Broadband Mapping and Data
December 23, 2009 – Nearly half a year after designating four low-income Chicago neighborhoods as “digital excellence demonstration communities,” Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday announced the addition of a fifth community, as well as plans for use of federal broadband stimulus monies to brin
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2009 – Connected Nation, which bills itself as a national non-profit organization that seeks to expand access to broadband internet, hit the jackpot Tuesday when the government announced it will be receiving more than nine million in funding for broadband mapping work. “Con
Expert Opinion
WASHINGTON, December 21, 2009 – Last Thursday’s announcement of broadband stimulus – even if it was about two-and-a-half percent of the total broadband stimulus funding – was like manna to broadband industry. Whether or not broadband activists and broadband builders believe that the federal governm
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WASHINGTON, December 17, 2009 – A number of Democratic lawmakers jumped on the broadband bandwagon Thursday to support the use of federal money to encourage adoption of the technology, while one Republican was quick to criticize the Obama Administration for excessive government spending. “Today, the promise of the [Broadband Technology Opportunities
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, December 17, 2009 – Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that $2 billion will be made available on a rolling basis over the next 75 days to increase broadband penetration across the country. The money is part of the $7.2 billion Congress allocated in January for national broadband inve
Expert Opinion
After reviewing the letters from the states to the NTIA, BroadbandBreakfast.com has learned that all of the broadband stimulus projects awarded today were specifically recommended to the NTIA by the states, with the exception of the Rivada Sea Lion project in Alaska and Bretton Woods Telephone Compa
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WASHINGTON, December 14, 2009 – As the half way mark of December approaches, the two government entities charged with distributing $7.2 billion to expand broadband deployment and adoption have yet to announce any grant recipients. An NTIA official told Broadband Census News on Monday that the agenc
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2009 – Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., are claiming that a number of stimulus funds allocated to technology-related projects have been wasted, mismanaged, or directed toward shortsighted projects.
Recovery Act
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2009 – President Barack Obama said his administration is proposing additional funding, outside of the stimulus money Congress allocated in January, to be directed toward modernizing the country’s communications networks. He also said more workers will be tasked with making s
RUS
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service should not have asked for public feedback on how to effectively get broadband stimulus funds to applicants who should be receiving them before they announced the winners of the first round of grants,
New America
The New America Foundation and a coalition of 38 other groups on Monday submitted comments [http://www.newamerica.net/publications/resources/2009/comments_regarding_rus_and_ntia_request_for_information] regarding grant programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce.
FCC
SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2009 – The Commerce Department’s telecom arm is re-asserting itself as the prime voice for the Obama administration’s internet policies, said its chief Larry Strickling Tuesday. Strickling didn’t provide any other details other than saying that former MIT Professor Daniel
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WASHINGTON, November 10, 2009 – The two government entities charged with distributing $7.2 billion to expand broadband deployment and adoption said Tuesday they are officially seeking public feedback on how to effectively get the funds to the applicants who should be receiving them. The Commerce Dep
Breakfast Club
WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com has been investigating broadband stimulus projects and focusing on the preferred projects from the states. We still lack letters to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration – or notices that states are demanding confidentiality
Broadband Mapping and Data
WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – On Friday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced seven new state recipients of the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. These grants fund state efforts to map broadband availability and speeds. Each state was asked to p
FCC
WASHINGTON, November 6, 2009 – The National Cable and Telecommunications Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission to redirect up to $2 billion in “wasteful” spending from Universal Service programs towards broadband. The association did so in a filing submitted to the Commission o
