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By Charles Benton

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama said our generation’s Sputnik moment is upon us. President Obama likened our recent economic setbacks to a key moment in October 1957 when Americans saw our scientific leadership in the world fall from first to second as a small beeping sphere sped through the night sky. I strongly agree. And I see broadband as a key element in our response to Sputnik 2.

The ongoing need for community media programs has much to do with the dearth of diverse voices and representation within mainstream media outlets.

Regarding Reclassification:  A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification

By Charles Benton

Bringing Broadband to People with low Incomes

Regarding Reclassification:  A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification

Yesterday, during a Senate Commerce committee hearing focused on the important task of modernizing the Universal Service Fund, Senators and FCC Commissioners again called into concern the FCC's current authority over broadband and what that lack of authority may mean for improvements to the Universal Service Fund.

"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
-- Peter Drucker

Regarding Reclassification:  A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification

Charles Benton

March 16, 2010

To paraphrase poet Robert Burns,

"The best laid plans of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!"

By Charles Benton and Kate Williams Ph.D.

On December 17, Vice President Joe Biden began rolling out $2 billion in broadband stimulus grants. Grants to extend broadband's reach across the country will be announced over the next 75 days.

Why is broadband data and research so critical? ARRA-funded projects represent an unprecedented opportunity to fill the enormous knowledge gap we have with respect to what works and what does not work in broadband deployment and broadband adoption.