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FCC: Cost a major barrier to universal broadband adoption

FCC: Cost a major barrier to universal broadband adoption

29 Jun, 2010

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FCC: Cost a major barrier to universal broadband adoption

Why does America resist high-speed Internet? A new FCC survey suggests that one of the main reasons is: It?s too expensive.

FCC: Cost a major barrier to universal broadband adoption

CWA Offers Unqualified Support To Expansion Of Broadband Availability

CWA Offers Unqualified Support To Expansion Of Broadband Availability

28 Jun, 2010

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CWA Offers Unqualified Support To Expansion Of Broadband Availability

Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen today supported President Obama's signing of a presidential memorandum seeking to make more wireless spectrum available for commercial use.

CWA Offers Unqualified Support To Expansion Of Broadband Availability

How to Reform Universal Service Fund to Support Broadband

How to Reform Universal Service Fund to Support Broadband

28 Jun, 2010

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How to Reform Universal Service Fund to Support Broadband

Speed Matters has long supported reform of the Universal Service Fund (USF) to promote broadband build-out and affordability. The FCC's National Broadband Plan highlights a transition plan to move USF support from telephony to broadband. Members of Congress, FCC Commissioners, service providers, and consumer advocates all agree. So the question is no longer whether to shift USF subsidies to support broadband deployment and adoption, but how.

How to Reform Universal Service Fund to Support Broadband

Utilities and Telecoms to Examine Smart Grid Feasibility

Utilities and Telecoms to Examine Smart Grid Feasibility

28 Jun, 2010

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Utilities and Telecoms to Examine Smart Grid Feasibility

Resolving how energy data flows, whether through broadband, telecommunications and the public Internet or on narrowband and private networks owned by public utilities, is a glaring obstacle to smart grid infrastructure in the United States.

Utilities and Telecoms to Examine Smart Grid Feasibility

West Virginia Implements Statewide Fiber Optic Broadband Network

West Virginia Implements Statewide Fiber Optic Broadband Network

28 Jun, 2010

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West Virginia Implements Statewide Fiber Optic Broadband Network

An ambitious project to create a statewide fiber optic broadband network in West Virginia is underway. The statewide fiber broadband network will connect critical anchor institutions, including hospitals, public schools, libraries and fire and police departments across the state.

West Virginia Implements Statewide Fiber Optic Broadband Network

Pew: States are Critical to Broadband Expansion

Pew: States are Critical to Broadband Expansion

25 Jun, 2010

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Pew: States are Critical to Broadband Expansion

Pew?s recently released study, Bringing America Up to Speed: States' Role in Expanding Broadband, finds that states play a pivotal role in expanding broadband access across America.

Pew: States are Critical to Broadband Expansion