dslreports.com - 10/10/2008
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Last month the Senate finally passed a new broadband collection bill that would, optimistically, actually try to find out how wired the nation is for broadband. Obviously, better data could potentially result in decisions based on actual data, instead of lobbyist influence. But according to Drew ...
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direct.gov.uk - 10/16/2008
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The purpose of this Bill is to allow
communications data capabilities for the prevention and detection of...
crime and protection of national security to keep up with changing technology by providing for the collection and retention of such data - ...
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Senate Guts Broadband Data Bill
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... Except, as Broadband Reports lets us know, in moving from the House to the Senate, some Senators took the opportunity to ...
Linkpost | 10.11.2008
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... - Jason Calacanis tells CNet he knows this first-hand. • New Broadband Data Bill Forgets The Broadband Data - Funding stripped out, and incumbent providers don't have to provide data for national broadband map. • ...
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