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Tag Archives: fcc
Rural Broadband Providers Work with FCC to Meet Internet Needs of Students in Low-Income Families
Hundreds of Rate-of-Return Carriers Will Provide Discounts and Service Upgrades to Help Families Obtain Needed Broadband Services- WASHINGTON, October 1, 2020-The Federal Communications Commission this week enabled hundreds of rural broadband providers to offer discounts and service upgrades to families … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, connectivity, COVID-19, digital learning, e-rate, fcc, Low income, students
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July 12th: Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do online. If they get their way, they’ll allow widespread throttling, blocking, censorship, and extra fees. On July 12th, the Internet will … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, education policy, fcc, internet, internet services, July, net neutrality, protest
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FCC Releases Digital Inclusion Plan: “Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion”
With this plan, several of the following goals laid out in the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order are or can be realized. First, this plan marks another step in the Commission’s efforts to better understand non-price barriers to digital inclusion and … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Articles/Reports, Uncategorized
Tagged digital divide, digital equity, digital inclusion, equity, fcc, plan
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How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the Early 1900s
ZENA, Okla. — From the sofa in his living room, Clinton Creason can see the electric pole outside that his father staked 70 years ago to bring power to this remote area of hilly cattle pastures. Electricity came late here … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, connectivity, e-rate, fcc, high speed access, high speed internet, nh broadband, rural
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Historic Vote Will Connect More Low-Income Families to Internet
Now low-income students and families across the country will now have greater opportunities to benefit from broadband access at school and at home! Earlier this month, the Alliance for Excellent Education filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) … Continue reading
Guide to Federal Funding of Broadband Projects
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s BroadbandUSA initiative released a guide to key federal programs that offer funding for broadband-related projects. NTIA intends this guide to answer questions from communities on how to access federal funding to support broadband planning, … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, connectivity, Department of Commerce, e-rate, e-rate modernization, fcc, federal government, funding
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Measuring America’s Broadband Wants You!
Together, the FCC and SamKnows aim to provide America with reliable and accurate statistics of broadband performance. Volunteers will receive a purpose-built broadband measurement unit which can be plugged into the existing modem/router. This is called the SamKnows Whitebox. If … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, fcc, measure, SamKnows, testing, volunteer
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FCC Program Will Expand Broadband Access Across New Hampshire
Over 13,000 residents and businesses across New Hampshire will get broadband service for the first time as part of an FCC program to expand access across the country. The FCC, through its Connect America Fund, is giving more than $4 … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, Connect America Fund, Fairpoint, fcc, North Country
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FCC E-Rate Program Announces Carry-Forward of Unused Service Funds for 2015
Pursuant to section 54.709(a)(3) of the Commission’s rules, on January 30, 2015, the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) submitted projections of demand and administrative expenses for the federal universal service fund for the second quarter of 2015. According to USAC’s … Continue reading
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Tagged category 2, e-rate, e-rate modernization, fcc, funding, universal service
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FCC to define broadband as minimum 25Mbps
Summary: The Federal Communications Commission will likely raise the requirement for the definition of broadband up from 4 megabits per second download speeds to 25Mbps. The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to raise the minimum speeds allowed … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, connectivity, fcc, high speed access, high speed internet, internet, speed
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