Energy Department
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 – The broadband policy world took a number of significant steps forward last week with the confirmation on Thursday of Larry Strickling as the head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and of Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Commun
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WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 – This is the week many following broadband stimulus activities have been waiting for: rules from the NTIA are expected on Tuesday, plus Vice President Biden is set to tout broadband in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. At the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski
FCC
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 – States and cities are continuing their extensive engagement in the question of broadband data and mapping. In fact, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute announced on Friday afternoon that it would issue its request for proposals on broadband developments on Monday – posi
FCC
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – Last week’s confirmation hearings for Federal Communications Commission Chairman-designee Julius Genachowski highlighted the fact that, for months now, there’s been a federal broadband troika-in-waiting, and that none of them have yet made in through the Senate.
Broadband's Impact
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – Last week the Pew Internet & American Life Project released its eagerly-awaited report about broadband penetration. To nearly everyone’s surprise, in light of the current recession, the percentage of homes with access to high-speed internet access continued to rise.
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WASHINGTON, June 22, 2009 – The Pew Internet & American Life Project’s latest numbers rebut any presumption that broadband’s importance is diminishing. Federal agencies are edging toward full-fledged broadband programs. Julius Genachowski nears confirmation as FCC Chairman, and federal stimulus deta
Mobile
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2009 – In the latest installment of “This Week in Mobile Broadband,” BroadbandCensus.com Reporter Alex Tcherkassky discusses the domestic broadband aircard plans of the “big four” carriers, and a new entrant on the D.C. space.
FCC
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2009 – As the promised June 30 deadline for the federal government’s broadband stimulus rules approaches, the three agencies responsible for aspects of broadband stimulus are directly engaged in detailed questions about how high-speed internet service is being defined.
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WASHINGTON, June 15, 2009 – Entities focusing on the broadband stimulus program are watching closely for clues about the implementation details of the $7.2 billion program. At the same time, individual state efforts at broadbanddata and mapping are beginning to take shape, as in Texas.
Verizon
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2009 – Today, BroadbandCensus.com unveils a new feature, “This Week in Mobile Broadband,” written by Alex Tcherkassky, a Washington-based reporter for BroadbandCensus.com with a strong background in the wireless industry.
CDT
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – The NTIA faces a choice between scoring broadband grants according to a common criteria, or meeting the manifold objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, panelists said at the Broadband Stimulus National Town Hall Meeting on June 4.
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WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – A White House official involved in technology policy last week called U.S. broadband networks inadequate. This week, attention is likely to turn to the Federal Communications Commission, as entities and individuals weigh in on the National Broadband Plan by the June 8 dead
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WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – The FCC issued its rural broadband report, which many see as laying the groundwork for the national broadband strategy due February 2010. Upcoming events on computers, freedom and privacy – and the broadband stimulus – force a re-evaluation: is broadband about more than ju
