One key recommendation in the National Broadband Plan was that the government support a scheme to wire hundreds of thousands of "anchor institutions" with 1Gbps fiber. The move would mean that...
The NBP and ISP competition: this fight’s just beginning
For a plan that puts "competition" as its number one goal, the National Broadband Plan is remarkably light on policies that will produce much of it in the wireline space. Talk of...
150,000 take FCC broadband speed test in first week
The FCC has had it with ISPs. For more than a decade, the agency has relied on ISP reports to get a picture of broadband speeds and availability in the US, and...
NBP: FCC proposes “video.gov” public archive
Say what you want about the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan. You like it. You don't. Its proposals will work. They won't.
But one thing is clear: this FCC loves video. IP video, video conferencing, mobile video, video devices—the NBP can't talk about video enough, and the hope is obvious....
NBP: Broadband for everyone by 2020, but who foots the bill?
"Everyone in the United States today should have access to broadband services supporting a basic set of applications that include sending and receiving e-mail, downloading Web pages, photos and video, and...
NBP: Time for a new copyright notice!
Critics of the National Broadband Plan released yesterday by the FCC are already complaining that the document goes far beyond its broadband mandate. They may have a point; we're not quite sure...
NBP: inside the FCC’s spectrum revolution (and its problems)
In the months preceding the release of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, the agency made clear that it wants to broker a huge transfer of licensed spectrum away...
Big cable pushes 7 “consumer principles” for cable, IP video
As the Federal Communications Commission hands its National Broadband Plan over to Congress, the cable industry's top trade association has issued a manifesto that looks pretty good, at least...
FCC wants to know your mobile broadband speed
Filed under: iPhone
You may remember that Verizon started running ads a while ago showing AT&T's anemic 3G coverage map. AT&T responded by saying "Our coverage includes 97% of the country!" In the small print on Verizon's ads they make it clear that...
FCC Commissioner rips ISPs on broadband prices, competition
Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn solidified her role as the agency's tail gunner on Wednesday with a warning to the big ISPs that the FCC's patience with rising broadband subscription rates is...
Congress wants big NatSec exemptions for spectrum inventory
A newly revised version of a House bill requiring the government to inventory the nation's radio spectrum would give Federal agencies and private license owners a national security pass on publicly...
Free wireless broadband plan is déjà vu all over again
As part of the grand hoopla-fest building up to the release of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan this month, the agency hosted a Digital Inclusion Summit at Washington, DC's...
