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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 8, 2011 9:46 AM
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Obama asks states to encourage entrepreneurs

Obama asks states to encourage entrepreneurs | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
ECONOMY & BUSINESS BEAT: The White House wants states to offer unemployment benefits to laid-off workers who are not looking for jobs. The catch: They must be in the process of setting up new businesses of their own.
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October 8, 2011 9:42 AM
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MCNC ... - NCTechNews -- North Carolina's Technology News Source

MCNC ... - NCTechNews -- North Carolina's Technology News Source | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
With corporate offices in Penfield, N.Y., ECC Technologies specializes in project planning, design, engineering, implementation, and support services for educational, corporate, and community environments.
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October 8, 2011 9:37 AM
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Time Warner Cable Makes $1 Million Commitment to Run Broadband Adoption PSAs - MarketWatch (press release)

Time Warner Cable Makes $1 Million Commitment to Run Broadband Adoption PSAs - MarketWatch (press release) | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Time Warner Cable Makes $1 Million Commitment to Run Broadband Adoption PSAsMarketWatch (press release)The campaign was funded by a $28.5 million Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant from the National Telecommunications and...
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October 8, 2011 9:34 AM
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FCC Chaiman Outlines USF/ICC Reform Proposal | Telecompetitor

FCC Chaiman Outlines USF/ICC Reform Proposal | Telecompetitor | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
As expected, the draft reform proposal also promises to constrain the size of the Universal Service fund and recommends using satellite—or potentially unlicensed wireless solutions—for bringing broadband to the highest-cost ...
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October 8, 2011 9:32 AM
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Strengths and weaknesses in the FCC chairman's USF speech

Strengths and weaknesses in the FCC chairman's USF speech | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
First, the chairman claims that 18 million Americans live in areas without access to broadband — up from the 14 million estimated in the National Broadband Plan. The size of this figure suggests to me that the FCC is still ...
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October 8, 2011 9:29 AM
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OPALCO Studies Broadband Expansion « BullWings: Orcas Issues ...

OPALCO Studies Broadband Expansion « BullWings: Orcas Issues ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Please watch for a green survey postcard in the mail that asks for your input on what role OPALCO might play in this important community effort. ...
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October 8, 2011 9:23 AM
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Infographic: State and local employment is down, but not everywhere

Infographic: State and local employment is down, but not everywhere | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
State and local governments in two-thirds of the states have reduced their workforces in the past three years. The biggest reductions came in Nevada, Hawaii and Georgia. But other states, led by Wyoming, grew their public sector employment base.
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October 8, 2011 9:21 AM
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Advice from Commissioner Copps – Get Organized to Effect Change

Advice from Commissioner Copps – Get Organized to Effect Change | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
This week I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a small meeting with FCC Commissioner Copps. The meeting was hosted by the Center for Media Justice and the Main Street Project.
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October 7, 2011 3:05 PM
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The American Consumer Institute - » Universally Taxed and Spent

The American Consumer Institute - » Universally Taxed and Spent | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The services receiving blanket approval under the new FCC ruling (Priority Two services) provide infrastructure hardware and installation for in-school networks. The ruling means that the ...
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October 7, 2011 2:56 PM
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Tri-State signs fiber use agreement with EAGLE-Net « Powering The ...

Tri-State signs fiber use agreement with EAGLE-Net « Powering The ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
EAGLE-Net offers a carrier quality broadband network that provides commodity Internet and advanced education and research networks to Colorado school districts and other community anchor institutions.
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October 7, 2011 2:50 PM
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North Carolina fiber broadband group selects commercial marketing ...

North Carolina fiber broadband group selects commercial marketing ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
MCNC will use the new fiber to expand the capacity of NCREN, which serves as the backbone Intranet and Internet network for a significant number of Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) in North Carolina.
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October 7, 2011 2:45 PM
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Unlimited Mobile Broadband In Detail | Epson PowerLite Home ...

Unlimited Mobile Broadband In Detail | Epson PowerLite Home ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Almost almost all mobile broadband services proposed by community insurers assist Wifi relationships plus smart phone relationships. It has major speedier connections plus popular with customers as a consequence of ...
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October 7, 2011 2:42 PM
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Stephanie Gerding on Transforming Public Library Technology ...

Stephanie Gerding on Transforming Public Library Technology ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The issue of Library Technology Reports that includes Stephanie's article is called "The Transforming Public Library Infrastructure," and includes other articles on community broadband services, wireless network planning, ...
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October 8, 2011 9:45 AM
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Michigan Policy Network - National Context: History of Municipal ...

Michigan Policy Network - National Context: History of Municipal ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Just this past July, the city of Central Falls, Rhode Island, became the latest to declare bankruptcy, and other cities such as Joliet, Illinois, San Diego, California, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as well as Hamtramck and Detroit ...
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October 8, 2011 9:41 AM
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Craig Aaron: Is the FCC Reaching Into Your Pocket to Pad Industry ...

Craig Aaron: Is the FCC Reaching Into Your Pocket to Pad Industry ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The FCC and Congress have been wringing their hands over the need for reform almost since the program began. The FCC's National Broadband Plan, published last March, agreed that the time had come to significantly ...
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October 8, 2011 9:35 AM
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dailywireless.org » FCC Reforms Universal Service

dailywireless.org » FCC Reforms Universal Service | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The FCC's national broadband plan, released in early 2010, contained the basic elements of the plan Genachowski laid out Thursday, and the FCC launched a notice of proposed rulemaking on USF reform in February.
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October 8, 2011 9:33 AM
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Broadband Pre-Conference Webinars Coming Up

Broadband Pre-Conference Webinars Coming Up | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Leading up to the Fall Broadband Conference, Blandin will be hosting a series of free webinars.
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October 8, 2011 9:31 AM
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F.C.C. Plans to Direct More Support to Broadband

F.C.C. Plans to Direct More Support to Broadband | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
“This plan will bring enormous benefits to individual consumers, our national economy and our global competitiveness.” The plan would provide for broadband in ...
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October 8, 2011 9:25 AM
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Amazon cuts another deal, will collect tax in Tennessee

Amazon cuts another deal, will collect tax in Tennessee | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
TODAY'S TAKE: A month after the nation's largest online retailer agreed to collect sales taxes in California, it struck a deal to do the same in Tennessee, adding pressure on Congress to come up with a national law governing online sales.
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October 8, 2011 9:22 AM
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hearing - Insurance News Net (press release)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hearing - Insurance News Net (press release) | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Senate Indian Affairs Committee HearingInsurance News Net (press release)The Recovery Act made major contributions to broadband deployment with over $4 billion for NTIA's BTOP grants and over $3.4 billion for RUS' broadband infrastructure projects.
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October 7, 2011 3:11 PM
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Public-private partnership seeks CPUC grant funding to improve ...

Public-private partnership seeks CPUC grant funding to improve ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The CFNC-Central El Dorado County Regional Broadband Consortium is requesting funding from the Rural and Regional Urban Consortia Grant Account of the California Advanced Services Fund, a program administered by the CPUC to ...
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October 7, 2011 3:04 PM
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IT Service Consortium Deploys OpenDNS Universally to Protect 15000 Users from ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

IT Service Consortium Deploys OpenDNS Universally to Protect 15000 Users from ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release) | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
IT Service Consortium Deploys OpenDNS Universally to Protect 15000 Users from ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)SGRITA is a multi-county broadband and IT service consortium that brings high capacity, high availability network infrastructure...
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October 7, 2011 2:55 PM
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LightSquared and CareConnect to Mobilize Seniors - Sacramento Bee

LightSquared and CareConnect to Mobilize Seniors - Sacramento Bee | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
LightSquared and CareConnect to Mobilize SeniorsSacramento BeeAs a wholesale-only operator, LightSquared will deploy an open 4G wireless broadband network to be used by existing and new service providers to sell their own devices, applications and...
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October 7, 2011 2:49 PM
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Broadband Expansion - WXOW.com

Broadband Expansion - WXOW.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Broadband ExpansionWXOW.comLa Crosse, Wisconsin (WXOW) A team of Western Wisconsin community leaders are looking for ways to improve the number of broadband services in our area.
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October 7, 2011 2:44 PM
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dailywireless.org » D-Block Legislation Stalled

dailywireless.org » D-Block Legislation Stalled | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
That's reality. Smartphones are changing how departments can respond to emergencies, but connecting to a tower 10-12 miles away may not deliver reliable wireless broadband. Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom ...
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