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Nov 2017 BCoE Newsletter
Hello,
This month we are revisiting the Federal Communication Commission's process on transferring broadcast spectrum to create platform for rural broadband.
The issue also contains informationprovided by UNH's Brian Shepperd regarding a field hearing in New Hampshire focusing on broadband. Read More...
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Nov 2017 BCoE Newsletter
November, 2017
Hello,
This month we are revisiting the Federal Communicatin Commission's process on transferring broadcast spectrum to create a platform for rural broadband.
The issue also contains information provided by UNH's Bridan Shepperd reagarding a field hearing in New Hampshire focusing on broadband.
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FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report
Wireless broadband usage skyrocketing, but 10% of
Americans still lack access to fixed broadband
Once again the FCC has issued its annual report on the progress of making broadband available to all Americans and once again it has found the deployment of fixed broadband wanting, particularly in rural and tribal areas. But there has been some progress, the Commission said, at least in urban areas.
That is the overview found in the 85-page document issued at the end of January 2016... Read More
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The New Age of Internet
April, 2015
The New Age of Internet, now regulated like a utility, formally began in mid-March with the issuance of the rules to "protect" the web which the Federal Communications Commission approved about two weeks earlier.
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A test bed for mobile broadband performance
The FCC’s mobile speed-test app gets an enthusiastic early reception.
The Android app was installed 30,000 times in two days, says the FCC.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is getting lots of takers for its mobile broadband speed test.
FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel tweeted on Nov. 22 that the app has been installed more than 30,000 times, suggesting the commission will have a meaningful sample size to gauge the performance of mobile broadband networks.
The app is part of a broader FCC effort called “Measuring Broadband America” that aims to improve Americans’... Read More
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2013 FCC Internet Access Services Report
April, 2013
Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2012
Industry Analysis and Technology Division Wireline Competition Bureau December 2013
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Why 'open' isn't 'neutral'
Thanks to Flickr user Lens Envy for the image
In the debate over U.S. Internet policy, the two terms are often confused...and confusing.
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The Net Has Never Been Neutral (National Journal)
Author: Stewart Schley
One of the brain-twisting elements involved in the roiling debate over U.S. Internet regulation is the difference between two concepts that are central to the policy argument.
The first is the idea of an “open Internet” and the second is the much-used... Read More
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Services, not just speed, should determine broadband classification
Symmetrical performance should be the goal for a new broadband definition, UNH BCoE suggests.
An updated definition of advanced service capability should consider more than raw speed, UNH BCoE suggests.
In considering a new definition of what constitutes “broadband” Internet connectivity, the Federal Communications Commission should consider performance levels necessary to convey a base set of services that flow over high-speed networks, more so than “raw” measures of speed.
That’s among the recommendations made by the UNH Broadband Center of Excellence in its submission to the FCC... Read More
