Media Reform Now About Internet, Not Broadcast Ownership
MINNEAPOLIS, June 6 – The Internet has opened up so many possibilities for communication that the most important concern about the media isn’t broadcast television ownership, but about threats from...
View ArticleComments of BroadbandCensus.com in FCC Rulemaking on Broadband Data
Regulatory Filing Editor’s Note: The following is the regulatory filing made by BroadbandCensus.com in the Federal Communications Commission’s inquiry about how to best map out information about local...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Martin Wants FCC to Map Broadband Data and Speed Tiers
By William G. Korver, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com July 21 – The United States government needs to expand its broadband mapping efforts and collect information about internet speed tiers, Federal...
View ArticleDifficulty of Porting Telephone Numbers from Carriers Highlighted in House...
WASHINGTON, July 22 – A Tuesday House subcommittee hearing on competition in the telecommunications industry focused on the ability of consumers to switch, or “port,” their telephone numbers from one...
View ArticleDemocratic Party Debate Over Net Neutrality Over, Advocates Declare
By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com; and Cassandre Durocher, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com WASHINGTON, July 29 – In lining up the support of all major Democratic challengers running for Senate...
View ArticleCombatants in Net Neutrality Fight Take Aim at Each Other, FCC Chief and Comcast
By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com; and Cassandre Durocher, Reporter, BroadbandCensus.com WASHINGTON, July 31 – Combatants on the subject of Net Neutrality debate took aim at each other on...
View ArticleFCC Hammers Comcast For Deception and Unreasonable Internet Practices
News Analysis WASHINGTON, August 1 – The Federal Communication Commission’s enforcement action against Comcast can be seen either as a limited response to a company’s deceptive practices, or a sweeping...
View ArticleIn the Coming Battle over Net Neutrality, Bell Companies Prefer the FCC to...
Blog Entries August 11 – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is preparing to launch a new telecom and technology agency, according to this report by Dow Jones. In the story, Dow...
View ArticleWhite Spaces Battle Heats Up as Broadcast Networks Seek 'Time Out'
WASHINGTON, October 23 – The top executives of the four major broadcast networks on Thursday urged the head of the Federal Communications Commission to delay a vote on a politically simmering issue...
View ArticleBroadband Census Executive Director to Speak at Federal Communications...
Press Release Executive Director Drew Clark to Provide Legislative Update on Broadband Data Improvement Act WASHINGTON, November 3 – Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com,...
View ArticleFCC Set to Press Forward on 'White Spaces,' But Pulls Comprehensive Overhaul...
News: Special Election Day Report By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com; and Drew Bennett, Special Correspondent, BroadbandCensus.com WASHINGTON, November 4 – The Federal Communications Commission...
View ArticleThe Real White Spaces Debate: To Create or Abolish a Market in the Airwaves
Blog Entries WASHINGTON, November 4 – I’ve been following the “white spaces” for as long as it has been happening – four, maybe five years – and I must admit that I am surprised by FCC Chairman Kevin...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s Incredible Silicon Valley Wi-Fi Adventure
SAN JOSE, November 6 – It was Kevin Martin’s day to suck up praise from Silicon Valley. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission – for about two more months – came to the Wireless...
View ArticleStates Seeking Better Broadband Nationwide Turn and Make a Local Focus
November 11 – State telecommunications officials concerned about the universal deployment and use of high-speed internet services joined together at a San Jose conference on Thursday to compare notes,...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Kevin Martin Resigns, Expresses Regret About Public Safety...
WASHINGTON, January 15, 2009 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Thursday resigned from his position, effective Inauguration Day. Of all the issues that took place during his...
View ArticleCommissioners Welcome DTV Delay, but Concerns Remain on Consumer Outreach
WASHINGTON, February 5, 2009 – The three members of the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday expressed relief over Congress’ Wednesday passage of legislation delaying the date of the digital...
View ArticleCopps' Seeks to Revitalize Transparency and Cooperation at FCC, Welcomes...
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2009 – Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps said he had “no idea” how long he will hold the gavel, but he has no intention of being a mere...
View ArticleResolution on FCC Reform Divides NARUC Committee; Universal Service Fund...
WASHINGTON, February 15, 2009 – State regulatory commissioners are split on how strongly to express longstanding grievances with Federal Communications Commission processes. A resolution on reform of...
View ArticleWith Stimulus Fight Complete, Advocates Shift Focus to Universal Service
WASHINGTON, February 16, 2009 – With $7.2 billion in fiscal stimulus grants and loans marked to expand broadband infrastructure, industry groups, consumer advocates and some state regulators are...
View ArticleUniversal Service Fund Expansion Pilot Approved by State Commissioners
WASHINGTON, February 19, 2009 – State utility commissioners approved a resolution endorsing a Federal Communications Commission proposal to expand Lifeline and Link Up telephone subsidization programs...
View ArticleNoChokePoints Coalition to Combat Special Access Providers
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2009 – Wireless carriers and consumer advocates joined forces Monday to open a new front in the battle over pricing for “special access” markets. The newly-formed NoChokePoints...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Telecom's New Deal
From BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report WASHINGTON, August 3, 2009 – The Federal Communication Commission’s aggressive press toward a federal broadband policy is the biggest telecommunications policy...
View ArticleClyburn Sworn in as FCC Commissioner
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2009 – Mignon Clyburn was sworn in Monday as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. The ceremony took place in her home state of South Carolina, with the oath...
View ArticleWeek Ahead: A New Sheriff in Town
From BroadbandCensus.com Weekly Report WASHINGTON, August 31, 2009 – The broadband policy center of gravity is beginning to shift from northwest to the southwest – or at least from NW Washington, where...
View ArticleBroadbandCensus.com: Leading the Charge for Public and Transparent Data
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2009 – Broadband data is important for the future of our country – and public and transparent broadband data is even more important. Today, at this moment, new Federal...
View ArticleBroadbandCensus.com: Starting the Ball Rolling on Crowdsourcing
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2009 – Public and transparent broadband data has now been elevated to the level of a fundamental principle, at least in the Monday speech by Federal Communications Commission...
View ArticleIntroducing BroadbandCensus.com's People Column: Facebook Makes Changes
Giving Tech A Voice As Facebook increases its Washington presence, Andrew Noyes will be putting the pen down to join the company next month as manager of public policy communications. Noyes has been a...
View ArticleEnd of Net Neutrality? The Real Battle is Just Beginning
Given that the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals today smacked down the FCC’s ham-handed attempt to impose net neutrality rules on Comcast from a couple years ago, it’s no surprise that many folks are...
View ArticleBlair Levin, Following Path of Former Chairmen, Joins Aspen Institute
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2010 — Blair Levin, who became the chief architect behind the Federal Communication’s National Broadband Plan as director of the FCC Omnibus Broadband Initiative will leave the...
View ArticleBaker to Leave FCC to Lobby for NBCUniversal
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 – FCC Commissioner, Meredith Baker, announced Wednesday that she will resign her post on June 3, after which she will begin her tenure as a lobbyist for NBCUniversal. Baker’s...
View ArticleDespite Trump Pledge, Congress and FCC Don’t Appear to Have Appetite for...
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 – Despite high hopes that President Trump’s campaign promise for a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill would lead to additional investment in high-speed internet access, it...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Ajit Pai Questioned on Net Neutrality, Rural Broadband, During...
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2017 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai came to his re-confirmation hearing Wednesday with a message that network neutrality regulations were hurting...
View ArticleFCC Restricts Options Under the Low-Income Consumer Lifeline Program, to...
WASHINGTON, November 16, 2017 — In a move harshly condemned by Democrats and consumer advocates, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted along party lines to significantly restrict the...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Ajit Pai Launches His Biggest Battle: Eliminating Net Neutrality...
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2017 – In a move that could further infuriate an already-energized coalition of technology industry power players, consumer advocates, and progressive interest groups, Federal...
View ArticleDemocrats Are Mad as Hell About FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Proposed Changes to...
WASHINGTON, December 7, 2017 — Tom Wheeler, the Federal Communications Commission chairman under President Obama, wasn’t coy in expressing his feelings about his replacement’s “abomination” of a plan...
View ArticleOne Day After FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal, Focus Turns to Reactions and...
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2017 – The Federal Communications Commission’s Thursday vote to repeal the “open internet” rules classifying broadband services as common carriers represents the most...
View ArticleElectric Coop Broadband Partnerships, Deepfake Enforcement, Problems with...
A recent report from the CoBank Knowledge Exchange detailed new insights into successful broadband partnerships. The report, written by economists Jeff Johnston and Tom Binet, found that partnerships...
View ArticleTrump’s Section 230 Order is Direct Regulation of Speech Long Feared by GOP
June 23, 2020 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has played an important role in the shifting center of power on the internet, but where that center of power should reside going forward is...
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