Category Archives: Broadband

Reservations Over Broadband in Indian Country

In an effort to disappoint every possible demographic through implementation of its National Broadband Plan, the FCC has established the Office of Native Affairs and Policy. Check out the reaction in Indian country.

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USF Reform as Ground Zero

So I’ve been slogging through the reclassification comments.  One sharply disputed issue is whether the FCC has authority — in the post-Comcast v. FCC world — to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF) to subsidize broadband.  Sounds sexy I know, … Continue reading

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The Slowsky Turtles and Reclassification

CDT’s Leslie Harris has a good summary of a key dispute in the reclassification debate — whether broadband can be coherently divided into distinct components. And the stakes are high.  If the answer is yes, then the FCC will have … Continue reading

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Technology Competitiveness in South and Central America (Part I)

Living and teaching in Miami as I do, I thought I would take a look at how the Internet and broadband connectivity are developing south of the border.   The result seems to be that the further south one travels … Continue reading

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McDowell’s Disappointing Op-Ed

Commissioner McDowell’s WSJ op-ed is disappointing — and more inflammatory than informative.  He compares, for instance, the FCC’s attempts to maintain decades-old protections of Internet freedom to dictatorial repression in places like Iran and North Korea.  He can do better … Continue reading

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FCC Broadband Report: The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly

The FCC’s broadband report (pdf) is essentially the “State of the Union” for broadband.  As it turns out, the state of our broadband is, well, not so strong.  And the FCC deserves credit for finally saying so.  But the report … Continue reading

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