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- Broadband Buzz
The telecom blogosphere is rife with reaction to the details of the $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding. (Acronym reminders: NOFA – Notice of Funds Availability; NTIA – National Telecommunications and Information Administration; RUS – Rural Utilities Service)Here are some snippets. Vince Vittore, Yankee Group: “Probably the most disappointing of the multiple definitions offered up by this NOFA. Broadband under ...
- Broadband Stimulus: Feds Unveil Funding Details
The federal government has, at last, spelled out who may seek the grants and loans provided in the broadband portion of the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and the process for doing so. The responsible agencies – the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration – also have clarified questions surrounding the definition of broadband; the ...
- Cablevision’s Remote Access DVR Gets Court Go-Ahead
Cablevision Corp. has won a lawsuit filed by The Copyright Alliance.The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that Cablevision’s network-based DVR service does not violate federal copyright laws. The Copyright Alliance, appealing the case to the high court, contended otherwise. Cablevision’s Remote Access DVR service will let users watch their recorded content from anywhere, not just on their home-based set-top ...
- FCC Puts Smack Down on Forbearance ‘Gamesmanship’
It’s a new day at the FCC. Julius Genachowski has taken his place as chairman, Michael Copps has returned to his commissioner’s seat and Jonathan Adelstein has departed to head the Rural Utilities Service. Genachowski received full Senate confirmation last week and, on Monday, announced his new staff. That same day, then-Acting Chairman Michael Copps made good on one lingering ...
- Phoenix Center Calls for Better Analysis of High Capacity Services
Arguments Used to Support Further Price Regulation of Special Access Services are "Surprisingly Weak and Incomplete" WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Phoenix Center Policy Paper released today explores many of the arguments made to demonstrate market power in, and the concurrent need for regulation of, high capacity special access services and finds them wanting. "The decision to regulate ...
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