March 2007

E-rate support allows 100% of public libraries to provide free Internet access to their communities

E‐Rate supported connectivity allows 100% of public libraries to provide free Internet access to their communities.
(E-Rate: 10 Years of Connecting Kids and Community by Education and Library Networks Coalition and the national Coalition for Technology in Education and Training. February 2007.)

Today's Quote 03.02.07

"I can say I feel that a nondiscriminatory Internet is very important for a society based on the World Wide Web. I think that the communications medium is so important to society that we have to give it a special treatment."
-- Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Next Week's Agenda

A busy telecom agenda next week: the Freedom to Connect Conference; a discussion of wireless Net Neutrality; Columbus (OH) gets it say in the Media Ownership debate; and the House Telecom Committee discusses the future of radio. For these and other upcoming media policy events, see http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=event/2007/03/09/week/all/all/1

Berners-Lee pushes Congress on 'nondiscriminatory' Web

BERNERS-LEE PUSHES CONGRESS ON 'NONDISCRIMINATORY' WEB
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]

Consensus: e-Rate a success -- but still needed

CONSENSUS: E-RATE A SUCCESS -- BUT STILL NEEDED
[SOURCE: eSchool News]

Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND
[SOURCE: US Senate Commerce Committee]

FCC Officially Raises Station Ownership Cap to 39%

FCC OFFICIALLY RAISES STATION OWNERSHIP CAP TO 39%
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]

Tribune License Challenge & Newspaper Sale

UCC CHALLENGES TRIBUNE LICENSE RENEWALS IN HARTFORD
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]

FCC's McDowell says market key to Sirius deal

FCC'S MCDOWELL SAYS MARKET KEY TO SIRIUS DEAL
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Rachelle Younglai]