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Universal Service

Broadband Availability: The Dog that Didn’t Bark

by Jerry Ellig on March 3, 2010 • Comments

Only 4 percent of Americans say they don’t have broadband because it isn’t available where they live. But this figure didn’t make the headlines.

What’s Behind Google’s Broadband Plan?

by Gabriel Okolski on February 16, 2010 • Comments

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Is Google’s high-speed broadband network plan an entrepreneurial, competitive foray into the market or an elaborate lobbying attempt to secure government funding in the future?

The internet Bill of Rights?

by Stefanie Haeffele-Balch on January 21, 2010 • Comments

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Secretary of State Clinton has outlined essential internet freedoms that go beyond the Bill of Rights and into universal service.

Thin Tablets, 3DTV, and Bureaucrats

by Gabriel Okolski on January 12, 2010 • Comments

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Government’s participation at the Consumer Electronics Show brought to light industry concerns over state involvement in the tech sector, and policymakers would be wise to pay attention.

Mississippi leads the nation …

by Jerry Ellig on January 6, 2010 • Comments

Released on December 31, the 2009 Universal Service Monitoring Report reveals which states are the biggest net gainers and which states are the biggest net payers into the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund.

Some good ideas in the FCC’s National Broadband Plan

by Jerry Ellig on December 17, 2009 • Comments

The National Broadband Plan outline discussed by FCC staff yesterday shows that good ideas supported by evidence eventually matter.

Is the FCC jumping the gun on broadband and the universal service fund?

by Jerry Ellig on December 2, 2009 • Comments

The FCC’s chairman and broadband task force have announced that they want to include universal service reform in the FCC’s national broadband plan even before the public comment period on this topic has closed. Far from jumping the gun, they are simply recognizing what everyone who follows universal service has known for years.