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Submitted: May 17, 2007 - 9:41am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:20am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:20am
HEARING TODAY ON BROADBAND MAPPING BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The House Telecom & Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing on a draft bill that would establish in law that "high-speed" Internet access means "transmission at speeds allowing the user to download not less than 2 megabits per second and upload not less than 1 megabit per second." Moreover, the legislation would require the National Telecommunications & Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to collect more, and more precise, data on the rollout of broadband service in the US. The FCC would collect the data, and NTIA would be charged with coming up with a map showing exactly where, and what kind of, broadband service was available.
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* For more on the hearing see http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.051707.Witness.list.pdf
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