national broadband strategy

Wireless Deja Vu?

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:22:10 -0500

Full article: The Hill
Craig Settles
If you're serious about using broadband to achieve great economic outcomes, wireless can't be the tail that wags the dog. It's an extension, a steppingstone to a greater solution, sometimes the only affordable option. Ultimately, communities must have a bigger role in determining which technology has what role.

A New Deal for Broadband: Free, Wireless

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:20:56 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Matthew Lasar
The New Deal was a period of experimentation. Many ideas were tried. Some failed. Some succeeded. A national free wireless service might be worth a try, providing some basic access to most Americans at little cost to the government -- but if the FCC thinks otherwise, it should finally say so and tell its advocates to move on.

The Wireless Web: Free at Last?

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:43:43 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
The plan to establish a free nationwide network would put the AWS-3 spectrum band to immediate and productive use, ensuring that millions of Americans are not on the wrong side of the digital divide. What's more, it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.

FCC Broadband Plan Under Fire from All Sides

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:41:26 -0500

Full article: PCWorld
Tony Bradley
Instead of picking the FCC plan apart and trying to identify all of the ways it won't work, the various parties involved in the process and outcome should cooperate to figure out what will work. Pointing fingers at the FCC isn't going to accomplish anything.

eHealth, Education Get Top Billing in Broadband Plan Update

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:06:34 -0500

Full article: Wireless Week
Maisie Ramsay
The FCC has named health care and education as two of its top priorities in its upcoming national broadband plan, which is slated to be released March 17. The agency also named energy, the environment, government performance and public safety as other priorities in the plan.

Google's Gigabit Experiment a Welcome Prod in the Side

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:24:25 -0500

Full article: ComputerWorld
John Dix
We have to keep moving forward on ending the digital divide, and Google is right to use its considerable clout and wealth to push us to get better. Google says it will build a symmetrical gigabit service and provide open access to other service providers, both markedly different approaches compared to the status quo.

FCC: Broadband May Help Jobs, Health Care, Electric Grid

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:38:26 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg News
Todd Shields
Federal regulators said expanded high-speed Internet use may improve job training, help control health care costs and provide links to a so-called smart grid that would trim electricity consumption.

FCC Proposes Turning Federal Buildings into Broadband Anchor Institutions

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:07:05 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The FCC said that it would propose using federal buildings as anchor institutions for broadband service, saying federal assets have "not been used effectively to spur local adoption and deployment of broadband."

FCC Expands Broadband Access at Schools

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:15:38 -0500

Full article: Reuters
John Poirier
The FCC voted to expand a school program that is likely to help increase Americans' access to high-speed Internet, a major goal of the upcoming national broadband plan. The program, called E-rate, funds schools' connectivity to the Internet under the $8 billion Universal Service Fund.

FCC Outlines Some National Broadband Plan Details

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:08:30 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Amy Schatz
FCC officials laid out a series of priorities for U.S. broadband development, calling for faster broadband speeds to schools and technology to allow consumers to monitor their electricity usage at home via the Internet.