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Expanding the Benefits of Broadband in Mississippi
Expanding the Benefits of Broadband in Mississippi February 11, 2015 by NTIA The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s BroadbandUSA team convened a productive workshop in...
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Jonathan Chambers of the FCC Says Results of Rural Broadband Experiment Teach...
AUSTIN, April 14, 2015 – The official from the Federal Communications Commission responsible for the agency’s unique “rural broadband experiment” on Monday said the experiment was less about learning...
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Financing Public-Private Fiber Networks Becoming a Reality, Say Experts at...
Editor’s Note: This is one of several wrap-up articles about the 2015 Broadband Communities Summit earlier this month in Austin, Texas. For the complete list of articles from the summit, visit...
View ArticleNext Century Cities: GAO Report Should Prompt Accessible Broadband...
Editor’s Note: Next Century Cities released the following press release, signed by representatives of 35 of the 95 cities supporting the organization’s six principles. The link to the release on the...
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Scott DeGarmo, President and CEO of Broadband Communities, Dies on Saturday
August 17, 2015 – Broadband Communities announced that Scott DeGarmo, President and CEO of Broadband Communities, the publisher of Broadband Communities Magazine and the organizer of the Broadband...
View ArticlePresident Obama Signs Executive Order Making Presidential Innovation Fellows...
Editor’s Note: This Presidential Innovation Fellows Program, highlighted in a press release today from the White House, is a fascinating exercise of how President Obama has institutionalized technology...
View ArticleWhite House Announces September 21 Date for Release of Broadband Report
Editor’s Note: The White House announced that it would be releasing a report from its Broadband Opportunity Council on Monday, September 21. Read more about the council. Coming Soon: Building on Our...
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Pell Center Report Emphasizes Continuing Role in Broadband for State Entities
WASHINGTON, September 16, 2015 – State broadband entities and commissions continue to plan an important role in fostering economic development and digital learning, according to a recent report from...
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White House Launches ‘Smart City’ Initiative That Links Broadband...
WASHINGTON, September 16, 2015 – A movement to make cities “smart” by using the power of broadband and information technology processing power is reaching critical mass, with the White House on Monday...
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Connected Nation Exchange Launches North America Broadband Partnership with...
Broadband Breakfast Insight: Connected Nation has taken its broadband mapping skills from the State Broadband Initiative and pivoted into translated that expertise into knowledge for infrastructure...
View ArticleFCC Releases Video of Webinar from its ‘Connected Health’ Discussion
Broadband Breakfast Insight: This was an excellent webinar discussion probing connectivity, and helping government, non-profit and industry users to visualize data about connectivity. Think of this as...
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Broadband Data Geeks Rejoice: Public Comment Opens for Census Bureau’s...
Broadband Breakfast Insight: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is continuing its efforts to ensure good-quality broadband data, even as broadband policy remains undertain...
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Despite Trump Pledge, Congress and FCC Don’t Appear to Have Appetite for...
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 – Despite high hopes that President Trump’s campaign promise for a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill would lead to additional investment in high-speed internet access, it...
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Twists in the Broadband Mapping Saga, Plus the Need for Good Data Now, at...
DALLAS, April 18, 2017 – Over the past ten years, broadband mapping has gone through many changes. In the beginning, the Federal Communications Commission collected data about high-speed internet...
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Average U.S. Broadband Speed Continue to Rise, to 18.7 Mbps, in Akamai Report
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: United States broadband speeds are continuing to rise, according to Akamai’s periodic “state of the internet” report. The more urban “states,” including Rhode Island,...
View ArticleTwo Municipal Broadband Groups Criticize Data and Analysis in U. Penn Paper
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2017 – Two organizations supportive of municipal broadband advocacy efforts last week issued differing reports critical of a May 24 report by a University of Pennsylvania professor....
View ArticleHow Broadband Mapping Can Help Communities with Chronic Health Conditions
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task Force last week announced updates to a broadband mapping platform to allow communities and businesses to better...
View ArticleBetter Broadband Data Necessary to Make Overdue Improvements in Universal...
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2017 – Without efficient data, the Federal Communications Commission can’t put together a model that shows what the cost would be to cover areas with no wireless coverage, the...
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New NRRI Report Probes State Broadband Initiatives in California, Colorado,...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: This new 60-page report by the National Regulatory Research Institute (and which was founded by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners), delves into...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Big Focus of House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing, With Stark...
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 – The official topic of Tuesday’s House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing was reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission, but the big focus was on net...
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