Broadband Mapping and Data
Institute for Local Self-Reliance Issues Community Broadband Report
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2011 – The Institute for Local Self-Reliance unveiled its Community Broadband Network Map and Report on Wednesday.
Broadband Mapping and Data
Accurate broadband mapping and data has been central to America's broadband buildout.
Broadband Mapping and Data
TechNet Hosts First Broadband Map Research Meeting
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2011 – The bipartisan technology policy group TechNet gathered government officials and leading broadband scholars Tuesday to present the first set of academic research using data from the national broadband map.
Broadband Mapping and Data
New America Foundation, Google Present International Broadband Map
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 – The New America Foundation and Google gathered government officials Wednesday to present an overview of the organizations’ website that gathers, compiles and maps international broadband connection speed data. The site, Measurement Lab, provides the broadband data for r
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Broadband.com Unveils Broadband Map With Business Pricing Information; Residential Information To Follow
WASHINGTON March 23, 2011- Broadband voice company, Bandwidth.com, unveiled Monday a nationwide map that displays availability and pricing data for business broadband connections, building on information from the National Telecommunications Information Administration’s national broadband map.
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FCC Finds VoIP Subscribership Growing While Broadband Adoption Stagnates
WASHINGTON March 22,2011 – The Federal Communications Commission released its annual Local Telephone Competition and Broadband Deployment reports on Monday which show the rapid growth of Voice over IP and the stagnation of broadband adoption.
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Strickling Addresses NTCA Legislative and Policy Conference
WASHINGTON March 22, 2011-The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association [https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/NTCA/], a rural telecommunications association, kicked off their Legislative and Policy Conference Monday with a speech by National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Comcast
Georgetown, Columbia Programs Gather Experts To Discuss National Broadband Plan
WASHINGTON March 21, 2011 – The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and Georgetown University’s Communication Culture and Technology Program gathered government officials and industry experts Friday to debate the federal government’s implementation of the National Broadband Plan.
Broadband Live
Experts Discuss National Broadband Plan at the Broadband Breakfast Club
WASHINGTON March 17, 2011 – On the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the National Broadband Plan, Broadband Breakfast gathered key industry experts to offer criticism and discuss the government’s implementation of the plan. The National Broadband Plan: A One-Year Update [https://broadba
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Analysis: Apple Widens Tablet Market Gap With iPad 2, But Will Wireless Benefit?
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 – Apple’s initial iPad 2 sales and projections for 2011 say while that Apple probably will not face much competition in tablet sales, the competition for wireless data plans for the device are heating up. Apple sold over 15 million of the original iPad, and brisk resales
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Ookla Unveils Revamped Speedtest.net
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2011 – Ookla, the company that owns and manages the connection testing website, Speedtest.net, relaunched the site Monday with an updated look and new functionality to better record consumer connection data.
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Cable Gains 2.3 Million New Subscribers
WASHINGTON March 4, 2011 – Broadband continued to expand at a significant pace in 2010 despite a struggling economy, according to data released this week from the Leichtman Research Group. According to the data, cable companies added 2.3 million new subscribers while telephone companies added only 1
Broadband Mapping and Data
Broadband Map Tops 150 Million Hits In First Day
WASHINGTON February 23, 2011 – The Federal Communications Commission’s national broadband map website received more than 150 million hits and more than 1,000 requests per second in its first day live, according to usage data released Friday by the agency.
Infrastructure
How Abraham Lincoln’s Belief in Equal Opportunity Animated a Passion for Infrastructure Improvements
SPRINGFIELD, February 21, 2011 – President Abraham Lincoln began his political career here with a passionate interest in infrastructure improvements. America knows President Lincoln today because his belief in equal opportunity. What connects that which we know about Lincoln and that which brought
Broadband Mapping and Data
NTIA, FCC Release National Broadband Map and Digital Nation Report
WASHINGTON February 17, 2011- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission unveiled the National Broadband Map along with an update to the Digital Nation report this morning. The map is available at http://www.broadbandmap.g
Expert Opinion
Broadband Illinois Launches New Web Site Promoting Tools, Research and Opportunity
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, February 17, 2011 – Illinois residents can now discover who offers high-speed internet service in their neighborhood with a single mouse click or touch on a smart phone. They do this by visiting http://broadbandillinois.org [http://www.broadbandillinois.org/], a new site laun
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NTIA Previews National Broadband Map
WASHINGTON February 17, 2011 – Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Lawrence Strickling, presented a brief preview of the national broadband map and an update on the activities of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the annual winter meeting of
