 2014 – President Obama highlighted the importance of broadband connectivity in his State of the Union address Tuesday, and announced that Apple, Microsoft, Sprint and Verizon were contributing funds to enable ultra-high-speed broadband connections “over the next two years, wi
Broadband Breakfast
‘On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Child’: The Short Life of Aaron Swartz, at Sundance
On the internet, no one knows you’re a child.
Verizon
Press Release: Verizon to Purchase Intel Media Assets
This press release caught our eye, signaling the end of Intel’s venture in interactive television. Where is the next major advance in television going to come from: the technology industry, entertainment industry partners, or communications companies like Verizon Communications and Comcast? NEW YORK
FCC
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2014 – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a setback for the Federal Communications Commission, on Tuesday stuck down the agency’s Open Internet Order, issued in 2010. The open internet rules built upon a prior policy statement issued by the FCC in 2005. In 2010, former age
Colorado
Colorado Governor Emphasizes Broadband in State of the State Speech
DENVER, January 9, 2014 – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper referred to the significant of high-speed internet, or broadband access, in his state of the state speech on the floor of the Colorado Capitol on Thursday, as reported by the Denver Post. Moving forward, our priorities are clear: We are going
Fiber
Broadband Breakfast Club Webinar on Fiber-Optic Networks in Seattle and in Chicago: What’s the Future for Gigabit Networks?
SEATTLE and CHICAGO, January 9, 2014 – The City of Seattle has parted ways with Gigabit Squared, the private company tasked by the city with building a fiber-optic infrastructure in the city. In Wednesday statement of the web site of City Mayor Ed Murray, the city declared: The City is now at a cros
AVs
The Internet of Everything, 3D Printing, 4K Video, and Robotic Drones: Among Broadband Breakfast’s Top 5 Trends From CES
LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2014 – Coming to the International Consumer Electronics Show year after year enables a technology observer to see the evolutionary power continuously wrought by the digital revolution. Herewith follows Broadband Breakfast’s impressionistic list of five top trends emerging from
Broadband's Impact
Bringing Moore’s Law Off the Desktop and Into the Cloud By Intel CEO at Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2014 – Just six months on the job, the new CEO of Silicon Valley computing giant Intel came to the International Consumer Electronics Show here to hail the power of tiny. “Most of my career, computing has been something that you hold in your hand, in your pocket, or that sits
Broadband's Impact
Broadband Census News at Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas
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Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast Club Webinar on Effectiveness of Broadband Stimulus Program
December 17, 2013 – The Broadband Breakfast Club released the video of its webinar earlier today, on “Evaluating the Broadband Stimulus Program: Were Funds Well Spent?”
Expert Opinion
On Broadband: At the Beginning of a Cycle, a Low-Controversy Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, December 16, 2013 – Last Thursday’s testimony, by the full group of Federal Communications Commissioners at the House Energy and Commerce Committee, restores the pulse of the nation’s technology and communications policy issues to a “low-tension” state. We’ve seen this perennial cycle be
events
An Array on Broadband-Related Events in December
December 11, 2013 – The next week includes a variety of broadband-related events, both in Washington and elsewhere in the country.
TPI
Broadband Breakfast Club Webinar on Tuesday, December 17, at 11 a.m. ET: ‘Evaluating the Broadband Stimulus Program: Were Funds Well Spent?’
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2013 – The Broadband Breakfast Club announced that it will host a free, online webinar on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT, on “Evaluating the Broadband Stimulus Program: Were Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Funds Well-Spent?” In a session mod
Broadband Mapping and Data
Connect Nevada Broadband Summit on Nov. 18 to Explore Broadband in Education
November 15, 2013 – Nevada has only two metropolitan areas (Las Vegas and Reno), 80 percent of its land owned by the federal government, and no fiber-optic wires that connect the two cities, said the head of the state’s non-profit broadband initiative. A deeply rural demography and highly remote geo
