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September 29, 2011 4:26 PM
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CRS — Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and ...

CRS — Funding Emergency Communications: Technology and ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The United States has yet to find a solution that assures seamless communications among first responders and emergency personnel at the scene of a major disaster. ...
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September 29, 2011 4:23 PM
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Are You Getting a Gigabit Fiber Connection? - Motley Fool

Are You Getting a Gigabit Fiber Connection? - Motley Fool | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
CNETAre You Getting a Gigabit Fiber Connection?Motley FoolLearn more by reading this free report on broadband investing, including one perfectly positioned player that may never have crossed your mind before.
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September 29, 2011 4:18 PM
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Retiring Guy's Digest: Words to Ponder As We Await the Next Stage ...

Retiring Guy's Digest: Words to Ponder As We Await the Next Stage ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
(Community Broadband Networks, 9/26/2011) Excerpt: Before Josh Levy and five other activists met with Yvette Clarke (D-NY), she had signed a letter of support for the AT&T merger with T-Mobile. After a one hour meeting, ...
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September 29, 2011 4:12 PM
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Martin Commission issues request for proposal to lease broadband network - TCPalm

Martin Commission issues request for proposal to lease broadband network - TCPalm | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Martin Commission issues request for proposal to lease broadband networkTCPalmThere is a highly profitable, but limited market, to lease community broadband network fiber optic infrastructure to service providers and large businesses.
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September 29, 2011 3:56 PM
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$1 Million to Connect UVM and Vermont State Colleges

$1 Million to Connect UVM and Vermont State Colleges | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

Increasingly, scientific research depends upon huge pools of data — like gene sequences or weather models — shared between scientists at numerous institutions. And this sharing depends upon fast fiber-optic networks and other so-called cyber-infrastructure — far faster than a conventional internet hook-up.

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September 29, 2011 3:55 PM
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Mikulski Marks Milestone in Project that Will Bring Broadband to All of Maryland - FireEngineering.com

Mikulski Marks Milestone in Project that Will Bring Broadband to All of Maryland - FireEngineering.com | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Mikulski Marks Milestone in Project that Will Bring Broadband to All of MarylandFireEngineering.comThe One Maryland Broadband Network (OMBN), led by Maryland's Department of Information Technology, was granted $115 million under the Recovery Act's...
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September 29, 2011 3:49 PM
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The FCC is Coming to Arizona! We Welcome Your Questions ...

The FCC is Coming to Arizona! We Welcome Your Questions ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The gentlemen will be at Arizona State University to discuss the report “Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age,” which staff delivered to the FCC in June. ...
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September 29, 2011 3:43 PM
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Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for ...

Broadband Services: Business Models and Technologies for ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
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 29, 2011 4:24 PM
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FCC's Genachowski: Broadband Development Good for U.S. Job ...

FCC's Genachowski: Broadband Development Good for U.S. Job ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Genachowski hailed voluntary incentive auctions proposed in new legislation would allow broadcasters to free up spectrum for reallocation without affecting television service. There is also a “deployment gap” currently leaving ...
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September 29, 2011 4:20 PM
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Tenth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP | NTIA

Tenth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP | NTIA | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Tenth Quarterly Status Report to Congress Regarding BTOP http://t.co/U2GxINZn...
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September 29, 2011 4:15 PM
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Free wireless service seen as a tool for revitalization - Oxford Press

Free wireless service seen as a tool for revitalization - Oxford Press | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Free wireless service seen as a tool for revitalizationOxford PressStudents at Miami University's main campus in Oxford and branch campuses in Middletown and Hamilton are all connected via a broadband network through Butler County's fiber optics...
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September 29, 2011 4:09 PM
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FCC Chairman Touts Broadband As Key to Economic Recovery, Job Growth | BNA

FCC Chairman Touts Broadband As Key to Economic Recovery, Job Growth | BNA | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Expanding highspeed internet access critical Americas nearterm economic recovery longterm prosperity Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski Sept. 27 speech Washington D.C. offices LivingSocial online daily deal site.
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September 29, 2011 3:55 PM
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FCC chairman touts broadband as key to economic growth - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

FCC chairman touts broadband as key to economic growth - The Hill's Hillicon Valley | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski discussed his vision for how expanding high-speed Internet access can grow America's economy in a speech at the Washington, DC headquarters of daily deal website LivingSocial Tuesday.
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September 29, 2011 3:49 PM
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Michael Turner (R-OH) | Turner Leads Call For Investigation Of Fcc ...

Michael Turner (R-OH) | Turner Leads Call For Investigation Of Fcc ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Turner Leads Call for Investigation of FCC Approval Process of LightSquared ApplicationNational Wireless Broadband Plan and FCC Waiver Threaten National SecurityWashington, D.C., Sep 22- Washington D.C.
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September 29, 2011 3:47 PM
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Internet Closed Captioning Proposed ... - Broadband Law Advisor Blog

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The FCC's proposed rules for Internet closed captioning have been published in the Federal Register (available here), which means that the comment per. ...
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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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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
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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