Stimulus Fund Dispersal Tightrope
A new government report out last week says that the $7.2 billion federal program, created for expanding broadband access to the most under served areas, is lacking the information and safeguards needed to avoid fraud and abuse. As part of February’s federal stimulus package, the U.S. Commerce and Agriculture Departments were given stimulus funds to [...]
UK May Force ISP’s To Store Data
The Home Office of the U.K. plans to require ISP’s to store records of all e-mail, social networking and web-traffic, including information from some online games. The Internet Service Provider’s Association, in a letter to the Home Office says, “The proposals go far beyond the present rules for storing telephone data and would have a [...]
Net Neutrality Causing a Debate Over Wireless
The Net Neutrality clause in Sec. 12 of the Broadband Policy- “It is the policy of the United States- To maintain the freedom to use for lawful purpose’s broadband telecommunications networks, including the Internet, without unreasonable interference from or discrimination by network operators, as has been the policy and history of the Internet and the basis [...]
Congressman Seeks Changes For Broadband Rules
Congressman Rick Boucher, Chairman of Communications, Technology and Internet, has expressed concern over the strict nature of existing broadband rules for remote communities that are within 50 miles of a city with a population of no less than 20,000. In his opening statement to the subcommittee in the second hearing for the ARRA, Boucher states, “Almost [...]
Top ISPs Foregoing Stimulus Funds
Top broadband service providers like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon are unlikely to apply for stimulus funds according to an article in The Washington Post. The first deadline for the stimulus funds is August 20, 2009. Most of these carriers know the stimulus funds come with additional oversight including the Net Neutrality Bill. The top carriers [...]
Commerce Department Changes Rules for ISP’s
The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Friday that Internet service providers in America do not have to provide information formally required of them. With this decision, the ISP’s will not share how much money they make from each Internet subscriber nor will they say how fast their Internet connections typically run. The ISP’s prefer to [...]
