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What Others are Saying: the FCC and Title II | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. What Others are Saying: the FCC and Title II. In February, the Federal Communications Commission chose to impose Title II requirements on the Internet in a partisan 3-2 vote. Rather than working with Congress to find a bipartisan way to ensure the Internet remains open in America, the FCC overreached its authority, unilaterally imposing a Depression-era regulatory framework through heavy-handed executive fiat. What Others are Saying: Technology Voices.
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Calendar | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Latest From The Blog. New Factsheet - Diverse Groups File Amicus Briefs in Support of Open Internet Petitioners. September 9, 2015. Petitioners on Archaic Internet Regulation: The Court Should Vacate the FCC's Order. August 5, 2015. Navigating the Network of Networks: The Internet Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Less than 20 years ago, there were only a few million Internet users, and most of them logged on using a dial-up connection. Today, we have.
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Press Releases | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Following is listing of Broadband for America Press Releases. If you are a member of the media that would like to speak with Broadband for America, please reach out to us via our Media Inquiries page. New Broadband for America Report Sees Booming Demand for Bandwidth Driven By New Users, Internet of Things. The Future of Broadband. August 16, 2012. Broadband for America Coalition Applauds Bipartisan Resolution. June 20, 2012. April 26, 2012. Ensuring ...
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Interconnection: How The Internet Connects. August 21, 2014. Interconnection: How The Internet Connects. August 21, 2014. Div id=media-youtube-2 class=media-youtube div id=media-youtube-default-external-2 object type=application/x-shockwave-flash height=327 width=552 data=http:/ www.youtube.com/v/eK9OLa3tYgw&rel=0&enablejsapi=1&playerapiid=ytplayer&fs=1 id=media-youtube-default-external-object-2 param name=movie...August 21, 2014.
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Broadband Adoption | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Broadband adoption is a different issue than access to broadband. Adoption rates - that is the percentage of households using broadband in areas where broadband is available - fluctuate largely based upon household income. However, once a household has elected a broadband connection the value of high-speed access to the Internet quickly becomes apparent. Improving broadband adoption rates for low-income households is crucial to improving their economi...
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Broadband Adoption | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Watch as BFA Honorary Co-Chair Michael Powell. Discusses digital inclusion at the Joint Minority Caucus Summit. Ava L Parker, President, Linking Solutions, Inc. Brent Wilkes, National Executive Director of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Chuck Wilsker, President and CEO, Telework Coalition. Daniel Kent, Student President, Net Literacy. Dave McClure, President, US Internet Industry Association. Don Kent, Chairman, Net Literacy.
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Public Safety | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Every new technology brings with it new threats. There were no car thefts before automobiles were built. There were no airline hijackings before there were airplanes. The enormous efficiencies which have been built into broadband internet overwhelm the threats which have arisen. Navigating the Network of Networks: The Internet Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Latest From Public Safety. FCC Workshop Investigates Cyber Threats to Critical Communications I...
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Title II Regulation – An Internet Tax on Millions of Consumers | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Title II Regulation An Internet Tax on Millions of Consumers. Posted January 8th, 2015 by broadbandcms. According to a study. By the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), regulating the Internet as a public utility would cause consumer fees and taxes to skyrocket. New state and local fees would increase by up to $11 billion per year. Federal Universal Service Fees on broadband services would increase to over $2 billion per year. PPI Policy Brief: Outdat...
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Economy | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. The broadband industry has been a bright spot in an otherwise dark economic environment. The broadband industry has collectively invested over $120 billion in research, equipment and people over the past two years and shows no sign of reducing those investments in faster speeds, wider availability and greater customer choice. Many sites commercial and not-for-profit now exist to post job listings in a wide variety of areas and a wide range of compensa...
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Issues | Broadband for America
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Sign Up for Updates. Please select all that applies]. Broadband access to the Internet is now available to 95 percent of the U.S. population. Given the scale of that achievement (the sheer size of the country and 312 million population) the easy thing to do would be to have a big balloon drop and move on to finding a solution to some other problem. When we talk about broadband adoption there are a number of issue areas which must be addressed:. Broadband provides critical learning resources and serves as...
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