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Episodes tagged FCC national broadband plan

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    The FCC unveiled its long-awaited National Broadband Plan. There are many things the agency got right, but it punted on some pressing issues. And the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has proven it won't be silenced by the Walt Disney Company or any other corporation that peddles harmful products to kids.

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    At the bipartisan Digital Inclusion Summit at the Newseum, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn introduced a proposal for a National Digital Literacy Program. And anger about rising cable prices and limited programming options is fueling a citizen’s movement for more competition and a la carte pricing.

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    Public interest groups are worried that the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan may already be headed down the wrong track. And a new bill in the Senate would curb mobile phone contract early termination fees and make their terms more transparent to customers.

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    A new study about how the Internet is being used on tribal lands has placed Native Americans in the discussions about the National Broadband Plan. And the debate over Net Neutrality has moved from the halls of Washington to city council agendas in New York and San Francisco.

  • New FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski wasted no time in moving the process of creating a national broadband plan to the top of his agenda. And the new criteria for broadband stimulus funding make Net Neutrality a basic rule of the road.

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