Today, over four million mostly rural Texas households cannot access broadband with speeds that meet the FCC’s updated goal for connectivity across the country (25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload). Recently published maps highlight the vast and primarily rural areas of the state that lack access to the new benchmark for high-speed Internet. Read...
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FCC Raises the Bar for Broadband
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to improve the consumer broadband market in the United States. At its monthly Open Meeting, the FCC changed the definition of broadband that it uses to assess whether broadband is being deployed in a timely fashion throughout the country. The Commission...
Connect Iowa Applauds Gov. Branstad
Connect Iowa applauds Gov. Terry Branstad’s commitment to make broadband a policy priority in the 2015 legislative session. In today’s Condition of the State address, Branstad reinforced the state’s efforts to pass comprehensive broadband legislation and support communities that will promote greater broadband access, adoption, and use across the state....
NTIA Announces BroadbandUSA Effort to assist Communities with Broadband Plans
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...
NeuBeam™ Brand Rollout
Declaration Networks Group (DNG) has unveiled a new logo and name for its family of innovative telecom products. With NeuBeam™ DNG has developed a new representation of the ongoing evolution of our company’s brand. NeuBeam signifies the idea of “connection”, not only literally through broadband across the U.S., but including...
DNG Selected as RBE Provisional Winner
Declaration Networks Group was selected as one of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau’s list of 40 “provisional” winners in the Rural Broadband Experiment network subsidy auction. Collectively, the 40 funded projects could receive nearly $100 million in Connect America Fund subsidies to build broadband networks in over...
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…