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September 29, 2011 3:43 PM
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Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for ...

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Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks. ... However, creating a network infrastructure to serve outlying communities and sectors of the population is not straight-forward.
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September 27, 2011 10:14 AM
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Telemedicine: Business Opportunities for Rural Broadband ...

Telemedicine: Business Opportunities for Rural Broadband ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Regulatory, legislative and industry drivers are altering established pricing and reimbursement structures, enabling new treatment applications, and creating new standards of care, while simultaneously promising to reduce costs.
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September 27, 2011 10:07 AM
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Northern Fla. Broadband Network 'Wasted' $6.8 Million of $30 ...

Northern Fla. Broadband Network 'Wasted' $6.8 Million of $30 ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A consortium of 15 rural north Florida counties awarded a $30 million federal broadband grant to provide a “middle-mile” wireless broadband network for the region has spent almost $7 million of its federal grant on consultants, design engineers,...
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September 27, 2011 9:58 AM
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OFS and KINBER Announce Selecting OFS TrueWave REACH ...

OFS and KINBER Announce Selecting OFS TrueWave REACH ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
KINBER is the recipient of a Federal NTIA BTOP grant of $99.7 million to implement PennREN. The project involves the deployment of almost 1600 miles of fiber optic cable through thirty-nine Pennsylvania counties with a ...
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September 26, 2011 6:29 PM
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Proposed 'Dig Once' bill to speed up broadband deployment time ...

Proposed 'Dig Once' bill to speed up broadband deployment time ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Rep.Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) believes the best way to resolve the FCC's concerns that broadband is not being deployed in a timely manner is to require any federal highway construction to include the Read more >>...
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September 26, 2011 5:04 PM
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RI laws could power turnaround in renewable energy market ...

RI laws could power turnaround in renewable energy market ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The 375-kilowatt solar-power complement during Toray Plastics (America) will yield reduction than 1 percent of a appetite used by Toray, a state's largest appetite user. Government grants helped compensate a ....
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September 26, 2011 5:01 PM
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High-Speed Rail: International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers ...

High-Speed Rail: International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
This long-term perspective, discussion of benefits, and recommendations for making high-speed rail work in the United States is presented in a new report released today by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, called "High-Speed Rail: ...
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September 25, 2011 5:41 PM
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White House's Testimony 'Guidance' - Daily Beast

White House's Testimony 'Guidance' - Daily Beast | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Daily BeastWhite House's Testimony 'Guidance'Daily BeastLightSquared, a wireless network backed by billionaire Democratic donor Philip Falcone, could beam broadband Internet everywhere—but some military officials fear it could interfere with...
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September 25, 2011 5:37 PM
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FCC Commisioner Clyburn on USF Reform Broadband Adoption

FCC Commisioner Clyburn on USF Reform  Broadband Adoption | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The FCC is knee-deep in Universal Service Fund USF reform and other key issues that are influencing broadband expansion and adoption in the U.S. FCC Commissio Sep 21 (What will Universal Service Fund reform & new $$ for broadband play out?
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September 25, 2011 5:33 PM
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National Broadband Map Receives First Major Update ...

National Broadband Map Receives First Major Update ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Initially at least the National Broadband Map was used quite heavily. A month after its launch, the FCC noted that the site had received an average of more than 1000 requests per second. Neville's blog post did not discuss ...
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September 25, 2011 5:28 PM
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LightSquared: Putting O's donors first? - New York Post

LightSquared: Putting O's donors first? - New York Post | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
MobilediaLightSquared: Putting O's donors first?
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September 25, 2011 5:21 PM
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AT&T Brings Mobile Broadband Network to Elizabeth City - Virtual-Strategy Magazine

AT&T Brings Mobile Broadband Network to Elizabeth City - Virtual-Strategy Magazine | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
MobilediaAT&T Brings Mobile Broadband Network to Elizabeth CityVirtual-Strategy MagazineAT&T is an industry leader in delivering the benefits of mobile broadband networks, devices and applications.
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September 25, 2011 5:13 PM
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AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage in Dauphin - MarketWatch (press release)

AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage in Dauphin - MarketWatch (press release) | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage in DauphinMarketWatch (press release)AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 135 major cruise ships, as well as mobile broadband services in more than 130 countries.
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September 27, 2011 10:15 AM
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Comments on Lifeline/Link-Up Reform | American Think Tank

Comments on Lifeline/Link-Up Reform | American Think Tank | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
These federal and state or local partnerships are not new to the Universal Service Fund, and we believe it's critical that the Commission carefully employ broadband pilot projects to test how federal support can engage with ...
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September 27, 2011 10:08 AM
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Community Area Network: Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin | Broadband ...

Community Area Network: Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin | Broadband ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Community institutions in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin pooled their resources to build a high-speed broadband network. The high-speed connections create opportunities to share applications, and open up possibilities for new ...
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September 27, 2011 10:02 AM
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National Broadband Map Updated | Computech, Inc.

National Broadband Map Updated | Computech, Inc. | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Computech has been a driving force on the project and has provided application development, GIS, operations research, information architecture, user experience, interaction design as well as expertise in design, front-end development and data...
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September 26, 2011 6:30 PM
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[WATCH]: Senator Klobuchar answers your questions about the Travel ...

[WATCH]: Senator Klobuchar answers your questions about the Travel ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Rating: 0. Senator Klobuchar answers your questions about the Travel Promotion Act and her Dig Once legislation. Posted in video's. Comments are closed. Pages. About · Build a blog like this: · Pres. Barack Obama ...
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September 26, 2011 5:05 PM
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Public ... - California Public Utilities Commission - State of California

Public ... - California Public Utilities Commission - State of California | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Location: California Public Utilities Commission. Communications Division. Policy Analysis Branch. Video Franchising & Broadband Deployment Group. 505 Van Ness Avenue. San Francisco, CA 94102 ...
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September 26, 2011 5:02 PM
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Federal Legislation Introduced Regarding ... - GeoData Policy

Federal Legislation Introduced Regarding ... - GeoData Policy | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
If enacted, this legislation would restrict the collection and use by non-governmental entities (and, in the case of the LPPA only, governmental entities including law enforcement agencies) of geolocation information collected by ....
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September 26, 2011 5:00 PM
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Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911 ...

Emergency Communications: Broadband and the Future of 911 ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
To modernize the system to provide the quality of service that approaches the expectations of its users will require that the PSAPs, and state, local, and possibly federal emergency communications authorities invest in new technologies.
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September 25, 2011 5:38 PM
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Hawaii Seeks 1 Gbps Statewide Broadband Access by 2018 - Government Technology

Hawaii Seeks 1 Gbps Statewide Broadband Access by 2018 - Government Technology | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Government TechnologyHawaii Seeks 1 Gbps Statewide Broadband Access by 2018Government TechnologyAccording to Yuka Nagashima, executive director and CEO of HTDC, her agency's tasks will center on supporting the two lead agencies to identify the...
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September 25, 2011 5:36 PM
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Blair Levin Delivers Insightful Remarks on USF Reform

Blair Levin Delivers Insightful Remarks on USF Reform | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
This Monday, Aspen Institute Fellow Blair Levin, who led the FCC team that wrote the National Broadband Plan, joined us at a special MMTC/Broadband & Social Justice Institute Public Forum to discuss Universal Service Fund reform.
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September 25, 2011 5:32 PM
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Broadband Communities – News & Views / Cass County Selects ...

Broadband Communities – News & Views / Cass County Selects ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
PETALUMA, CA ― Cass County, Mo., will deploy the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to deliver advanced broadband services to 18 unserved and underserved communities in its region. This 1286-mile ...
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September 25, 2011 5:23 PM
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Taxpayers Protection Alliance - Home

NEW TPA BLOG POST: "Free Market and Taxpayer Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Reform the Universal Service Fund" http://t.co/Lg1kS36z...
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September 25, 2011 5:14 PM
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News bites: Net neutrality rules published - The Hill (blog)

News bites: Net neutrality rules published - The Hill (blog) | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
News bites: Net neutrality rules publishedThe Hill (blog)Facebook unveils new features at its annual conference for developers. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) asks the FCC to complete its Universal Service Fund reform proposal by October.
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