Broadband's Impact
Is 'Broadband' Just Another Name for the Internet?
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – This week marks the 19th annual conference, about “Computers, Freedom and Privacy,” which is hosted this week in Washington, D.C.
Drew Clark
Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. He founded Broadband Census crowdsourcing app to force ISPs to disclose their service. He ran the state broadband Partnership for a Connected Illinois. Better Broadband, Better Lives!
Broadband Mapping and Data
Data Mapping Takes Center Stage in Broadband Policy
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – Reading through the Federal Communications Commission’s 90-page report, “Bringing Broadband to Rural America,” it is clear that questions of broadband data loom large over the pending national broadband strategy.
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BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report June 1st 2009
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – The FCC issued its rural broadband report, which many see as laying the groundwork for the national broadband strategy due February 2010. Upcoming events on computers, freedom and privacy – and the broadband stimulus – force a re-evaluation: is broadband about more than ju
NTIA
Further Updates to the BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments
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 Library Association, American Public Power Association, American Tower, ApexCoVantage, Apple, Inc., Arizona, Association
Broadband Mapping and Data
In Report to Congress, NTIA Details Broadband Grant Procedures
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 $4.7 billion in grants, and issue two separate notices of funds availability.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Massachusetts Set to Unveil New Massachusetts Broadband Institute Web Site, Mapping Efforts
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 of collecting and releasing information about local broadband deployment.
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BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report May 25th 2009
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 report or a White House report. In either case, the agency plans to release rules, and then begin to accept applications, by June 30.
NTIA
Updates Made to the BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments [http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/04/the-broadbandcensuscom-list-of-ntia-comments/] has been updated to include summaries of additional comments filed with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Ad
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BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report May 18th 2009
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, digital and social inclusion and connectedness, and even the future of journalism. These threads came together in conferen
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Will A National Broadband Strategy Solve the Crisis in Journalism?
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 conference on “Changing Media” at the Newseum in Washington.
Broadband Mapping and Data
States Seek to Engage in Broadband Data and Mapping
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 funds. But that isn’t stopping an array of states from getting started on a variety of broadband data projects.
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White House Aide Says Broadband Is and Remains Obama Priority
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 priority of the Obama administration.
Broadband Mapping and Data
House Chairman Rick Boucher: Private Companies Should Embrace Broadband Stimulus Funds
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 billion in broadband stimulus money authorized by Congress.
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BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report May 11th 2009
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 which parts of the country are most in need of broadband funding. The message emerged from broadband conferences, and f
NTIA
A Growth Industry in Broadband-Focused Conferences
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 $7.2 billion in stimulus funds for broadband projects.
Broadband's Impact
Seeking Best Practices for Broadband Stimulus Funding
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 one strand of debate is heading into generalities, even abstractions.
