By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, June 15 - In an effort to increase the data that the Federal Communications Commission has available as it designs broadband policies, on Thursday the FCC ordered broadband providers to provide the agency with more detailed information.
For the past eight years, broadband providers had to provide the FCC with semi-annual […]
Entries Tagged as 'FCC'
FCC Releases Broadband Data Order For Census-Tract Data
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Broadband Census · Connect Kentucky · Connected Nation · FCC · broadband data
Digital Inclusion About More Than Connectivity, Says One Economy CEO
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
By Drew Clark, Editor, BroadbandCensus.com
WASHINGTON, June 2 - Ensuring that all Americans have access to broadband is about more than ensuring high-speed Internet connectivity, said the CEO of the One Economy, a non-profit organization promoting a philosophy of “digital inclusion.”
In addition to ensuring that broadband is present, affordable and available for adoption by low-income Americans, […]
Tags: FCC · Knight Foundation · One Economy · OneCommunity · digital divide · digital inclusion
Supreme Court Will Hear Indecency Case
March 18th, 2008 · No Comments
By Drew Clark
Here’s a maxim for Supreme Court watchers: the high court likes to be entertained.
The justices’ decision to take the Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations case means that the court will finally hear a case pitting broadcast-style indecency regulation against the more recent rulings that the First Amendment forbids restrictions on the […]
In Comcast vs. Verizon, Comcast is Down Two Counts
February 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
By Drew Clark
Dominance in the broadband market is a battle of both technology and politics. Right now Comcast, America’s leading cable company, is losing on both counts.
Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen emerged from the Federal Communications Commission’s hearing on Internet practices in Cambridge, Mass., as unable to defend himself and his company against charges […]
Tags: FCC · Uncategorized · comcast · net neutrality · network managment · verizon
National Public Radio on Kevin Martin
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
National Public Radio kicked off a four-part series on the Federal Communications Commission with a profile of Kevin Martin. I’m interviewed by Neda Ulaby, who quotes me as describing Kevin Martin as “Nixonian.”
Kevin Martin’s Contentious Turn at Helm of FCC
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All Things Considered, February 5, 2008 · FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has […]
Tags: FCC · Kevin Martin
The Launch of BroadbandCensus.com
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
By Drew Clark
BroadbandCensus.com, a new Web site designed to provide everyday Internet users with the ability to learn about broadband availability, competition, speeds and prices – in their local areas — launched January 31.
The information launched yesterday evening on BroadbandCensus.com is really only the beginning. We understand that the information we have about local broadband […]
Tags: Broadband Census · FCC · broadband · broadband data
FCC Releases List of Participants for Media Ownership Hearing
October 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Plan on a big Halloween at the Federal Communications Commission! In addition to a full agenda — Internet-protocol enabled services, a proceeding that has been lingering since 2004, plus two new orders likely to boost the fortunes of Bell companies AT&T and Verizon Communications (exclusive service contracts for apartment buildings, and potential delays in local […]
Tags: FCC · att · media ownership · verizon
FTC Report on Broadband Resurrects Freedom of Service Information
July 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
By Drew Clark
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2007 – The Federal Trade Commission intends to monitor the information that telecom and cable companies provide about high-speed Internet service in the service plans they offer to customers, according to a report issued last week by the agency.
The FTC asserts in the report, released on June 27, that since […]
Tags: FCC · antitrust · broadband · net neutrality
Google, Intel, Skype and Yahoo! Seek Rules for Bidding on Broadcast Frequencies
March 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Google, Intel, Skype and Yahoo! Seek Rules for Bidding on Broadcast Frequencies
By Drew Clark
WASHINGTON, March 7, 2007 – The country’s two satellite television companies have joined forces with four major technology companies and a wireless company to promote the auction of frequencies currently used by television broadcasters.
In a March 5 meeting at the Federal Communications […]
Tags: FCC · spectrum · wireless and spectrum
New House Subcommittee To Investigate Media Ownership
January 13th, 2007 · No Comments
New House Subcommittee To Investigate Media Ownership
By Drew Clark
MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 13, 2007 — A new House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, will turn its oversight to a range of government agencies, particularly the Federal Communications Commission, Kucinich announced here on Friday night.
Kucinich, a 2004 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination who stated […]


