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Tag: National Broadband Plan
FCC Report Questions Broadband Deployment, Timeliness
Just two months after reversing a long-standing assertion about the competitiveness of the U.S. wireless market the Federal Communications Commission yesterday reversed a long-standing assertion about broadband services. A key finding of the FCC’s Sixth…
Mixed Messages on Rural Broadband?
Rural broadband is a much talked about subject these days, as it should be. It’s a complex issue – but one that should be paid attention to. Ensuring adequate broadband access for all Americans is…
Broadband Stimulus Program May be Cut by $602 Million
The $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program may become a little lighter – about $602 million lighter. The House Appropriations Committee inserted the cuts into a bill which aims to find funding for the wars in…
FCC Spectrum Plan: Getting it Right
Our Industry Insight series brings insight and analysis from industry thought leaders on important issues facing the telecom industry. This latest insight comes from industry veteran L. Marie Guillory, who takes a hard look at…
Mobile Broadband Demand Surging, Government Reacts
Part of the FCC’s national broadband plan calls for an additional 500 Mhz in spectrum for mobile broadband services. There’s great reason to do so. Mobile broadband is already in great demand and growing vociferously.…
Broadband Access: Who is Ultimately Responsible?
There is no denying the benefit that broadband brings to all of us. Some would go so far as to say it’s the ‘electricity’ of our day. But is it a right? In other words,…
New FCC Working Group to Tackle Universal Service Fund Reforms
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has announced the creation of a Universal Service Working Group aimed at implementing reforms outlined in the National Broadband Plan. Heading up the group will be Sharon Gillett, chief…
Northeastern Indiana Telephone: We’re Ahead of National Broadband Plan Objectives
HEBRON, Ind., May 26 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Indiana Telephone Co. plans to increase high-speed broadband speed to 100 percent of its customers within one year, achieving a federally mandated requirement three years earlier than the…
FCC Study: FTTH Out, DSL and Fixed Wireless In to Bring Broadband to Unserved
The FCC released a report yesterday that identifies a total cost of $23.5 billion to bring broadband of at least 4 Mb/s to unserved territories. That is if you use DSL and fixed wireless to…
Rural Telecom Carriers Urge Congress to Raise NBP Rural Broadband Standards
When discussing broadband speeds, the recently released national broadband plan could be perceived to be setting two separate bars. Beyond the so called ‘100 Squared’ initiative, which calls for 100 Mbp/s to 100 million homes,…
National Broadband Plan’s Wireless Spectrum Goals Faces Challenges
Part three of our three part National Broadband Plan series explores how the challenges in freeing up the spectrum needed to meet the broadband wireless goals of the plan While the challenges involved with obtaining…
National Broadband Plan Seeks Broad Universal Service Reforms
Part two of our three part National Broadband Plan series explains how the Connect America Fund would replace today’s voice-based universal service fund and how inter-carrier compensation also would get a revamp A critical element…