WASHINGTON, March 6, 2009 – Rick C. Wade, a senior advisor in the presidential campaign of Barack Obama and currently the acting chief of staff for...
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2009 – Broadband stimulus funds should be prioritized to unserved areas and encourage greater adoption, National Cable and Telecommunications Association president and CEO...
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 – Most rural Americans do not subscribe to high speed internet services, according to an Agriculture Department report released last week.
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 - President Obama’s long-awaited nomination of Julius Genachowski to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission was greeted with an enthusiastic reaction...
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...
WASHINGTON, February 24, 2009 - As Congress examines renewing legislation that mandates satellite carriage of over-the-air broadcasts, owners of low power television stations say record levels...
WASHINGTON, February 24, 2009 - A trade association representing major U.S. wireless service providers on Monday sought to bar the sale or operation of low power...
WASHINGTON, February 19, 2009 - State utility commissioners approved a resolution endorsing a Federal Communications Commission proposal to expand Lifeline and Link Up telephone subsidization programs...
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2009 - The day after the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners approved a resolution calling for reform of the Federal Communications commission,...
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2009 – The new administration of President Barack Obama has a limited window to fulfill its promise of transparency in government, said Center...
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2009 – With $7.2 billion in fiscal stimulus grants and loans marked to expand broadband infrastructure, industry groups, consumer advocates and some state...
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2009 – The CEO of Frontier Communications, America's second largest rural telecommunications, provider told state utility commissioners Monday that quality broadband internet service...
WASHINGTON, February 15, 2009 – State regulatory commissioners are split on how strongly to express longstanding grievances with Federal Communications Commission processes. A resolution on reform...
WASHINGTON, February 14, 2009 – State utility commissioners are considering a resolution to "strongly encourage" Federal Communications Commission implementation of a pilot program to make broadband...
WASHINGTON, February 13, 2009 – Broadband service providers can breathe a sigh of relief as the economic stimulus package -- with the provisions for high-speed internet...
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2009 - Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps said he had "no idea" how long he will hold the gavel, but he...
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...
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2009 - Funding for broadband deployment makes up approximately one percent of President Obama's approximately $820 billion economic stimulus package. But a hearty...
WASHINGTON, February 5, 2009 - The three members of the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday expressed relief over Congress' Wednesday passage of legislation delaying the date...
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...
WASHINGTON, January 15, 2009 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Thursday resigned from his position, effective Inauguration Day, and expressed the regret about the...
WASHINGTON, December 19 – Connected Nation and the American Library Association will receive a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in a...
WASHINGTON, December 5 - This report, authored by BroadbandCensus.com Editor Drew Clark for the Aspen Institute's Communications and Society Program in August 2007, asks and attempts...
November 11 – State telecommunications officials concerned about the universal deployment and use of high-speed internet services joined together at a San Jose conference on Thursday...
SAN JOSE, November 6 – It was Kevin Martin’s day to suck up praise from Silicon Valley. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission – for...
SAN JOSE, November 6 - Below is the Power Point Presentation made by Drew Clark, Executive Director, BroadbandCensus.com, at the Federal Communications Commission-National Association of Regulatory...
WASHINGTON, November 4 - I've been following the "white spaces" for as long as it has been happening - four, maybe five years - and I...
WASHINGTON, November 4 – The Federal Communications Commission on Monday deleted one of the four big-ticket items that it planned to tackle at its Tuesday open...
WASHINGTON, November 3 - Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com, will speak in Silicon Valley on Thursday, November 6, at the summit on broadband...
WASHINGTON, November 1 - BroadbandCensus.com applied on Saturday for a News Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The application, which can...
October 22 - In an interview with BroadbandCensus.com, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commissioner Larry Landis reflected on the value of various efforts to obtain broadband data. He...
WASHINGTON, September 26 - State and federal government programs to develop maps of broadband service availability at a granular level must overcome objections by carriers to...
WASHINGTON, October 7 – Congress last week passed legislation, the “Broadband Data Improvement Act,” that seeks better information about high-speed internet connections but cuts all authorization...
WASHINGTON, September 22 - One Web Day, DC style: New York has a rally celebrating the Internet and its democratizing power, DC holds a panel session...
September 21 - The South Carolina Educational Broadband Service Commission is under pressure to develop an innovative solution for state-wide broadband access, but the clock is...
September 21 – When it comes to broadband, the state of Maine is doing a lot with a little in order to keep a big promise.
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2008 – Many of the nation’s foremost broadband policy-makers and experts will analyze and discuss best practices for improving the collection and sharing...
August 22 - Unexplained discrepancies in the Federal Communications Commission's data on broadband availability about North Carolina mar their reliability, according to a June 2008 report...
ASPEN, COLORADO, August 19 - Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell and a panel of experts from the communications technologies industry addressed crucial issues arising for operators...
WASHINGTON, August 19 - BroadbandCensus.com is pleased to support One Web Day on September 22, 2008. We join with One Web Day in helping you learn...
