FIRMS TEAM UP TO OFFER INTERNET VIA SATELLITE IN TRANS-ATLANTIC PUSH
French satellite operator Eutelsat SA and U.S. equipment provider ViaSat Inc. have formed a partnership intended to make Internet access via satellite more competitive. The goal is to deliver faster,...
View ArticleTIME WARNER TO TEST INTERNET BILLING BASED ON USAGE
Time Warner Cable said on Wednesday it is planning a trial to bill high-speed Internet subscribers based on their amount of usage rather than a flat fee, the standard industry practice. The second...
View ArticleCalifornia Broadband Task Force reports
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commissioned the California Broadband Task Force (CBTF) to “remove barriers to broadband access, identify opportunities for increased broadband adoption, and enable the...
View ArticleILSR report on muni broadband
 A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) explores broadband options available to communities. It concludes that municipal investment in fiber is a must. The ILSR Report...
View ArticleCRITIQUES OF NATIONAL BROADBAND POLICY
The Benton Foundation today notes a number of recent critiques of USA national broadband policy, or the lack of it. FCC, BUSH HAVE FAILED ON BROADBAND REFORM [SOURCE: InfoWorld, AUTHOR: Matt Hamblen,...
View ArticleThe New York Law School DO TANK
DO TANK is shorthand for the Democracy Design Workshop of the Institute for Information Law & Policy at the New York Law School. DO TANK contains a dazzling range of worthy projects from online...
View ArticleISOC Initiatives 2008-2010
At the December 2007 Board of Trustees meeting held in Vancouver, ISOC presented plans for 2008 to 2010. Key to those plans were a series of new, longer term, more strategic activities which will...
View ArticleNYCBAC Queens public hearing audio
The New York Broadband Advisory Committee held its fourth Public Hearing on Monday Mar 3rd 2008 at LaGuardia Community College in Queens. ISOC-NY videotaped the meeting and the audio has been posted on...
View ArticleUniversal Broadband Grants for New York announced
Mar 19: New York Governor David A. Paterson announced that nine public/private sector partnerships will be the first recipients of grants from the New York State Council for Universal Broadband. The...
View ArticleA Framework For A National Broadband Policy (report)
In a new report from the Aspen Institute Professor Philip Weiser of the University of Colorado at Boulder offers a series of specific and concrete policy recommendations for expanding access,...
View ArticleFCC wants free broadband service, plus content filtering
An ars technica article reports that the Federal Communications Commission is looking for a bidder to provide nationwide free broadband service. A spokesperson for the Commission has told Ars that the...
View ArticleTim Wu on “the last mile”
ISOC-NY has an ongoing effort to mount a ‘last mile’ event centered around Tim Wu. Buried in an ars tecnica article today about his talk at NCMR are his likely themes. For those who believe that the US...
View ArticleJeff Jarvis Op-Ed in today’s NY Post
In “WAVELENGTH WAR” – an Op-Ed piece in today’s NY Post – CUNY journalism Prof. Jeff Jarvis gives unqualified support to the Google ‘white space’ proposal to open up to community wireless IP the...
View ArticleMarkey introduces bipartisan telecom accessibility bill
Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet today introduced the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Rep Heather...
View ArticleSupreme Court agrees to review ISP suit against AT&T
On Jun 23 the Supreme Court agreed to review a California suit where Linkline, an ISP, had accused AT&T of charging so much for wholesale access that the ISP could not compete. AT&T argues that...
View ArticleNYC TECH COMMITTEE TO HOLD WHITE SPACES HEARING
On Monday, September 29th at 10:00 AM, Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), Chair of the Technology in Government Committee, will hold a hearing regarding the FCC’s plans to shutdown the...
View ArticleVideo of NYC BTOP meeting
With the deadline for applications for the first round of grants from the $7.2bn set aside for broadband adoption projects in President Obama’s stimulus plan rapidly approaching (Aug14), members of...
View ArticleNew York City Community Fiber Meeting – Wed 9/9/09
New York City Community Fiber Presentation, Discussion and Partnership Meeting NYCCF invites you, elected representatives, city employees, and other community-based organizations for a presentation of...
View ArticleVideo of Community Fiber Meeting
Below the jump find video from the NYC Community Fiber Project meeting held at DCTV on Sep 9 2009. It is split into 5 segments: 1. Gathering – participants identify themselves and there is some...
View ArticleISOC-NY EVENT: Building tomorrow’s broadband – Nov 17 2010
Discussion of Net Neutrality has often involved policy discussions about regulating or rationing bandwidth as a scarce resource. On Wednesday, November 17th, ISOC-NY will host a panel with people who...
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