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Infrastructure

With Security And Cost Concerns, Telehealth Is A Double-Edged Sword: Harvard Professor

March 4, 2021 – The benefits of telehealth, especially during the pandemic, is being offset by the enhanced security requirements and the increased costs to adapt, a professor of Harvard’s medical school said at a House hearing Tuesday. Ateev Mehrotra said at the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Expert Opinion

An Organized Broadband System at the State Level

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2010 – The elements of an organized broadband system at the state level will vary depending upon geographic and economic characteristics. Urban and more populous areas will require middle-mile infrastructure to serve larger institutions, while existing last mile coverage may be

Broadband's Impact

Senators Will Scrutinize Comcast-NBC Deal After Health Care and Climate Change

WASHINGTON, December 8, 2009 – Legislation dealing with the health care system and the upcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen are only providing executives at Comcast and NBC-Universal a brief respite from oversight on their proposed merger, senators said on Tuesday.

FCC

Leading by Example, FCC Seeks to Enourage Broadband for People with Disabilities

WASHINGTON, October 20, 2009 – The Federal Communications Commission needs to lead by example in making broadband options to people with disabilities, said members of a panel speaking at an October 20, 2009, workshop on high-speed internet. The technology can enable services such as teacher training

Breakfast Club

'Father of Telemedicine' to Speak at Broadband Breakfast Club on October 13

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2009 – BroadbandCensus.com announced the panelists for the next Broadband Breakfast Club, “Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan: Health Care,” on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 8 a.m. [http://www.eventbrite.com/img/button/register_blue.gif]http://broadbandbreakfast

FCC

FCC Moving 'Full Speed Ahead' on Broadband Plan, Says Copps

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2009 – Though confirmation proceedings for his successor remain postponed, Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps (D) isn’t slowing down in the drive to achieving one of his long-standing goals: a national broadband strategy for the United States.

Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality Disagreement Between Two Former FCC Chairmen

Network Neutrality was the key sticking point in a Tuesday presidential debate, by proxy, between two former chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission chairmen: Reed Hundt and Michael Powell.

Broadband's Impact

McCain Proposes Technology Tax Credit for Small Business

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain said Tuesday that he would propose and sign into law measures to permit the tax deductibility of new information technology equipment.