When you hear talk about the FCC creating plans to create equal levels of internet access for all, most of those plans don’t really take in to account how to bridge the divide in urban and rural areas for minorities. The government does not have the money to do it on their own. They also seem to take a general swipe approach to how to solve the broadband problem without taking into account that problem [...]

As we all know, President Obama set the stage for change in his SOTU address where he made the bold claim that the country will have access to broadband for everyone. I’m sure that when people heard the speech that night, it was assumed that the execution on that vision would not start for some time. Well, on February 8th the FCC took a step and voted to overhaul the Universal Service Fund so that those funds can [...]

If you have read any of the technology or political news over the last weeks you most likely have seen that The FCC commissioner is  going to present his long awaited Net Neutrality proposal to the his commission and to the world this month. Organizations such as free press are already saying it’s not extreme enough ( Even though I’m not sure how they can say that when it’s not even out yet) and making [...]

I had several initial reactions to your piece but I knew that others would have knee-jerk, emotional reactions as people often do, and that type of reaction normally fuels these policy debates, but we never really get to real facts. Your article really only brings two feelings for me, and those are confusion and concern. First, I’m confused about what your goals are here. I’ve watched you write articles, give speeches and have even sat [...]

This post originally appeared on the huffingtonpost. You can see that post here After months of heated debate, intense partisan jockeying, goo-gobs of rhetoric being spun left and right and an exhaustive litany of hearings, comments and ex parte filings, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski finally announced that the Commission will, in fact, be voting on net neutrality rules during its December 21 meeting. While the official Order has yet to be released, it seems that [...]

I came across an interesting  article recently that struck a cord with me. The woman in article talks about how she remembers how she was taught basic technology concepts in school.  And by learning those concepts her comfort level for technology was nurtured even though she was not a “geek.” Her nostalgic look reminded of those times and how true she was. Schools did teach basic technology skills as part of their core activities and [...]

We have a tradition in our house. Every year my wife and I go out early on Black Friday just to say we were in the mix. We rarely buy anything but we always have stories to tell about what we see and what people are willing to do to get the best deal. This year the stores appeared to up the ante by opening as early as 10pm on Thanksgiving night and some stores [...]

This post originally appeared on the huffingtonpost. Now that the midterm elections are over I’ve been reading all the reactions from voters and have noticed a trend. A lot of people have openly admitted that they voted for a candidate that opposes President Obama’s policies just to send a message; also admitting that candidate was less qualified and that they essentially did it for spite. Once that really started to sink in, I thought about [...]

That is what the FCC chairman stated at the recent Rainbow/PUSH Telecom Summit last week. He also stated “Closing the digital divide is one of the most important civil rights issues of our time,” Which I believe is 100% true.  These statements fall in line with proposed National Broadband Plan. During his talk he also sited that  relevance  and cost were two main barriers to broadband adoption among minorities. I’ve said that for some time [...]