Comments from NTIA Administrator, Lawrence E. Strickling, published Jan 14, 2015: Over the past five years, we at NTIA have seen first-hand through our broadband grant program the power of broadband to transform lives and impact communities. Broadband has become a cornerstone of economic growth, providing Americans the tools they need...
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Connected Nation Applauds FCC’s Increase in National Broadband Availability Target
Connected Nation applauds yesterday’s decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase the National Broadband Availability Target from 4 Mbps download/ 1 Mbps upload to 10 Mbps download/ 1 Mbps upload. The new broadband target will be used by the FCC in assessing the availability of robust broadband service...
OTI Applauds FCC’s Plan to Raise the E-Rate Funding Cap
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it plans to raise the E-rate funding cap by $1.5 billion to help schools and libraries obtain access to affordable, high-speed Internet service. The announcement comes as the FCC prepares to release a second E-rate Modernization Order, the next step in the reform process...
TV’s white space re-purposing for Internet is rolling
Unused spectrum between television channels is being harnessed for broadband delivery. Pilot projects are underway in the UK and India. Read more at Network World…
What Is The Cost Of Connectivity IN USA?
A new report from New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) finds that customers in the U.S. continue to pay higher prices for slower Internet. Read Report at New America…
Google, Microsoft keep pushing for unlicensed use of 600 MHz band
The push by the large players on the FCC to unlicensed the 600 MHz spectrum continues. More at Fierce Wireless…
Race to gigabit Internet service takes off
With the “irrational exuberance” of the early Internet economy, speculators spent billions laying thousands of miles of fiber optic cable for backhaul, expecting Internet use would continue growing at the unprecedented rates of the late 1990s. As part of the great dot com bust of 2000, however, most of the speculators went...
FCC Passes a Modified E-Rate Proposal for Spending Funds on Wi-Fi
In Partisan Vote, FCC Passes a Modified E-Rate Proposal for Spending Funds on Wi-Fi Connectivity – Read Article at Broadband Breakfast…
Iowa Improves Broadband Access
Connect Iowa’s New Broadband Figures Show Availability Increases – http://www.connectednation.org/connect-iowa%E2%80%99s-new-broadband-figures-show-availability-increases
London Trials White Space
Trials of TV White Space Communications at 40Mbps in Central London Read full article…