FCC Open Meeting (November 2009)

The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan team seems to be thinking reward the inefficient and to tax the affluent. For some reason the task force does not seem to be able to admit that broadband service in the United States is too expensive for a lot of people.

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to impose a "shot clock" for siting tower applications, or the process wireless carriers must follow to install new wireless antennas and nodes on towers to expand cell phone networks.

Earlier this week at the Commission meeting, the Broadband Task Force outlined key gaps that need to be addressed before the U.S. can enjoy universal broadband. There are gaps in the public safety and homeland security sector that are important and worth highlighting.

Lightening-fast innovations are taking place throughout technology, except for one area: the television.

The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, outlining the hurdles the U.S. needs to overcome to improve the availability of high-speed Internet access.

The task force gathering data and developing draft proposals for the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan has identified critical gaps in the nation's policies, programs and practices that must be filled before America can take advantage of the technological advantages that universal adoption and deployment of affordable, robust broadband can bring.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski raised doubts that the FCC would be able to figure out just what the spectrum demands of will be, but made it clear that the wireless industry would need more.

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to impose a "shot clock" for siting tower applications, or the process wireless carriers must follow to install new wireless antennas and nodes on towers to expand cell phone networks.

The box on top of your television may be holding back broadband.

There's not enough spectrum for mobile broadband. A federal fund for phone service needs to be repurposed to include broadband. Consumers should be told the truth about the Internet access speeds they pay for. These are the problems identified by the Federal Communications Commission as obstacles in its effort to blanket the country with high-speed Internet service.

Today the Federal Communications Commission will lay out the case for expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to making it widely available.

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan team will voice warnings about gaps -- gaps in broadband deployment, adoption and usage that are big enough for a consumer to fall through.

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10am.

Less than a week since the Federal Communications Commission's last meeting, the Commission is already planning for next month. Chairman Julius Genachowski released a tentative agenda with two items: 1)...