NY regulators delay Verizon request to end landline guarantee
05.20.13
The NY Public Service Commission delayed Verizon's sweeping request to substitute wireless for landlines throughout the state. Read More »
Universality Archives
Rural-urban broadband divide persists
05.17.13
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's new Broadband Briefs reports show gains and shortcomings in U.S. broadband. Read More »
FCC opens proceedings on IP networks
05.14.13
The FCC is seeking public comment on testing three major communications transitions. Read More »
The Truth About Lifeline
05.14.13
David Honig, Co-founder and President of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, tells the truth about the federal Lifeline program. Read More »
NYC official lambastes Verizon on lagging FiOS build-out
05.10.13
New York City's public advocate scolded Verizon for failing to deliver FiOS to the city's low-income neighborhoods. Read More »
Making U.S. Internet high speed
05.10.13
While the cost of transmitting data has dropped precipitously in the last 20 years, consumer speeds and prices remained the same. Read More »
Getting to Gigabit
05.07.13
Webcast of "Getting to Gigabit: The Future of Broadband for Anchor Institutions and Their Communities." Read More »
Libraries build public’s online access
05.07.13
A new report details how the U.S. libraries have used federal BTOP funds to improve broadband access and adoption. Read More »
Restricting Lifeline program funding won’t make it more efficient
04.30.13
The authors denounce the "many misleading characterizations of the Lifeline program that are poisoning meaningful discourse." Read More »
Expanding Lifeline to include broadband
04.28.13
House Democrats introduced a bill to expand federal phone subsidy to broadband service. Read More »
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