Jonathan Adelstein

Copps, Adelstein Seek FCC Temp Job

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:03:11 -0700

FCC Commissioner Targets Media Consolidation

Stevie Converse — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:23:07 -0700

FCC Commissioner Targets Media Consolidation

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:50:46 -0700

Tate and Adelstein Could Be Out in the Cold

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:27:14 -0700

Tate, Adelstein Stuck in Election-Year Limbo at FCC

Stevie Converse — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:37:49 -0700

Comcast Guilty of Net Neutrality Violations

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:09:12 -0700

FCC Votes 3-2 to Reprimand Comcast for Slowing Internet

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:58:56 -0700

Google Seeks Net Neutrality Clarity from FCC

Stevie Converse — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:04:02 -0700

Second Commissioner Votes 'No' on XM-Sirius Deal

Stevie Converse — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:27:18 -0700

Satellite Radio Saga Takes Unexpected Turn

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:06:55 -0700

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein: NCMR 2008

mthompson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:54:50 -0700

Looking at the Future of 'E-Politics'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:37:26 -0700

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Blogs, online commentators and viral videos have shaped the debate in the current election season. But "e-politics" still faces at least one major obstacle: Internet access.

Free Press Launches Promising Internet for Everyone Initiative

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:14:17 -0700

Internet for Everyone? Sounds good to us.

That's the name of a new campaign launched by Free Press that hopes to draw attention to the widening digital divide and support efforts to close it.

As Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver said,

Casting a Wider Net

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:14 -0700

Several leading lights of the Internet world believe that access to broadband is a civil right, like water, roads and sewage treatment, and have renewed their call for making such access a national priority. To further their goal, they have introduced a Web site, internetforeveryone.org.

InternetforEveryone Pushing for Total Broadband Coverage

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:46:39 -0700

Google vice president and influential Internet co-founder Vincent “Vint” Cerf has this week added his notable voice to a coalition calling for the U.S. government to expand the country’s broadband Internet coverage so that complete nationwide access becomes a reality.

Broad Coalition Backs Universal Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:25:34 -0700

A broad coalition of Internet business leaders, online gurus, community organizers and advocates across the political spectrum launched a campaign Tuesday with the lofty goal of universal high-speed Internet service.

New Group Makes Broadband a National Priority

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:56:13 -0700

Federal Communications Commission commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined tech policy pundits, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists Tuesday to launch a new initiative aimed at making broadband a priority in the U.S.

Internet for Everyone Campaign Aims to Bridge Digital Divide

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:22:28 -0700

An all-star panel of Internet academics, activists, and entrepreneurs gathered at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York today to launch Internet for Everyone, a campaign calling for a national broadband policy to bridge the "digital divide." The group—the members on hand today included such luminaries as Vint Cerf, Lawrence Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain, and Tim Wu—is urging political action to

Lamenting the High Cost of Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:13:58 -0700

Is bandwidth similar to oil? Yes, in one important respect, says Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law.

“Production is controlled by a tiny cartel that sets prices high and keeps them there,” Wu said today at a press conference about broadband access at the Personal Democracy Forum.

Adelstein, Cerf Advocate Broadband Access as a Fundamental Right

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:26:48 -0700

Google Chief Technology Evangelist Vint Cerf, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, and other technology and academic luminaries were on hand today to help launch InternetforEveryone.org, a new initiative spearheaded by the Free Press advocacy group to make broadband more accessible.