The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it had done as many (including those of us at CheapInternet.com) wanted, and struck down an array of state and local laws that inhibit or prohibit municipal broadband networks.
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Government idiocy in action: FCC mandates higher broadband speeds for everyone
Just when we thought the FCC was developing a rational plan to bring affordable, high-speed broadband to the financially disadvantaged who need it most, they screw it up. Royally.
Read the full article →Obama throws support behind municipal high-speed broadband networks. And that’s great news for you.
We applaud the White House’s decision to promote gigabit municipal networks. Other potential solutions to eliminating the Digital Divide between high-speed internet adoption rates of America’s rich and its poor seem to be slow in coming.
Read the full article →If the FCC wants faster broadband speeds, it should end state bans on municipal broadband networks
The FCC can decrease the Digital Divide and promote faster internet service across the country by overturning state bans on municipal broadband networks.
Read the full article →Why aren’t rural Americans signing up for high-speed internet?
Broadband is rapidly expanding into rural America, but the Americans who live in these out-of-the-way areas aren’t exactly knocking down the doors of telecom providers to demand the service.
Read the full article →A BOLD PREDICTION: Lifeline Broadband will be here by the end of 2014
We predict that a nationwide roll-out of Lifeline Broadband (Lifeline Internet) will be announced before the end of 2014. Plus, five other details.
Read the full article →Controversy erupts: FCC approves $5 billion for school and library wifi
After a figurative slugfest, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a $5 billion five year plan to build wifi networks in America’s schools and libraries.
Read the full article →House of Representatives votes to ban municipal internet services
The House of Representatives voted last week to keep the Obama Administration from overturning bans on municipally-owned internet service.
Read the full article →FCC to double spending on high-speed internet in schools and libraries
When President Obama promised to bring high speed internet access to 20 million students in 15,000 American schools, many people wondered where he’d find the money to make it happen. Now we have the answer.
Read the full article →50% of public school’s classrooms don’t have wireless access, but change is in the air
Only 39% of public schools and 50% of classrooms currently offer wireless network access for the whole school.
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