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Advisory board to the FCC: Designate funds for high speed Internet access

For the first time, a federal advisory board has recommended that $300 million of the Universal Service Fund be dedicated to high speed Internet support. While this is an important breakthrough, $300 million is not enough to address the problem of rural high speed Internet access.

Advisory board to the FCC: Designate funds for high speed Internet access

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High speed Internet and job growth linked

A new study by the Sacramento Regional Research Institute on behalf of AT&T, shows a "strong correlation between broadband growth in California and the number of new jobs available, forecasting that even small increases in broadband use could substantially affect the state over the next 10 years."

High speed Internet and job growth linked

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Study: Internet traffic jam looms in 2010

A new study by Nemertes, an independent research firm, predicts that without substantial increases in infrastructure build-out, the Internet will suffer from the digital equivalent of traffic gridlock by 2010. The study is the first to project the future growth of Internet use and compare it with current plans to expand capacity.

Study: Internet traffic jam looms in 2010

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FCC gives $417 million in grants to connect rural clinics with telehealth

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced it will distribute $417 million over three years in grants to 69 rural telehealth organizations in an effort to connect rural health clinics with high speed Internet. About 6,000 hospitals, research centers, universities and clinics in rural areas will be connected with high speed Internet, which could aid in everything from managing electronic health records to transmitting images and videos of patients to specialists hundreds of miles away for diagnosis.

FCC gives $417 million in grants to connect rural clinics with telehealth