Federal Communications Commission and Internet Providers Need to Improve...
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2019- Broadband mapping experts believe that the Federal Communications Commission and internet service providers are not doing enough to improve its reporting of nationwide...
View ArticleTackling Broadband Mapping Critics, FCC Orders ISPs to Provide Geospatial...
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2019 — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday initiated a new process for collecting fixed broadband data for mapping purposes. The new Digital Opportunity Data...
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 ArticleBroadband Prioritization Not Such A Terrible Idea, Georgetown University...
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2014 - Paid prioritization may not be such a bad idea – in fact, the notion that the entire internet needs to be treated equally is misleading, said panelists at a June 10...
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 ArticlePress Release: Blair Levin Joins Brookings as a Nonresident Senior Fellow
WASHINGTON, October 6, 2014 —Blair Levin, telecommunications expert and former Communications & Society Fellow at the Aspen Institute, has joined the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy...
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Hearkening Back to Civil Rights Era, Wheeler Discusses Role of Universal...
WASHINGTON, October 10, 2014 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said Tuesday that access to high-speed broadband is crucial to civic and economic participation in our society, his...
View ArticleCalifornia Emerging Technology Fund Helps Bridge the State’s Digital Divide
WASHINGTON, November 19, 2014 – Although some believe that the digital divide is not a problem, there are Americans who have not adopted broadband due to the cost or lack of access. Some states have...
View ArticleWhite House Supports Growing National Movement of Local Leaders for Gigabit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbol8oMNggs WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 - The White House on Tuesday announced efforts to end laws that harm broadband competition, several steps to support a growing...
View ArticleFive Years After ‘Think Big With a Gig,’ Google Fiber No Longer The Only...
February 3, 2015 - In announcing last week that it was expanding Google Fiber to four new metropolitan areas in the Southeastern United States, the search engine giant-turned-internet service provider...
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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 ArticleWashington Telecom Insiders Focusing on New ‘Broadband Moment’ Through...
June 8, 2015 - Some are calling it a second "broadband moment." More than six years after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was responsible for more than $7 billion in federal funds being...
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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 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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Former Architect of National Broadband Plan Says That Every City Needs a...
September 14, 2015 - Every city should create a city-wide broadband plan of its own, said the former director of the National Broadband Plan, in wide-ranging speech touting four strategies useful for...
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Community Broadband Center Leaders to Gather in Silicon Valley for AnchorNETS...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 10, 2015 - Local broadband institutions seeking to leverage high-speed connectivity for the benefit of their broader communities will benefit from attending the...
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An Open Letter to Donald Trump From Adrianne Furniss of Benton Foundation...
EVANSTON, Illinois, January 30, 2017 - Benton Foundation CEO Adrianne Furniss on Monday sent the following letter to to President Donald Trump and leaders both in Congress and at the Federal...
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Pai Announces Broadband Advisory...
WASHINGTON, January 31, 2017 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday announced the formation of a new federal advisory committee that would seek to accelerate deployment of...
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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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