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FCC Drives Need for National Broadband Plan (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The FCC is in overdrive selling Congress, industry providers, and American citizens on the need to address the growing crisis faced by the United States. Today, the FCC unveiled more details of its National Broadband Plan, which will be officially presented to Congress next week.
FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways that wireless technologies can be used to deliver free or low-cost broadband services, as part of its National Broadband Plan.
U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
FCC Plan Asks for Govt.-Funded Broadband Training (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday provided a glimpse into its broadband plan draft proposal, which includes a digital literacy corps and an online skills portal to help people familiarize themselves with computers and the Web.
FCC Drives Need for National Broadband Plan (PC World)
Speaking at America's Digital Inclusion Summit at the Newseum today, FCC members continued to unveil details of the National Broadband Plan and stress how vital the proposed changes are for the future of information in the United States.
Future of broadband: Where data is broadcast using desk lamps (Science Daily)
In the future, getting a broadband connection might be as simple as flipping on a light switch. In fact, according to a group of researchers from Germany, the light coming from the lamps in your home could one day encode a wireless broadband signal.
Ministry likely to make broadband facilities mandatory components (The New Sabah Times)
TUARAN : Broadband facilities may be made a mandatory component for all housing projects in Sabah, said Local Government and Housing Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor.
FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband (PC World)
The FCC said it will consider ways to use wireless to offer free or low-cost broadband services to people who can't afford access.
Government accused of sitting on broadband feasibility report (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The Federal Opposition says the public has the right to see a study that examines the viability of the Government's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).
Alexander Howard: National Broadband Plan takes shape with Digital Literacy Corps, USF update (The Huffington Post)
Despite widespread deployment, nearly a third of Americans have not embraced broadband, said an attendee at the Digital Inclusion Summit, an event co-hosted by the Federal Communications Commission and the Knight Foundation.
