FCC sets Internet regulation in motion
By geochem1st
"As the FCC's Broadband Task Force said recently, it could take $350 billion to build next-generation broadband across America, and most of that money will have to come from the private sector and companies like Comcast. ...

FCC to begin crafting 'network neutrality' rules
By AP
FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rulesWASHINGTON — Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.

FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said regulations are needed to ensure that broadband subscribers can access all legal Web sites and services, including Internet calling applications and video sites that compete with the broadband ...

Icrontic » FCC votes to pursue US net neutrality
By Robert Hallock
“To that end, the Notice seeks comment on how, in what time frames or phases, and to what extent the principles should apply to non-wireline forms of broadband Internet access, including mobile wireless,” the FCC said. ...

FCC Agrees to Set Rules on Net Neutrality
By Stacey Higginbotham
The FCC today approved a draft of proposed rules that aim to ensure that the owners of the broadband pipe ...

FCC Broadband Study Argues for Open Access
FCC Broadband Study Argues for Open Access ... open access networks as a key factor in spurring competition and driving down prices for broadband serviceThe ...

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | FCC Considers Opening Up US ...
An anonymous reader writes On October 14, the FCC issued a call for public comments on a ... slashdot fcc internet government communications broadband story ...

FCC No Longer Neutral About The Net
Wall Street Journal
That may not be the exact mission considering that investors up north have flushed the city with funding. Instead, the vcs appear worried that entrepreneurs ...

Council tables resolution on broadband study
South Carolina Now
... broadband and has worked with a number of cities to get municipal broadband systems implemented, said about $7 billion in federal stimulus funding is ...

National Broadband Policy Group Must Drive Adoption: Panel
TMCnet
For example, Cicconi said AT&T didn't apply for broadband stimulus funding because of felt that there were overly restrictive regulatory strings attached. ...

Broadband Stimulus as Job Creator: An Interview with Towerstream
TMC Net
JT: Towerstream's long term success is not dependent upon receiving grant funding under the Broadband Stimulus program. We are presently well capitalized, ...

Internet project dealt setback
Indiana Gazette
According to an Office of Administration letter, approximately 130 applications in Pennsylvania were submitted for broadband stimulus funding through the ...

Broadband funding stimulates proposals
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
And some local applications interpret broadband expansion as a byproduct of loftier projects. Tracking sexual predators in the Woodland Hills School ...

Poplar Bluff: Where Broadband Stimulus Meets Green Technology
TMC Net
TMCnet: We've read the Executive Summary of your application, and clearly the organization feels there's a strong need for funding. ...

SUPERCOMM Keynote: CenturyLink wants a public/private broadband policy
FierceTelecom
Whether the USF funding arrangement is realigned through a legislative process, the key will be in making sure that funding gets extended to the outlying ...

Tower Cloud to expand with $20m venture funding
AltAssets
Tower said that demand for wireless broadband service on cellular networks is expanding rapidly, driven by growing popularity of cellular smartphones and ...

Critic Dr Johnson sees broadband a boon to scholorship
By admin
Funding the superfast broadband rollout still remains an issue in UK, the documentary explains, as the government is not wiiling to make huge investments for high-speed fibre broadband roll out, while also showing its reluctance to get ...

Tribe hopes to cast a wider Web
Coeur d'Alenes among applicants for federal broadband funding. By Joelle Tessler, Associated Press Writer. Story Published: Oct 19, 2009. Story Updated: Oct 16, 2009. WASHINGTON – The federal government will soon start handing out the ...