Study on Rapid Fiber Growth in North America
The Fiber Broadband Association and RVA, LLC released a new report on the rapid growth of the North American fiber broadband industry. Key findings include:
December 2018
How Whatsapp Fuels Fake News and Violence in India (Wired)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:49Q2 2018 Report: TV still the dominant media, but more young adults are connecting via Internet (Nielsen)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:48What Google’s CEO told Congress about China — and what he didn’t (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:46Daily Digest 12/12/2018
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:44Daily Digest 12/11/2018 (Broadband Mapping)
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Who makes the rules in the new Gilded Age?
The digital era has spurred tremendous advancements throughout human society, but it has also led to immense instability and inequality. Now, a handful of companies maintain unfettered dominance over key components of economic activity, with little signs of slowing. In this paper, Tom Wheeler sheds light on the issues of the information age by demonstarting its parallels with the Gilded Age, during which rapid industrial expansion led to centralized power and eventually gave way to massive reforms.
Poor people should get slower internet speeds, American ISPs tell FCC
In a letter recording a meeting between the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) and the legal advisors to two Federal Communications Commission commissioners, the industry group "emphasized that the Commission’s goals would be better served by directing support to areas that lack any service at all and those that have access only below 10/1 Mbps." "WISPA supports the Commission’s goal that all consumers nationwide, including in rural areas, should ultimately have access to 25/3 M
Broadband too slow in more than a quarter of UK homes
More than a quarter of UK homes do not have fast enough broadband to cope with a typical family’s internet needs. Just over 26% of the UK’s estimated 28 million households are getting by on speeds of less than 10Mbps, the level the media regulator, Ofcom, says is the bare minimum requirement for a modern household. “This research lays bare the extent of the UK’s digital divide,” said Dani Warner, a broadband expert at uSwitch. “Streets that are relatively close geographically can be light years apart when it comes to the download speeds they are getting.”