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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,...

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TIME 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...

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California 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...

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ILSR 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...

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CRITIQUES 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,...

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The 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...

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ISOC 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...

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NYCBAC 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...

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Universal 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...

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A 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,...

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FCC 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...

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Tim 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...

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Jeff 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...

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Markey 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...

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Supreme 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...

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NYC 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...

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Video 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...

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New 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...

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Video 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...

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ISOC-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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