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Why Our Communities Need Broadband

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]Rhonda Locklear of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina speaks about the urgency of broadband access for communities across the country at the FCC's "Digital ...

Broadband Can Close the Education Loop

[Source: Daily Yonder, by Sharon Strover and Nick Muntean; March 8, 2010]Education increases chances for employment.  Distance learning increases educational opportunities for rural ...

Audio Now Available: The Broadband Stimulus and How Funders Can Address the Needs of Their Communities

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Listen to the teleconference to learn more about the range of activities the philanthropic community is undertaking to leverage this historic opportunity.

Don't Mistake Her Kindness For Weakness: Interview with New FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

[Source: Broadcast & Cable, by B&C Washington Editor John Eggerton; March 1, 2010] FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn favors a smile and an open mind - except when it comes to people taking ...

SSRC Releases Report on Barriers to Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities

[Source: Social Science Research Council, by Dharma Dailey, Amelia Bryne, Alison Powell, Joe Karaganis, Jaewon Chung, March 2, 2010]
Washington, D.C. - The Federal Communications Commission  (FCC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) unveiled the study findings of the SSRC in its report, Broadband Adoption in ...

FCC National Broadband Plan Taking Shape

[Source: (Stifel Nicolaus) Washington Telecom Media & Tech Insider, March 3, 2010]
Plan to Offer Blueprint for FCC Rulemakings and Proposed Actions by Congress, Others• THE BASICS: TIMING, OBJECTIVES. The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan is heading ...

FCC Takes a Close Look at the Unwired

[Source: The New York Times, by Brian Stelter and Jenna Wortham, February 22, 2010]
For many Americans, having high-speed access to the Internet at home is as vital as electricity, heat and water. And yet about one-third of the population, 93 million people, have elected not to ...

Case Closed: Why Most of USA Lacks 100Mbps Internet Connections

[Source: ArsTechnica.com, by Matthew Lasar, February 23, 2010]
Excitement about the approach of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, due March 17, is inspiring ever more dramatic calls for greater high-speed Internet connectivity ...

Google Shakes Up Broadband Landscape With Fiber Build Initiative

[Source: BroadbandBreakfast.com, by Drew Clark, February 10, 2010]
Google shook up the broadband world on Wednesday with the announcement, on its blog, that it plans to offer super-fast broadband, at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second, to up to 500,000 ...

Final Round of Broadband Stimulus Funding Applications Open

[Source: Huffington Post, by Tony Shawcross, February 16, 2010]
Today marks the launch of the second - and final - round of applications for the Broadband Initiatives Program (BTOP): two initiatives within the Recovery Act that collectively represent what ...