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digital inclusion articles

Net Neutrality: A Crucial Issue With a Lame Name

[Source: The Huffington Post, by Tina Dupuy, September 7, 2010]
The term "net neutrality" has the magical property of making most people's eyes glaze over. First, it sounds like a gambling term. "I have a system and net neutrality -- I can't lose!" Second, no ...

The 2000s: A History of the FCC’s Internet Policy Deregulation

[Source: Media Access Project, by Kamilla Kovacs, August 30, 2010]
Throughout years of debate on open Internet protections, cable and telecommunications carriers have continually argued that strong net neutrality rules will hurt investment. They maintain that ...

ZeroDivide BTOP Mash-Up Cut-Up Smash-Up

[Source: ZeroDivide, by Tim Wu, August 23, 2010]
A blog post by ZeroDivide's Tim WuZeroDivide received two federal stimulus funding awards totalling more than $2 million.  We've been interviewed about these awards from Honolulu to Seattle, ...

ZeroDivide Receives Stimulus Funding to Foster New Generation of Technology Adopters in Underserved Youth and Tribal Communities

[Source: ZeroDivide, August 18, 2010]
ZeroDivide was today awarded $2,070,399 in two grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Vice-President Joe Biden announced the ...

Nonprofits Review Technology Failures

[Source: The New York Times, by Stephanie Strom, August 16, 2010]
WASHINGTON — At a gathering last month over drinks and finger food, a specialist at the World Bank related the story of how female weavers in a remote Amazonian region of Guyana had against all ...

FCC's Plan for 'Net Neutrality' Rules Falters

[Source: LA Times, by Editorial, August 7, 2010]
The FCC has halted discussions amid reports spread that Google and Verizon will propose their own, less regulatory framework for Net neutrality.

Lots of Internet Competition -- Just Not at Home

[Source: Washington Post, by John Dunbar, August 3, 2010]
Guest post from John Dunbar of American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop. John Dunbar and Cecilia Kang are working together on a project for the next several months looking at ...

Institute of Museum and Library Services Seeks Proposals to Implement National Broadband Plan Recommendations Request for Proposals

[Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, August 3, 2010]
The National Broadband Plan released in March 2010 presented a vision of pervasive and affordable broadband that will provide every American an equal opportunity to engage in the educational, ...

Genachowski On Broadband: Mission Not Accomplished

[Source: Broadcasting & Cable, by John Eggerton, July 28, 2010]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday defended the FCC's conclusion in a broadband deployment status report released last week that broadband was not being rolled out to all ...

Mobile Phones for Development in Africa

[Source: Soul Beat, July 28, 2010]
The current issue of Soul Beat, the international communication and media journal, highlights a selection of program experiences and case studies, strategic planning documents, and materials ...