The National Broadband Plan: What’s in it for Businesses?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031810-national-broadband-plan-business.html
I found an article that asked that very question. It mentions how even though the plan is primarily focused on boosting broadband adoption it does create some benefits for the enterprise. The key benefit they focus on increased telecommuting options for employees and companies. The plan will [...]
Posts Tagged ‘digital divide’
Daily Digest 3_18
March 18th, 2010
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25 years ago it all started with a .com But Where are we now?
March 16th, 2010
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Monday was the 25th anniversary of the first .com domain ever registered. The company is defunct but that action started a revolution. We now live in an era where .com domain names play a crucial part in our everyday lives. A web presence is an essential reality for most businesses, and as a general rule, [...]
Let’s Talk Solutions
March 8th, 2010
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I don’t think anyone is surprised by the two broadband-related studies released in the last several days. An FCC survey concluded “affordability” is one of the main reasons why nearly one-third of Americans do not have broadband at home. And the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found “lower income groups continue to lag [...]
Daily Digest 12_3_09
December 3rd, 2009
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Give children some broadband with that apple juice
The allocation of broadband stimulus funds are being widely debated, and it seems like a lot of people are weighing in on how those funds are being used. I came across an article that talks about a program to offer discounts for broadband service to [...]
Second-Class Students
November 17th, 2009
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Imagine the outrage from parents, teachers, and the community if a school announced that some of its students would have access to textbooks, research papers, and literature, but other students would be denied those resources. Some students would be branded as worthy, while others as second class.
It baffles me that broadband Internet access in our [...]
Newsworthy
November 17th, 2009
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Between health care reform, climate bills and war-related news, some important ideas in Congress are not getting as much attention as they deserve. I just wanted to bring a little more notice to bi-partisan draft language submitted by Reps. Rick Boucher of Virginia and Lee Terry of Nebraska “to curb waste in the Universal Service [...]
Who Can We Trust?
October 21st, 2009
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Public Knowledge, an organization representing what I would call “digital elites,” has joined with other elite activist groups to push the FCC to adopt so-called Net Neutrality rules. To do this, Public Knowledge uses carefully chosen words like “neutrally,” “openness” and “discrimination.” I find myself wondering whether they have any idea what these words mean. [...]
