by Pivot
Tag: National Broadband Plan
Google’s Internet is a Series of Consumers
On Monday an update was posted to the Google Public Policy Blog. The brevity of the post might lead one to consider it a minor or passing topic. Rather, the topic was the National Broadband…
What Service Providers Need to Know About the National Broadband Plan
Part one of our three part National Broadband Plan Series focuses on the plan’s ambitious goals and potential implementation challenges Drafted by a team assembled by the Federal Communication Commission, the National Broadband Plan is…
Apparently, SamKnows Broadband!
The actual broadband speed that subscribers experience is becoming quite the important issue. As a part of the national broadband plan, the FCC is putting emphasis on helping citizens determine their actual broadband speed, as…
FCC Outlines National Broadband Plan Action Agenda
Yesterday the FCC released its 2010 ‘broadband action agenda’ for carrying out key recommendations of the National Broadband Plan it submitted to Congress on March 16 related to rulemakings and other “notice-and-comment” proceedings. With the…
Improve Broadband Access? There’s an App For That (Soon)
The FCC and the Knight Foundation have partnered in launching a social-purpose ‘Apps for Inclusion‘ competition in support of the National Broadband Plan goal of expanding broadband access to 90% of U.S. households by 2020.…
Digital Adoption Coalition Seeks Funds in Support of National Broadband Plan
Organizing in response to and in support of the FCC’s recently submitted National Broadband Plan, which calls for public-private partnerships to improve broadband adoption, a coalition of ISPs, computer technology companies and non-profit organizations, the …
FCC Provides Broadband Speed Test Data
As a part of the national broadband plan process, the FCC recently launched some broadband test tools, including a broadband speed test. “The purpose of the Consumer Broadband Test (Beta) is to give consumers additional…
Genachowski Discusses Broadband Plan in YouTube Interview
The widely anticipated National Broadband Plan, authored by the FCC, was introduced yesterday. It offers a series of policy goals to achieve universal broadband availability in the U.S. by 2020. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski agreed…
FCC’s National Broadband Plan Released Today
The National Broadband Plan, to be released today, focuses on four ways government can help ensure that every American has access to broadband. These include, 1) designing policies to ensure competition; 2) ensuring efficient management…
FCC Broadband Plan: USF to Fund 4 Mbps Broadband
The details of the FCC’s national broadband plan are trickling out. The actual plan will be unveiled tomorrow at an FCC open meeting and delivered to Congress on March 17th. The creation of the plan…
FCC Proposes New USF Focused Broadband Approach
The universal service fund (USF) has a legacy of bringing phone service to all parts of the country. The shift to wireless and broadband/IP as primary means for communication is putting strains on this support…
FCC’s National Broadband Plan May Cost $25 Billion
In about two weeks the FCC is scheduled to deliver a national broadband plan to Congress. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 mandated that the FCC author the plan, with the idea that…