FCC Unveils Connect to Compete Plan
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday announced the “Connect to Compete” venture at the Pew Charitable Trust in Washington D.C. Connect to Compete will be overseen by One Economy, a leading non-profit focused on wide scale access to the Internet. According to the website statement “Connect to Compete is a national private and nonprofit sector partnership [...]
LightSquared And Broadbands Future
The Virginia based broadband startup LightSquared has experienced highs and lows on their road to revolutionizing the wireless industry. In two rulings, the FCC gave its blessing to Phil Falcone for the purchase of the company LightSquared on March 26, 2010, and for a waiver of FCC rules on Jan. 26, 2011. Since that time some [...]
FCC Eliminating Barriers To Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward in their effort to reduce the red tape and local government blocking of broadband implementation. On Wednesday the FCC launched an initiative to increase broadband deployment and eliminate these barriers. The Broadband Acceleration Conference being held on Wednesday will bring together federal, state and local governments as well [...]
FCC Chairman Proposes 100 mbps Speeds By 2020
Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski is proposing a National Broadband Plan that will expand high speed Internet service to most American homes. On Tuesday, while speaking in Washington D.C. at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners conference, Genachowski offered his “100 Squared” initiative which would bring 100 mega-bite-per-second broadband to 100 million U.S. [...]
