Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) talks tech regulation
A Q&A with Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA), who represents the CA district that houses the Apple and Google campuses and who has put forth a set of principles called the "Internet Bill of Rights".
November 2018
FCC Announces Lifeline National Verifier Launch in MO, NC, PA, and TN (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 15:35FCC Settles Nearly Two Dozen LED Sign Marketing Investigations (Federal Communications Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 15:34Ex-Facebook manager: black staffers face discrimination and exclusion (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 15:33Creative Funding Sources For Fiber Infrastructure (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 14:54
Government-subsidized internet crosses political boundaries in Southwest Virginia
Joe McNamara is heading to the Virginia House of Delegates with the promises of a red-blooded Republican, from reining in spending to avoiding tax increases. But the former Roanoke County supervisor is also a supporter of municipal broadband, where taxpayer funds are used to subsidize a government-owned internet service provider that competes directly with private companies like Comcast and Verizon. “It’s definitely, definitely something that whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, independent it really makes no difference,” McNamara said.
Centennial completes construction of 1-gigabit-per-second fiber network (Denver Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 14:33Editorial: The New Radicalization of the Internet (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/27/2018 - 14:31
Internet Access Services: Status as of June 30, 2017
This report summarizes information about Internet access connections in the United States as of June 30, 2017 as collected by FCC Form 477. For purposes of this report, Internet access connections are those in service, over 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction, and reported to the FCC through Form 477. Total Internet connections increased by about 3% between June 2016 and June 2017 to 409 million. Mobile Internet connections increased about 4% year-over-year to 303 million in June 2017, while fixed connections grew to 106 million – up about 2% from June 2016.