networkworld.com - 10/15/2008
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The FCC has put out a worse-than-useless report on the status of broadband deployment in the United States. I know this is far from news, since it seems to be the only kind of report on this topic that the FCC knows how to produce, but there may be reason to hope that next time will be somewhat ...
fcc.gov - 10/13/2008
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all headlines 10/10/08 Media Bureau Finds Independent Programmers Make...
Prima Facie Case of Program Carriage Discrimination Against Cable Operators. MO : Word | Acrobat 10/10/08 ...
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online.wsj.com - 10/13/2008
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A proposal to create a free, national wireless
Internet service got a boost as Federal Communications Commission...
engineers concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers. The report clears the way for the FCC ...
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FCC Clears Free Wireless Web
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/15/2008
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he
wants to allow portable devices to use the airwaves...
between TV channels for wireless broadband service. After months of testing and over a year of lobbying by tech firms Google, ...
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FCC Chair Wants to Go Forward With Use of White Spaces
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How Bad Is US Broadband Deployment?
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... and adoption of broadband Internet services. If this turns out to be the case, it will be the first time we would have any real idea. For reasons best known to itself, the FCC has for years adamantly refused to collect the data necessary to understand the true state of the deployment of broadband Internet service in the United States. Earlier this year the FCC, under the threat that Congress would order it to change its ways, did say it would collect better data in the future. (See "FCC: Consistent to a fault, but there is a (small) hope" .) Even with the somewhat better data ...
I Want Better Broadband Now - Hey Government Will You Hurry Up Already
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... (See “FCC: Consistent to a fault, but there is a (small) hope”.) Even with the somewhat better data there was no good reason to think that the FCC would produce more useful statistics, considering its track record. Now Congress has acted and there is some additional reason to hope. ...
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Why There Won’t Be Broadband Competition Anytime Soon
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bloomberg.com 11/13/2008 — FCC's Martin to Push Against Clock, Cable During Final Months By Todd Shields Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- After roiling Comcast Corp. and other cable operators for almost four years, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin shows no sign of ...
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usatoday.com 12/2/2008 — Assuming the plan is approved at the FCC's Dec. 18 meeting, one of the agency's last before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, free broadband could become reality within a year. First proposed in 2006, the plan calls for a chunk of airwaves ...
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