Key Factors for Successful Community Media Initiatives
The ongoing need for community media programs has much to do with the dearth of diverse voices and representation within mainstream media outlets.
Blogs
Analysis
Analysis
On Defining the Third Way
Regarding Reclassification: A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification
Benton Editorial
Benton Editorial
Evaluating BTOP - A Step in the Right Direction
By Charles Benton
Bringing Broadband to People with Low Incomes
Bringing Broadband to People with low Incomes
Overcoming Comcast and Paving the Way for Universal Service Reform
Regarding Reclassification: A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification
Yesterday, during a Senate Commerce committee hearing focused on the important task of modernizing the Universal Service Fund, Senators and FCC Commissioners again called into concern the FCC's current authority over broadband and what that lack of authority may mean for improvements to the Universal Service Fund.
Analysis
Analysis
On Day 100, A New Tool To Track The National Broadband Plan
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
-- Peter Drucker
The National Broadband Plan Needs the Third Way
Regarding Reclassification: A series of blog posts exploring the legal landscape of Communications Act Title I and II reclassification
Benton Editorial
Benton Editorial
Day 1 of the National Broadband Plan
Charles Benton
March 16, 2010
To paraphrase poet Robert Burns,
"The best laid plans of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!"
Benton Editorial
Benton Editorial
Why We Must Measure the Results of the $7.2 Billion in ARRA Broadband Funding
By Charles Benton and Kate Williams Ph.D.
On December 17, Vice President Joe Biden began rolling out $2 billion in broadband stimulus grants. Grants to extend broadband's reach across the country will be announced over the next 75 days.
Why is broadband data and research so critical? ARRA-funded projects represent an unprecedented opportunity to fill the enormous knowledge gap we have with respect to what works and what does not work in broadband deployment and broadband adoption.
Benton Editorial
Benton Editorial
Think People
Remarks of Charles Benton
Co-Chair Adoption & Use Committee, U.S. Broadband Coalition
Federal Communications Commission
November 13, 2009
People are the "killer app." From e-mail, to digital pictures, to today's social media, connecting people to people has always been a motivating force for getting people on and keeping them on the Internet. And the value of the network grows and grows with each additional person on it.