Articles Posted with the Communications Workers of America Tag
National Broadband Plan, Net Neutrality
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Summit Speakers Want More Broadband Access For Minorities, Criticize Net Neutrality
Blog Entries, Broadband Data, Expert Opinion
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
‘Broadband Census for America’ United Scholars and State Officials
By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON – September 29, 2009 – From the beginning, BroadbandCensus.com has aimed at providing academics, consumers, government officials and industry with the high-quality data needed about the state of broadband throughout the country. We believe in public and transparent broadband data. Without public and transparent broadband data, each of these constituents are lacking in what they need. It is heartening that the highest levels of the Obama administration see and espouse the virtues of transparency and of a data-driven approach to broadband policy. Again today, it came clear that the FCC now seeks to do that which BroadbandCensus.com has been doing since February 2008 – comparing actual speeds with advertised speeds – on an even more finely grained basis. Now comes the hard part: translating the rhetoric and positive feelings about public and open broadband data into concrete decisions that will drive better-quality broadband data. Last week I began this five-part series during One Web Week. I focused on the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain broadband data in 2006, and on the founding of BroadbandCensus.com in the fall of 2007. Much has happened on broadband data in the past week: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a new...FCC Workshops, National Broadband Plan
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Broadband Now Essential to Online Jobs Searching, Say FCC Panelists
By Christina Kirchner, Reporter-Researcher, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2009 – The Federal Communication Commission’s August 26 workshop on high-speed internet’s impact on job training extolled the virtues of broadband for the delivery of employment services and job training. Whether searching for jobs positions, or online research of employment opportunities, workshop panelists agreed that dial-up service could not be used in this day and age. “The speed of internet helps to improve online classes,” said Heather McKay, the director of innovative training and workforce development at the Rutgers University. “It helps to navigate through the course work they need [on line] and it also helps them submit it faster.” It not only benefits the education realm, but also the job market. Yvette Herrera, senior director education and communications and from the Communications Workers of America, discussed two programs the union has set up to help maintain job security and to help with teaching workers obtainable skills that are needed. “Online programs help workers gain the skills in fields were the technology is changing,” she said. Telecommunications is an example of such field. Even with such programs available, there were still some problems with accessing it for the reasons of lacking computers or lacking high speed internet. McKay said that...Broadband Data, Broadband's Impact
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Broadband Investment Spurs Business Growth and Job Creation, Studies Find
By Douglas Streeks, Reporter-Researcher, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2009 - Broadband investment, deployment and adoption in the United States will bring significant benefits to the economy, and facilitate business growth and job creation, according to a study commission by the Internet Innovation Alliance, and other groups. According to the July 2009 study, done by Mark Dutz, Jonathan Orszag and Robert Willig of Compass Lexecon, consumers in the U.S. are receiving “more than $30 billion of net benefits from the use of fixed-line broadband at home, with broadband increasingly being perceived as a necessity.” The study, titled “The Substantial Consumer Benefits of Broadband Connectivity for U.S. Households,” [PDF] examined specific ways broadband benefits consumers and it’s overall effect on the economy. The Internet Innovation Alliance is telecom- and technology-industry supported group urging a national broadband policy. According to the study, the benefits to consumers are “on the order of $32 billion per year,” compared to roughly $20 billion in 2005. Based on 2009 survey data, the study estimates that a 10-fold increase in broadband speeds would yield an additional $6 billion a year for existing home broadband users. Further, this data only takes into account the effects of fixed-line internet connections. “The sizable benefits...Broadband Stimulus
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Broadband and Economic Development: How Deep is the Alliance?
News | NTIA-RUS Forums | Day 6, Sessions 3
By Ken Austin, Special Correspondent, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2009 – The final session of the NTIA/RUS public forums on implementing broadband stimulus legislation focused on the role that broadband deployment can play in economic development Bob Atkinson of the Columbia University Institute for Tele-Information, and the moderator for most of the sessions in a marathon six days of public meetings by the Commerce and Agriculture Departments, set the session in motion by asking the panelists and public to “provide the NTIA and RUS with good ideas about how we promote community economic development through the broadband stimulus program.” Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Agriculture’s Department’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) co-sponsored the six days’ worth of joint meetings. Of the total, four days’ sessions were held in the Commerce Department’s auditorium, and two day’s worth were held in Las Vegas and Flagstaff, Ariz. The topic of community economic development on Tuesday brought the jobs creation provision of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) under the spotlight. It also brought out a diverse contingent of eight panelists. The panelists were the U.S. Pan-Asian-American Chamber of Commerce, the National Rural Health Association, the National Emergency...Commentary, Expert Opinion
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Broadband Infrastructure Investments Need Transparency, Says BroadbandCensus.com
Commentary
By Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director, Broadband Census.com
WASHINGTON, February 9, 2009 - In a guest op-ed in Ars Technica, I caution that the broadband infrastructure investments planned as part of the economic stimulus package need transparency if they're to be effective. Follow this link to the article. Or visit the main page of Ars Technica.viagra
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Documents
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Communications Workers of America Proposals to Stimulate Broadband Investment
Broadband Documents
Communications Workers of America Proposals to Stimulate Broadband Investment
Editor's Note: This document was provided by the Communications Workers of America on January 8, 2009. It is dated January 7, 2009, the the PDF of the document is available here. Or visit the BroadbandCensus.com Broadband Wiki. Government programs to stimulate broadband investment will create jobs and help jumpstart our economy in the short-term while strengthening our nation’s competitiveness in the long-term. Every $5 billion invested in broadband infrastructure will generate 97,500 jobs in the telecommunications, computer, and IT sectors with multiplier effects throughout the economy. A seven percentage point increase in broadband adoption will create or save 2.4 million jobs annually. Accelerating the build-out of America’s advanced communications networks will assure economic growth, innovation, and job creation. Deployment of universal, affordable broadband also will help reduce health care costs, address our energy crisis, improve education and enhance the delivery of government services. To be most effective, a broadband stimulus program should address: 1) slow broadband networks compared to our international competitors; 2) lack of broadband availability in rural areas; and 3) broadband affordability and digital illiteracy. 1. Fund S.1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act (P.L. 110-385). Cost: $335 million...Broadband Stimulus
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
President-Elect Obama Urges ‘Expanding Broadband’ and Stimulus Proposals Proliferate
News
By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, January 8, 2009 – President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that “expanding broadband lines across America” was a key component of the economic plan that he is putting together and for which he is seeking Congressional passage. The announcement came on top of several detailed and specific proposals to include broadband-related investments to the stimulus package currently being considered by legislators and the incoming Obama administration. On Wednesday, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released its own eagerly-awaited proposal about the economic benefits of a broadband stimulus plan. It found that $30 billion technology investment would generate 949,000 jobs. The 22-page report, “The Digital Road to Recovery,” linked investment in broadband networks, health information technology and a “smart power grid,” and attempted to estimate job creation based upon a “network effect multiplier.” Some critics took aim at the proposal’s apparent emphasis on tax credits, as opposed to government grants, to undertake a massive deployment of fiber-optic technologies. Others suggested that in attempting to be technology-neutral, and not endorse a specific technology - like fiber-optics - ITIF’s proposal would lead to lower-grade broadband like cable modems or Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modems. The ITIF report found that a $10 billion investment in...Additional Pages
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