Last month we wrote about the FCC’s efforts to promote broadband through the National Broadband Plan. See Rural Broadband: Miles to Go Before We Sleep, July 16, 2010, GoingWiMax.com. In this article we focus on the Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010, H.R. 4545, pending in Congress. This Bill was introduced on January [...]

As part of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan (“NBP”), the FCC recently sought comments on the creation of a “Cybersecurity Roadmap” to identify vulnerabilities to communications networks and to develop countermeasures and solutions in preparation for, and response to, cyber threats and attacks to networks. What is cybersecurity, and why is it important? [...]

The FCC recently proposed to remove regulatory barriers to the use of microwave spectrum for wireless backhaul in order to increase deployment of mobile broadband networks. Consistent with the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, the FCC is exploring ways to increase the flexibility, capacity, and cost-effectiveness of the microwave bands located below 13 GHz, while protecting [...]

The FCC recently concluded in its Sixth Broadband Deployment Report that between 14 and 24 million Americans still lack access to broadband or “advanced telecommunications capability” that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications using any technology. The FCC, in its July 20th Report, estimates that 1,024 out [...]

Last week we wrote the first of a series of articles about broadband deployment, and offered suggestions to help foster and develop rural broadband through stimulus and Universal Service funds, municipal broadband projects and competitive bidding. In this article, we review the current status of broadband deployment in light of the recent Comcast Decision and [...]