Universality Archives
03.08.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The National Broadband Plan - set to be released later this month - will specifically outline a strategy for increasing broadband access in Indian Country. This strategy will include creating a separate fund to support deployment and adoption in Indian Country, improving data-gathering, helping tribal communities acquire technical skills and allowing tribal representatives to participate in the FCC University training programs at no cost. Read More »
03.05.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
Senate Antitrust chair Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) wrote a letter to NBC to express concern that some of its Internet coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympic games was available only to paid subscribers. Visitors to the NBC site who sought coverage of the Olympics - NBC and its sister stations were the exclusive domestic carriers of the games - had to first confirm they had a subscription to cable, satellite, or IPTV. Read More »
02.19.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
FCC Chairman Genachowski previewed features of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan in an announcement on January 16. Genachowski outlined a major component of the plan, a goal to have 100 million households at 100 megabits per second within 10 years. Read More »
02.17.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
At last month's Digital Empowerment Summit, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proclaimed that high speed Internet availability is the civil rights issue of our time. Read More »
01.28.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
In front of an audience of social justice advocates, the FCC's Blair Levin declared that "broadband can help people get access to better jobs, better education, better health care information and improved government services" - and it can broaden equality overall. Read More »
12.18.09
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
A report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows the U.S. with 26.7 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, or fifteenth among the thirty OECD member nations. Read More »
12.01.09
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The Communications Workers Union (CWU), the British telecom workers' union, is pushing to make the British national broadband plan more ambitious. The mobilization campaign, similar to Speed Matters, is directed at members of Parliament and other policy makers as the UK further develops its national broadband goals. Read More »
11.23.09
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The FCC task force charged with developing the National Broadband plan released an interim report stating that there are “critical gaps” that must be filled before American individuals and businesses can fully benefit from broadband technology.
The report identifies significant gaps in the federal Universal Service Fund, which doesn’t support broadband adoption and deployment despite over $7 billion spent to subsidize telecommunications annually. Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-5) recently introduced the Broadband Affordability Act – endorsed by CWA – which would address many of these problems. Read More »
11.20.09
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The Alliance for Public Technology (APT) - a Speed Matters partner - has re-launched as the National Broadband Resource Center (NBRC). The new organization will focus on spurring broadband adoption and innovation. Read More »
11.13.09
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The persistent divide between those who enjoy high speed Internet at home and those who do not is increasingly problematic, according to a report from the US Broadband Coalition. The report, "Bridging the Gap," details specific recommendations to increase broadband adoption and use. Read More »
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