Drew Clark

Breakfast Club

Next Breakfast Club: How Do We Get More Broadband Competition?

[http://www.eventbrite.com/img/button/register_blue.gif]http://broadbandbreakfast.eventbrite.com/WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 – The role of broadband competition is central to discussion about a National Broadband Strategy, and to the emerging process for states and companies to tap into the $7.2 billi

USDA

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Highlight Obama Broadband Stimulus Meeting

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2009 – One week from Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission, the Commerce Department and the Rural Utilities Service will hold a public meeting on broadband stimulus measures. But who will speak for the administration of President Obama on broadband? None other than Secr

Expert Opinion

Should the Data in Broadband Maps Be Transparent and Public?

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2009 – Art Brodsky, communications director at Public Knowledge, has just posted a second piece about Connected Nation. For more than a year, BroadbandCensus.com has been presenting an alternative to the proprietary-information model of Connected Nation.

Expert Opinion

The New York Times Highlights Consumers' Need for Carrier-Specific Broadband Data

WASHINGTON, February 11, 2009 – The New York Times highlights the efforts of BroadbandCensus.com to build a publicly-available database of the speeds, prices, availability, reliability and competition in the local broadband marketplace.

Expert Opinion

Broadband Infrastructure Investments Need Transparency, Says BroadbandCensus.com

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2009 – In a guest op-ed in Ars Technica, the founder and executive director of BroadbandCensus.com cautions that the broadband infrastructure investments planned as part of the economic stimulus package need transparency if they’re to be effective.

Recovery Act

New Senate Compromise on Stimulus Legislation Has $7.1 Billion for Broadband

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2009 – A late-Friday agreement among senators negotiating the fiscal stimulus legislation allocates $6.65 billion to broadband investments, $350 million to broadband mapping, and $100 million to distance learning and telemedicine grants and loans.

Expert Opinion

Geoff Daily of App-Rising Endorses Public Broadband Mapping

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2009 – Fellow journalist Geoff Daily has a wonderful little post over on App-Rising, in which he endorses the principle of public and transparent broadband mapping.

CTIA

Next Breakfast Club: The Role of Wireless Frequencies in Widespread Broadband Deployment

[http://www.eventbrite.com/img/button/register_blue.gif]http://broadbandbreakfast.eventbrite.com/WASHINGTON, January 28, 2009 – With broadband-related funding a key part of discussion about the fiscal stimulus legislation currently being considered in Congress, four top officials from companies with

Documents

NCTA & Free Press Letter to Senate on Broadband Stimulus Discussion

WASHINGTON, February 4, 2009 – The top cable industry lobbyist and the policy director of a non-profit advocacy organization on Wednesday urged the Senate to target broadband funds toward the “construction of robust facilities in unserved areas. The broader objective should be to use scarce resource

Expert Opinion

'Building a Better Internet' in the Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2009 – Drew Clark, Editor of BroadbandCensus.com, is quoted on the economic impact of the broadband stimulus legislation in this morning’s Christian Science Monitor.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Google Enters Free Speed Test Marketplace with Academic Collaboration

WASHINGTON, January 27, 2009 – Search giant Google is preparing to enter the market for free broadband speed tests, through a collaboration with the university research consortium PlanetLab, and the New America Foundation.

Broadband Mapping and Data

Irish Government to Spend $362 Million on Broadband Infrastructure

January 23, 2009 – The government of Ireland on Thursday announced a “National Broadband Scheme” to deliver broadband throughout the island nation, investing €223 million (U.S. $362 million) on high-speed internet infrastructure.

Expert Opinion

Prospect of Broadband Funds in Federal Legislation Stimulates Regional Planners

January 22, 2009 – The Berkshire Eagle reports that Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is eager to get broadband funds in the stimulus legislation being considered on Capitol Hill.

Recovery Act

Verizon and Free Press Agree that Remote Broadband Requires Monopolies

January 22, 2009 – Verizon Communications and Free Press agreed that bringing high-speed internet technology to unserved areas of western Massachusetts may result in a monopoly, or a single local telecommunications provider.

Expert Opinion

Wall Street Journal on 'DIY' Network and Speed Tests

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2009 – The Wall Street Journal gave a little attention to a do-it-yourself network test, the “Switzerland” software suite of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I offered a comment and a link to the Broadband Census and speed test.

states

Massachusetts Governor Highlights Significance of Broadband in Federal Stimulus Legislation

January 17, 2009 – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick highlighted the significance of broadband in his “State of the Commonwealth” address on Thursday, January 15. Jobs from extending broadband services was the first item mentioned in his list of the way that pending federal stimulus legislation could