Posted Sep 02, 2010
Wall Street Journal By AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission officials said Chairman Julius Genachowski is still considering a proposal to re-regulate broadband access under more-stringent rules designed for phone services, and ask...
Posted Jul 29, 2010
BroadbandBreakfast.com WASHINGTON July 29, 2010- With a vote of 308- 114 the House has approved a supplemental appropriations, HR 4899, which eliminates previous amendments that would have rescinded broadband funding. As previously reported two separate a...
Posted Jul 19, 2010
Washington Post By Cecilia Kang The Federal Communications Commission will announce at its open meeting Thursday a plan to create a $400 million program that would bring broadband connections to rural healthcare providers.The effort, supported by money dr...
Posted Jul 15, 2010
The Hill By Sara Jerome The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Thursday to require technology companies to make products that can be used by people with disabilities.The Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act would require consumer...
Posted Jun 24, 2010
TMCnet DURHAM, Jun 23, 2010 (The Herald-Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Duke University's plan to spend $1 million to link its downtown office space more tightly with the campus computer network ran into a bit of a roadblock th...
Posted Jun 07, 2010
Wall Street Journal
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on how far the U.S. still has to go on the service front
For a chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski has an unusual background: He comes to the job from the technology i...
Posted Jun 02, 2010
National Journal By Juliana Gruenwald FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's broadband policies are under renewed criticism. This time, concerns are being raised by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers who represent rural districts and worry the FCC's nationa...
Posted May 27, 2010
New York Times By EDWARD WYATT WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it would begin soliciting public comments as part of a review and possible revision of its media ownership rules, which set limits on the ownershi...
Posted May 25, 2010
New York Times By EDWARD WYATT WASHINGTON — Two top Democratic legislators said Monday that they would begin a process to modernize telecommunications laws that were last overhauled in 1996 but barely mention the Internet.Senator John D. Rockefeller...
Posted May 25, 2010
The Hill By Gautham Nagesh Senate Republicans voiced their displeasure Monday with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) plans to reclassify broadband Internet access as a telecom service.37 Republican Senators signed a letter to FCC chairman Juli...
