Category Archives: FCC

Reservations Over Broadband in Indian Country

Posted on September 4, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

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

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

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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Google Promises “One Bill” with Android Broadband Tethering

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

In a compelling keynote to the Google I/O 2010 conference, Google’s vice president of engineering, Vic Gundotra touted the possibility of combining those home broadband and mobile data bills into one bill with laptop/desktop tethering using Android 2.2. “If you are … Continue reading →

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McDowell’s Disappointing Op-Ed

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

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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D Block Blues

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

You know it’s an exciting day when the top headline is… the D Block!  And the big D Block news is Senator Rockefeller’s forthcoming bill, which would nix the FCC’s plan to auction the D Block spectrum to commercial carriers. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

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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