Broadband Breakfast Club Webinar on Effectiveness of Broadband Stimulus Program
December 17, 2013 – The Broadband Breakfast Club released the video of its webinar earlier today, on “Evaluating the Broadband Stimulus Program: Were Funds Well Spent?”
View ArticleColorado Governor Emphasizes Broadband in State of the State Speech
DENVER, January 9, 2014 – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper referred to the significant of high-speed internet, or broadband access, in his state of the state speech on the floor of the Colorado Capitol...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Broadband Delivers Multi-Terabit Capacity Across Live Network in...
This press release came across our radar today…. SOUTH BOSTON, Va., April 9, 2014 – Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation (MBC), a successful wholesale fiber-optic open-access network...
View ArticleFiber to the Home Council Webinar on Municipal Broadband Solutions Focuses on...
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2014 – In a Wednesday webinar, the Fiber to the Home Council invited broadband planning firm Magellan Advisors to discuss their ways of advising communities seeking to build advance...
View ArticleNTIA’s Larry Strickling Recounts Broadband Stimulus Gains, Seeks to Continue...
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2014 – The president’s chief adviser on telecommunications, the head of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on Thursday heralded...
View ArticleU.S. Broadband Deployment and Speeds are Beating Europe’s, Says Scholar...
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2014 – In spite of press reports to the contrary, U.S. broadband coverage is not falling behind European levels of service, academic Christopher Yoo said on Wednesday at the...
View ArticleInternet Protocol Transition a Critical Step To Ensuring Public Safety, Say...
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2014 – Even the quickest and best-designed networks can succumb to Mother Nature when a hurricane or tornado strikes a community. And when thousands of people dial 911 at the same...
View ArticleFCC Releases Latest Report on Measuring Broadband; Gap Between Actual and...
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 – Most internet service providers are delivering upload and download broadband speeds as advertised, according to the Federal Communications Commission, although there is room...
View ArticleBroadband Roundup: Internet Tax Freedom Act, Report on Broadband Speeds, and...
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 – The House Judicary Committee on Wednesday approved the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act this week by a vote of 30-4, according to a press release from the committee. The...
View ArticleBroadband Roundup: FCC’s Wheeler Continues Net Neutrality Quest, FCC Wireline...
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2014 – Republicans are concerned about the regulation of internet service providers as utilities under Title II of the Communications Act, but Federal Communications Chairman Tom...
View ArticleBroadband Roundup: Charter Schools Love E-Rate, Kickstarter CEO on ‘Fast...
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2014 – As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on E-Rate modernization July 11, some educators are “threatening to derail” the process according to The Hill. These...
View ArticleBroadband Roundup: Caution on E-Rate, Merger Review Teams at FCC, and a New...
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2014 – Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly supports modernizing the E-Rate program, but not if it means increasing the “ever growing strain on [the average...
View ArticleInternet Researcher John Horrigan on How Digital Illiteracy is Eclipsing...
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2014 – The internet equity facing the nation isn’t the digital divide, but is digital readiness, according to a panel last month by internet researcher John Horrigon at an event of...
View ArticleGAO Study Finds that Broadband Data Caps are Causing Customer Confusion and...
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2014 – Internet service providers are adopting more usage-based pricing models and consumers may be using the internet less as a result, according to preliminary results from a...
View ArticleU.S. Commerce Department Promotes Community Networks in Minneapolis Broadband...
September 5, 2014 – The agency responsible for articulating President Obama’s communications policy is taking its campaign to promote community broadband initiatives on the road, and on Thursday in...
View ArticleImportant Resources for Broadband and Planning
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., September 16, 2014 – Below are several links of interest to professionals involved in broadband planning: PLANNING RESOURCES “Partnership for a Connected Illinois and Internet...
View ArticleAttendees at Connect Michigan Conference Want Rural High-Speed Broadband
WASHINGTON, October 29, 2014 – Small business owners, teachers, librarians and representatives broadband industry official gathered at the 2014 Michigan Broadband Conference in the city of Lansing on...
View ArticleGigabit Networks Featured at Kansas City Broadband Conference This Week and Next
January 12, 2015 – Gigabit Networks will be a featured discussion and two Kansas City- based broadband conference this week and next week. “Gigabit City Summit” will take place in Kansas City,...
View ArticleWhite House Supports Growing National Movement of Local Leaders for Gigabit...
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 – The White House on Tuesday announced efforts to end laws that harm broadband competition, several steps to support a growing national movement of local leaders for...
View ArticleDrew Clark: ‘Killer Apps’ for the Gigabit Economy: Why They Are Necessary to...
February 10, 2015 – With all the talk — and now the action — behind building Gigabit Networks by hundreds of cities across the United States, a key question emerges: What can actually be done with all...
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