Thursday, September 24th, 2009
By Andrew Feinberg, Deputy Editor, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2009 - A national broadband strategy must take steps to stimulate adoption and use of technology at a variety of levels, said a report by the U.S. Broadband Coalition, which presented the report at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday.
The coalition, a non-profit organization made up of more than 160 organizations that provide or depend on broadband services, came together to push for a national broadband plan in mid-2008.
The release of the group's report is the culmination of 18 months of work that predates the passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act when the coalition issued a "call to action" to organize and create a national broadband strategy.
FCC broadband czar Blair Levin welcomed the group's comprehensive report. Facts needed for the commission to construct a national broadband plan are "not in the record...and not at the FCC," he said.
If the government is to invest in broadband, there must be a "level of clarity...a level of certainty...about those facts," Levin cautioned. And when it comes to data and facts, the FCC needs help gathering facts to fulfill its charge from Congress, he said: "I have to tell you, we don't have that."
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
For Immediate Release
Editor's Note: This press release, issued earlier this evening, is reprinted here as a public service by BroadbandCensus.com. Broadband Census Data LLC is a memer of the U.S. Broadband Coalition, and Executive Director Drew Clark serves as co-chair of the Metrics Working Group, with Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. For more information about the news and data operations of BroadbandCensus.com, please see below.
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2009 – The U.S. Broadband Coalition, an unprecedented coalition of more than 160 organizations pressing for a comprehensive national broadband strategy, announced the release of its report at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, September 24, 2009.
The non-profit coalition includes large and small communications providers of all kinds, high technology companies, manufacturers, labor unions, educational institutions, utilities, consumer groups, public interest organizations, units of state and local government, and many other stakeholders committed to advancing America’s broadband future.
The “Report of the U.S. Broadband Coalition on a National Broadband Strategy,” to be released at 9 a.m. in the main commission meeting room of the FCC, is the culmination of more than 18 months’ of effort to coalesce a wide variety of views into a single document.
The report...
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