Cybertelecom Federal Internet Law & Policy An Educational Project

Broadband

Derived From: Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background Issues, CRS Report for Congress, Nov. 21, 2008 (copy acquired through wikileaks)

Broadband or high-speed Internet access is provided by a series of technologies that give users the ability to send and receive data at volumes and speeds far greater than Internet access over traditional telephone lines. Currently, a number of telecommunications companies are developing, installing, and marketing specific technologies and services to provide broadband access to the home. Meanwhile, the federal government — through Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — is seeking to ensure fair competition among the players so that broadband will be available and affordable in a timely manner to all Americans who want it.

Broadband is being increasingly viewed as a vital public infrastructure, significant to the nation’s (and to individual regional, state, and local) economic growth and vitality. Broadband access, along with the content and services it enables, has the potential to transform the Internet — both what it offers and how it is used. For example, a two-way high speed connection could be used for interactive applications such as online classrooms, showrooms, or health clinics, where teacher and student (or customer and salesperson, doctor and patient) can see and hear each other through their computers. An “always on” connection could be used to monitor home security, home automation, or even patient health remotely through the Web. The high speed and high volume that broadband offers could also be used for bundled service where, for example, cable television, video on demand, voice, data, and other services are all offered over a single line. In truth, it is possible that many of the applications that will best exploit the technological capabilities of broadband, while also capturing the imagination of consumers, have yet to be developed.

Broadband Technologies

There are multiple transmission media or technologies that can be used to provide broadband access. These include cable modem, an enhanced telephone service called digital subscriber line (DSL), satellite technology, fiber, mobile or fixed wireless technologies, and others. Cable and DSL are currently the most widely used technologies for providing broadband access. Both require the modification of an existing physical infrastructure that is already connected to the home (i.e., cable television and telephone lines). Each technology has its respective advantages and disadvantages, and competes with each other based on performance, price, quality of service, geography, user friendliness, and other factors. The following sections summarize cable, DSL, and other broadband technologies.

Rights of Way

A necessary pre condition to building telecommunications is access to rights of way. The very first federal regulatory telecommunications legislation, the Post Roads Act, gave telegraph networks access to rights of way. Most of the early land grant legislation which contracted for the building of the transcontinental telegraph line and other telegraph lines were about giving access to rights of way. The National Broadband Plan Chap 6: Infrastructure (109 "government should take steps to improve utilization of existing infrastructure to ensure that network provid- ers have easier access to poles, conduits, ducts and rights-of-way.") significantly addressed access to rights of way (as well as things like "build once" policies, access to conduit, and pole attachments) as significant barriers to the deployment of broadband.

"The cost of deploying a broadband network depends significantly on the costs that service providers incur to access conduits, ducts, poles and rights-of-way on public and private lands.2 Collectively, the expense of obtaining permits and leas- ing pole attachments and rights-of-way can amount to 20% of the cost of fiber optic deployment.3" [NBP 109]

Speeches, Press Releases, Hearings

• Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, "The Facts and Future of Broadband Competition," 1776 Headquarters, Washington DC, Sept. 4, 2014
• "A 25 Mbps connection is fact becoming 'table stakes' in 21st century communications"
• "even 10 mbps doesn't fully capture the increasing demand for better wired broadband"
• "it seems clear that mobile broadband is just not a full substitute for fixed broadband, especially given mobile pricing levels and limited data allowances."
• FACT SHEET: Bolstering High-Speed Broadband to Boost the Economy June 13, 2012 White House
• Transformative Choices: A Review of 70 Years of FCC Decisions Sherille Ismail, OSP, October 2010, FCC 11/17/2010
• Broadband Tools for Advanced Surfers, FCC 10/21/2010
• The State of Broadband: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 110th Cong. 5 (2007)

Government Papers

• Paul de Sa, Improving the Nation's Digital Infrastructure, FCC Paper, Jan. 17, 2017
  • ORDER RETRACTING OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS PAPER: IMPROVING THE NATION'S DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.   OSP Order retracting the paper, "Improving the Nation's Digital Infrastructure". Action by:  Acting Chief, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis. Adopted:  02/03/2017 by ORDER. (DA No. 17-133).  OSP  https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-133A1.docx
    https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-133A1.pdf
• Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues, CRR Jan. 26, 2006 OpenCRS
• CBO, Is the United States Falling Behind in Adopting Broadband? Feb 2004
• Congressional Budget Office, Does the Residential Broadband Market Need Fixing? (December 2003).

Speeches

• REACHING BROADBAND NIRVANA UNITED POWERLINE COUNCIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY. CMMR. September 22, 2003 (As prepared for delivery), FCC 9/24/03
• Julie Veach, Why Should We Talk About Broadband Oct 2002 PPT
• Remarks of Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, at the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program University of Colorado at Boulder, Broadband Migration III: New Directions in Wireless Policy (Oct. 30, 2002)
• National Summit on Broadband Deployment October 25-26, 2001 Real Audio archive Including Ch. Powell's Broadband Speech
• REMARKS OF KEVIN J. MARTIN, COMMISSIONER, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,. CMMR. AT THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT, OCTOBER 26, 2001, (As Prepared for Delivery), "Framework for Broadband Deployment" DOC-217205A1.pdf ,
• REMARKS OF MICHAEL K. POWELL, CHAIRMAN, FCC,. CMMR. AT THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT, WASHINGTON, DC DOC-217168A1.pdf

Hearings

• Digital Future of the United States: Part VI: The Future of Telecommunications Competition House Commerce Telecom and Internet Subcommittee Oct 2, 2007, House 9/27/2007
• Commerce Announces Broadband and Competitiveness Hearing, Senate 4/18/2007
• Competition in the Communications Marketplace: How Technology Is Changing the Structure of the Industry.
  Hearing by the Full Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:00 AM 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
• House Commerce Hearing: Competition in the Communications Marketplace: How Technology Is Changing the Structure of the Industry., House 2/22/2005
• Statements on Competition Issues in the Telecommunications Industry, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate., FCC 1/15/03
• Feb 26 House Commerce : Health of the Telecommunications Sector: A Perspective from the Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, House 2/10/03
• Senate Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003 9:30 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings to examine the state of competition in the telecommunications industry. SR-253, Senate 1/13/03

Reports

• Pew Research Center, Home Broadband 2015 (December 21, 2015)
• Broadband Internet's Value for Rural America, USDA August 2009
• Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Its Ability to Monitor and Determine the Extent of Competition in Dedicated Access Services GAO-07-80, November 29, 2006, GAO 12/1/2006
• GAO Report: Believing in Competition Doesn't Make It Happen, Tales from the Sausage Factory 12/8/2006
• Report: Understanding Broadband Demand: A Review of Critical Issues, Technology Administration DOC 9/23/02

Press Releases

• Lieberman Calls for Adding Broadband Policy to Agenda at White House Tech Forum Continues push for national strategy to speed deployment and spur economic growth 2002 Press Release

Legislation

• Inouye Introduces Broadband Data Improvement Act, Senate 5/25/2007
• USDA RUS Public Meeting on Rural Broadband Access Thursday, June 27, 2002
• President Discusses Technology (Real Audio), WH 6/17/02
• The Development of Broadband in OECD Countries October 2001
• May 17 House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and Technology of the Committee on Small Business, joint hearing, Economic Development in Rural America - Small Business Access to Broadband. 2:00 p.m. in Room 2360 RHOB.
• Report to the 77th Texas Legislature -Availability of Advanced Services in Rural and High Cost Areas.Jan 2001
• Report to the 77th Texas Legislature on Intrastate Switched Access Charges Jan 2001
• Mar. 28. Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Deployment of High Speed Internet Service 9:30 am Room 253 RSOB.
• Deploying Broadband More Broadly: Working Together to Roll-out Access in America's Small Cities and Rural Areas Commissioner Gloria Tristani, Federal Communications Commission ,New

Mexico Communications Network Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico , November 10, 1999

• Press Release: BellSouth Needs Your Help to Create a Faster, More Affordable Internet!
• Rural Telcos Actively Deploy Broadband NTCA Surveys Independent Telcos on Status of Internet Deployment  Sept 15, 1999
• Bell Atlantic Press Release:  Bell Atlantic Says Clear Away Restrictive Regulations That Threaten Growth of the Internet June 24 1999
• FCC OET Tutorial:  Voice and Data over Power Lines.  May 5, 1 - 4 pm.  Announcement.
• US West Press Release:  On Eve of Telecom Act 3rd Anniversary, U S WEST Says FCC Policies Putting "ROAD CLOSED" Sign on Info Highway for Millions of Americans 2/3/99
• Intel Press Release: Computer Industry and Regional Telephone Firms Join Together to Accelerate Widespread Availability of Fast Internet Services to Consumers - Companies to Present Landmark Broadband Access Proposal to FCC (December 7, 1998)
• December 7, 1998 Statement of FCC Chairman William E. Kennard On Companies' Request for Guidelines On High-speed Networks
• Press Release : Bell Atlantic Introduces Infospeed DSL Service to the Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh Markets (October 5, 1998)
• Press Release: High-Speed Data Networks Blocked by Regulatory Restrictions, U S WEST Tells Panel 09/04/1998
• AT&T reaction to FCC NPRM on Bell data networks, AT&T News Release (August 6, 1998).
• Chairman Kennard's Speech Before the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Seattle, WA. 7/27/98
• Remarks of Commissioner Susan Ness Before the Computer and Communications Industry Association's 1998 Washington Caucus, Washington, D.C., JUNE 9, 1998. "To Have and Have Not: Advanced Telecommunications Technologies".
• ALTS Press Release: "ALTS Dismisses Bell Monopoly Petitions that seek . . . (sic)" (June 15, 1998).
• Bell Atlantic Press Release: Bell Atlantic Launches Next-Generation Long Distance Data Network to Address $80 Billion Market for 21st Century Communications Lucent to Supply Equipment and Operating Systems (June 8, 1998)
• Remarks by William Kennard Chairman Federal Communications Commission to USTA's Inside Washington Telecom April 27, 1998 (as prepared for delivery)
• URGENT ACTION ALERT- Support Needed for APT's Petition to the FCC for Accelerating Advanced Services to All Sectors of Our Society - March 31, 1998
• BA Press Release: Bell Atlantic Files Petition to Hasten Deployment Of High-Speed Network (Jan 27, 1998)
• Ameritech Press Release (March 5, 1998) asking for regulatory relief.
• FNC Resolution May 1997 ("The FNCAC firmly believes that the Internet is a critical resource for the national research and education communities. This resource should be made available to the widest possible customer/user base with the highest possible level of service. For this reason, the FNCAC recommends that the FCC in its deliberations about the pricing of communications services to Internet service providers give serious consideration to policies which encourage and promote the rapid emergence of Internet access alternatives (ADSL, ISDN, wireless) and other options which provide market differentiation through quality of service.")

Papers

• Debra J. Aron, David E. Burnstein, Broadband Adoption in the United States: An Empirical Analysis, TPRC 9/13/03
• Robert Atkinson, Shane Ham, and Brian Newkirk, Unleashing the Potential of the High-Speed Internet, Progressive Policy Institute (Sept. 2002).
• Johannes M. Bauer, Balancing Regulation and Public Policy to Facilitate Investment and Innovation in Advanced Communications - Michigan State University TPRC 2009
• Bauer, J., Kim. J. & Wildman, S. Broadband Deployment: Toward a More Fully Integrated Policy Perspective,Quello Center Working Paper 001-2003. (2003)
• Bischof, Zachary S., Fabián E. Bustamante, and Rade Stanojevic. “Need, Want, Can Afford – Broadband Markets and the Behavior of Users.” In Proceedings of the ACM Internet Measurement Conference. 2014.
• Serena Chan , Investing in the Development of a Space-Based Information Network Infrastructure, TPRC 9/13/03
• David Clark, MIT A Simple Cost Model for Broadband Access: What Will Video Cost? (TPRC 2008)
• Michael Clements, Amy Abramowitz, The Deployment and Adoption of Broadband Service: A Household-Level Analysis TPRC 2006
• Crandall, Robert, William Lehr and Robert Litan (2007), The Effects of Broadband Deployment on Output and Employment: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of U.S. Data , Issues in Economic Policy , 6 (July)
• Crandall, R. and C. Jackson (2001), The $500 Billion Opportunity: The Potential Economic Benefit of Widespread Diffusion of Broadband Internet Access , mimeo, Criterion Economics. AT&T Copy
• Susan P. Crawford, Transporting Communications, 89 B.U. L. Rev. 871 (June, 2009)
• CTSB: Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, CTSB 2/13/02 (Letter from Ch Powell to David Clark, Chair, CTSB on its Bringing Home the Bits Report, FCC 2/13/02)
• Kenneth Flamm, Diagnosing the Disconnected:  Where and Why is Broadband Access Unavailable in the U.S.? TPRC 2006
• Kenneth Flamm, The Determinants of Broadband Competition: Economics, Demographics, and State Policy, TPRC 10/2/2004
• Joseph Fuhr, Jr. & Stephen B. Pociask, Broadband Services: Economic And Environmental Benefits Internet Innovation (2007)
• Sharon E. Gillett, William H. Lehr, Carlos A. Osorio & Marvin A. Sirbu, Measuring The Economic Impact Of Broadband Deployment (2006)
• Sharon Eisner Gillett, William Lehr, Availability of Broadband Internet Access: Empirical Evidence, . TPRC 1999
• Sharon Eisner Gillett, David Clark, William Lehr, Marvin Sirbu and Jane Fountain, Local Government Stimulation of Broadband: Effectiveness: E-Government, and Economic Development, 2002
• Reed Hundt, Reforming Telecom Policy for the Big Broadband Era: Why is Government Subsidizing the Old Networks When 'Big Broadband' Convergence is Inevitable and Optimal?, NAF 2/5/2004
• IEEE-USA Board of Directors "Accelerating Advanced Broadband Deployment in the U.S.," Position statement of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, Washington, DC: IEEE, February 2003
• IEEE USA Letter to Policymakers
• Mark Jamison, PURC, University of Florida; Lynne Holt, Public Utility Research Center Broadband and Contributions to Economic Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Experience (TPRC 2008)
• Jed Kolko, PPIC The Effect of Broadband on Local Economic Development (TPRC 2008)
• William Lehr, Robert Crandall and Robert Litan, "The Effects of Broadband Deployment on Output and Employment: A Cross-sectional Analysis of U.S. Data," with Robert Crandall and Robert Litan, The Brookings Institution: Issues in Economic Policy, Number 6, July 2007 ( pdf )
• William H. Lehr, Carlos Osorio , Local Government Broadband Initiatives, TPRC 9/13/03
• William Lehr, Tony Smith-Grieco and Grace Rusi Woo, "Broadband Metrics Best Practices: Review and Assessment," report prepared for Massachusetts Technology Collaborative/John Adams Innovation Institute (MTC/JAII), February 2008. ( pdf )
• Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University; Ryab McDevitt, Northwestern University The Broadband Bonus: Accounting for Broadband Internet's Impact on U.S. GDP (TPRC 2008)
• New America Foundation, The Cost of Connectivity: A comparison of high-speed Internet prices in 22 cities worldwide , July 2012
• New Millennium Research Council, Directions for the Next New Age of Telecom Regulation (PDF) Jan 2004
• Stagg Newman, Broadband Access Platforms to the Mass Market an Assessment , TPRC 9/13/03
• Eli Noam, Columbia University , Bob Atkinson, Columbia University , Ivy Schultz, Columbia University , Has Telecom Investment Peaked? , TPRC 2010
• Andrew Odlyzko, Pricing and Architecture of the Internet: Historical Perspectives from Telecommunications and Transportation, TPRC 10/2/2004
• Stephen B. Pociask  Building a Nationwide Broadband Network: Speeding Job Growth 2002
• Eun-A Park, Richard Taylor, Barriers to Entry Analysis of Broadband Multiple Platforms:   Comparing the U.S. and South Korea TPRC 2006
• Gregory Rosston, Stanford University, Scott Savage, University of Colorado, - Don Waldman, University of Colorado , Household Demand for Broadband Internet Service TPRC 2010
• Howard A. Shelanski The Speed Gap: Broadband Infrastructure and Electronic Commerce BTLJ by 1999
• Orada Teppayayon, Erik Bohlin Government Intervention: Why competition is not sufficient for broadband deployment? - TPRC 2009
• Varian, Litan, Elder and Shutter (2002), The Net Impact Study: The Projected Economic Benefits of the Internet in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany, v2.0
• Anthony E. Varona, Toward a Broadband Public Interest Standard, 61 Admin. L. Rev. 1 (Winter, 2009).
• Richard S. Whitt, Evolving Broadband Policy: Taking Adaptive Stances to Foster Optimal Internet Platforms, 17 COMMLAW CONSPECTUS 417 (2009)
• Irene Wu, Broadband Adoption in Canada, South Korea, and Japan PURC Jan 2005

Links

• Carnegie Mellon University Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking
• Coalition of Broadband Users and Innovators (Microsoft, Yahoo!, Amazon and eBay)
• Competitive Broadband Coalition (Defunct?)
• Competitive Enterprise Institute
• Comptel Ascent Alliance
• Computer Systems Policy Project
• CompTIA
• Consumer Electronics Association
• Consumers Union Hear Us Now
• FirstMile.US
• High Tech Broadband Coalition
• Information Technology Industry Council: Broadband
• ITAA
• MIT Communications Futures Program
  
• NCTA
• New Millennium Research Council
• New America Foundation
• Positively Broadband
• TechNet
• Telecommunications Industry Association

Regulatory Activity

• CHAIRMAN PAI FORMS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  News Release. Adopted:  01/31/2017. WCB WTB  https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-343242A1.docx
  https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-343242A1.pdf
•  Released:  01/31/2017.  FCC ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SOLICITS NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. (DA No.  17-110).  WCB WTB . https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-110A1.docx
  https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-110A1.pdf
• Released:  05/20/2013.  WCB SEEKS COMMENT ON FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, PETITION FOR WAIVER TO PROVIDE BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE ON A NON-COMMON CARRIER BASIS. (DA No.  13-1166). (Dkt No 10-90 02-33 ). Comments Due:  06/10/2013. Reply Comments Due:  06/20/2013.  WCB . Contact:  Christopher S. Koves at 1520, email: Christopher.Koves http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1166A1.doc
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1166A1.pdf
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1166A1.txt
• ACCELERATION OF BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT: EXPANDING THE REACH AND REDUCING THE COST OF BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT BY IMPROVING POLICIES REGARDING PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND WIRELESS FACILITIES SITING.   Granted in part National Associations' Motion for Extension of Time. (Dkt No.  11-59 ). Action by:  Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Reply Comments Due: 09/30/2011. Adopted:  08/16/2011 by ORDER. (DA No. 11-1415).  WCB TXT
• FCC CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI UNVEILS "MEASURING BROADBAND AMERICA"REPORT; CONTINUES CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT CAMPAIGN, HELPING AMERICANS CHOOSE THE RIGHT BROADBAND SERVICE PACKAGE AT HOME.   First nationwide test results of residential wireline broadband service released; FCC also unveils new consumer education resources to help Americans take the confusion and mystery out of choosing the speed they need, including a step-by-step guide.  News Release. News Media Contact: Neil Grace at 0506, email:  .   OCHJG TXT
• COMMENT DEADLINES SET FOR NOTICE IF INQUIRY ON ACCELERATING BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT BY IMPROVING PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND WIRELESS FACILITIES SITING POLICIES., FCC 6/17/2011
• COMMISSION PROMOTES DEPLOYMENT OF BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS ON VESSELS. Adopted rules that further the FCC's goal of promoting market-based deployment of broadband technologies.. News Release. (Dkt No 02-10). Adopted: 12/15/2004. News Media Contact: Jackie Ponti 0436 IB. Contact Howard Griboff 0657; Paul Locke 0756, FCC 12/21/200410/15/2004
• FCC Improves Public Safety Access to the Latest Broadband Technology., FCC 11/9/2004
• "Unleashing the Educational Power of Broadband" - FCC to Host Symposium on Using Broadband for Lifelong Learning, Wednesday, October 6, 2004., FCC 9/10/2004
• Tutorial on Optical Network Interoperability., FCC 9/10/2004
• Broadband and Dominant Provider Proceeding CC Docket No. 01-337
  • Fed Reg Notice 1/15/02:  Synopsis of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
        1. In this proceeding, the Commission initiates an examination of appropriate regulatory requirements for incumbent LECs' provision of domestic broadband telecommunications services (broadband services). The NPRM focuses on traditional Title II common carrier regulation, arising largely out of sections 201 and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, as applied to incumbent LEC provision of broadband services. In particular, the Commission seeks comment on what  regulatory safeguards and carrier obligations, if any, should apply when a carrier that is dominant in the provision of traditional local exchange and exchange access services provides broadband service.
        2. The Commission asks for comments on the nature and scope of the market for domestic broadband services. It also seeks comment on the relevant market dynamics--including intermodal competition and the nascent stage of market development for residential broadband services--affecting the provision of domestic broadband services. The Commission requests comment on the appropriate regulatory requirements under Title II of the Act for the provision of broadband services by incumbent LECs given current market conditions.
        3. In particular, the Commission asks interested parties to address how the Commission can best balance the goals of encouraging broadband investment and deployment, fostering competition in the provision of broadband services, promoting innovation, and eliminating unnecessary regulation. As part of this proceeding, the Commission also invites comment on the Petition filed by SBC Communications on October 3, 2001, requesting an expedited ruling that it is non-dominant in the provision 
    of broadband services, and asking the Commission to forbear from dominant carrier regulation of those services.
        4. Background. The NPRM summarizes the various regulatory requirements the Commission has developed in the past, which involve streamlining regulation of firms in increasingly competitive markets, and competitive safeguards to ensure competition in related markets.
       5. Identification of Incumbent LEC-Provided Broadband Services Markets. The Commission asks for comment aimed at defining and analyzing the relevant markets in which incumbent LECs provide these broadband services. Consistent with Commission precedent, our regulatory response should be guided by a full understanding of the existing market dynamics for broadband services. The Commission begins its analysis by asking questions about the relevant product and geographic markets for incumbent LEC-provided broadband services. It then analyzes what, if any, market power the incumbent LECs may possess 
    in the relevant markets for broadband services.
       6. Appropriate Regulatory Requirements. Once the Commission has defined the relevant product and geographic markets for broadband services, it can use this information to determine what regulatory requirements, if any, should govern the provision of broadband services. The Commission begins by briefly describing relevant portions of the existing regulatory structure for broadband services provided by incumbent LECs. Then it invites interested parties to propose alternative requirements for these broadband services in light of existing market and technological developments. The Commission encourages interested parties to develop proposals for new or modified regulatory requirements for broadband services.
• FCC Don / Non Dom webpage

  Fed Reg Notice 1/15/02

  IN THE MATTER OF REVIEW OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR INCUMENT LEC BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Granted a limited extension so that parties may file reply comments on April 22, 2002. Action by: Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: 03/22/2002 by ORDER. (DA No. 02-705). CCB , FCC 3/25/02

  • FCC Initiates Proceeding to Examine Regulatory Treatment of Incumbent Carriers' Broadband Services
  • REVIEW OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR INCUMBENT LEC BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Corrected docket number in NPRM (FCC 01-360), released Dec. 20. Dkt No. 01-337 by ERRATUM. CCB, FCC 12/28/01

  
  IN THE MATTER OF REVIEW OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR INCUMBENT LEC BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. Comment Date 45 Days after publication in the Federal Register. Reply Comment Dates, 30 days after Comment Date. (Dkt No. 01-337). Action by: The Commission. Adopted: 12/12/2001 by NPRM. (FCC No. 01-360). CCB

• FCC To Review Broadband Rules, ISP Planet 12/14/01
• Local Competition and Broadband Reporting CC Docket 99-301
  • LOCAL COMPETITION AND BROADBAND REPORTING. Adopted rules and standardized form to collect basic information about two critical and dynamic areas of the communications industry: the development of local telephone service competition and the deployment of broadband services. Dkt No.: CC- 99-301. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 24, 2000. by R&Order. (FCC No. 00-114). CCB 

    FCC Adopts Data Collection Program To Assess Local Telecommunications Competition And Broadband Deployment. Information to Assist Commission's Efforts to Further Deregulate Telecommunications Markets and Determine State of Broadband Deployment; News Media contact: Mike Balmoris 0253. by MO&O. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: March 24, 2000. Dkt No.: CC- 99-301. CCB. News Release

    This proceeding is promulgating rules requiring certain entities to report data to the FCC on the deployment of broadband.  Below is some relevant language of significance to the Internet:

     61.  The Commission does not regulate internet services, but recognizes that Internet Protocol (IP) telephony may become an important substitute for circuit-switched telephony.  As a result, when evaluating the development of local competition, we believe it is necessary to include the development of IP-telephony service.  However, while the proposed survey instructions direct reporting entities to report lines that may be used in connection with IP- telephony service, as discussed below, the survey questions do not identify the use of IP- telephony per se.  We seek comment whether we should undertake a more specific determination of the extent to which the internet is being used to provide telephony services and how we should do so.
         62.  Survey instructions direct LECs to report lines in service that connect directly to an end user at one end and, at the other end, connect to a carrier switch or to a network that carries voice calls to the public switched telephone network.  For purposes of this Notice, "public switched telephone network" includes the traditional circuit-switched telephone network as well as all alternatives to the wireline infrastructure, regardless of switching technology.  The distinguishing characteristic is that only those networks that enable a telephone service subscriber to place a voice call to any other telephone service subscriber are included.  Thus, for example, the number of lines reported by a LEC would not depend on whether that LEC has deployed packet-switching technology into some, or all, of its serving wire centers.  Similarly, the LEC would report a line if it connects an end user to the network of another entity that offers telephone service to the general public, regardless of the switching technology deployed in the network of that entity.
         63.  Reported numbers of lines in service to end users therefore would include (but would not separately identify) lines serving residences in which computer hobbyists, for  example, have installed software that enables voice calls to be placed over the public internet. The reported number of lines also would include any unbundled LEC loops that the LEC provides to another communications carrier in connection with the second carrier's offering of an IP-telephony service to the general public.  By contrast, to the extent that a corporation uses a dedicated network to carry IP-based voice calls, the lines that comprise the dedicated corporate network would not be counted in the survey.
         64.  We note that numbers of lines in service to end users, reported in Sections I - III of the survey, also would not include lines (or, more precisely, added functionality of lines) that connect end users to internet service providers (ISPs) but which the reporting carrier provides to the ISP rather than to the end user.  Examples of such arrangements are the recently announced agreements under which America Online will lease, from Bell Atlantic and SBC Communications, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) capacity that America Online will incorporate into a premium (higher-speed) option for its internet service.  In these circumstances, however, the LEC that provides DSL capacity to the ISP would continue to report the voice grade line that it provides to the end user.  Also, if the DSL capacity that is provided to the ISP meets the definition of broadband that we propose to adopt for purposes of the survey (i.e., supporting either one way or two way communication, at bandwidthgreater than 200 Kbps), and the line connects to a customer, then, as outlined in the next section of this Notice, the ISP would report the line in Section IV and possibly Section V of the survey.  We invite comment on this particular means of collecting data about DSL, and potentially other, high-capacity communications services with internet-related uses.

  • FCC Local Competition And Broadband Reporting Requirements Webpage

    See Form 477 FAQ Do ISPs have to File?

    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Wordperfect | Adobe | Text | (proposed rules governing deployment of broadband)

    Press Release (Oct 8, 1999)

    WIP Internet Telephony webpage

    Exparte Rules:  This is a "permit-but-disclose" proceeding.  You can voice your opinion but must file a written summary of your views with the FCC Secretary. See Ex Parte Fact Sheet ¶¶ 9-10.

    Apr 17 FCC Data Collection Workshops. FCC, Wash D.C.

    IN THE MATTER OF LOCAL COMPETITION AND BROADBAND REPORTING. Erratum to R&O (FCC-00-114), released March 30, 2000. Action by Chief, Common
    Carrier Bureau. Adopted: April 14, 2000. by Erratum. (DA No. 00-869). CCB 

    Released: April 28, 2000. DATA COLLECTION WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2000 SECOND WORKSHOP TO ASSIST CARRIERS IN COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LOCAL
    COMPETITION AND BROADBAND REPORTING REQUIREMENT. Dkt No.: CC-99-301.

• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES DATA ON HIGH-SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released summary statistics of its latest data on the deployment of high-speed Internet services in the United States.. News Release. Adopted: 08/09/2001 CCB. Contact Michael Balmoris at 0253 Report | Press Release
• U.S. Report Inspires Hot Debate over High-Speed Internet, Newsfactor 8/13/01
• FCC: Broadband customers up 158 percent, CNET 8/10/01
• High-speed Internet connections more numerous, FCC says, Nando 8/10/01
• Broadband Use Skyrocketing - FCC, Newsfactor 8/10/01
• FCC Reports 63 Percent Jump In Broadband Use, Washtech 8/10/01

Books

• Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age, by Susan Crawford (2012)
• Bruce Kushnick, $200 Billion Broadband Scandal, Teletruth 2006
  

News

See also| Broadband Deployment Statistics |Cable News | Wireless News |
| DSL News | Fiber News | Backbone News | Power Line News | Satellite News | Dial Up | Laser | Industry | Municipalities |

• FCC Moving Toward Special Access Action, Internet News 11/3/2010
• FCC Says: Send Us Toys!, CommLawBlog 11/3/2010
• Is the Office Really Necessary? Global Study by Cisco Reveals 60 Percent Of Workers Believe Being in the Office Is No Longer Needed to Be Productive, Cisco 10/19/2010
• GAO: High U.S. Broadband Prices Hindering Adoption - And High U.S. Broadband Prices Are Due To Limited Competition, dslreports 10/12/2010
• How The FCC Has Failed To Take On The Real Broadband Issue: Competition... And Why, Techdirt 10/8/2010
• Two-Thirds of Americans on Broadband, bandwidth reports 9/27/2010
• Pigeon wings broadband speed test, BBC 9/17/2010
• Broadband switch 'too difficult', BBC 9/13/2010
• Broadband Jobs, USTelecom 9/13/2010
• Compliance Reminders: FCC Filings Due August 2011; FCC Form 477 Compliance Webinar; FCC Annual Regulatory Fees, Telecom Law Monitor 7/20/2011
• FCC Releases Broadband Progress Report, NATOA 5/25/2011
• Walden Statement on FCC's Broadband Report, House Commerce 5/25/2011
• FCC Broadband Data Proposal Creates Unnecessary Burdens, USTelecom 4/4/2011
• The FCC just releases a new internet and telephone report, Electrozo 3/25/2011
• Tiered pricing comes to the Internet backbone, Ars Technica 8/18/2011
• Verizon to install 100 gigabit network in U.S., CNET 3/30/2011
• The Grand Slam of Wrong, AT&T 2/23/2011
• Cable, AT&T Gang Up On Level 3 - Want FCC To Rule Quickly In Their Favor, dslreports 2/16/2011
• 26 Terabyte Laser Could Be Just What The Internet Needed, USTelecom 5/25/2011
• Broadband Investment Posted 4.2 % Gain to $66 Billion in 2010, USTelecom 5/25/2011
• Broadband Brings Telecommuting Benefits, USTelecom 5/6/2011
• AT&T Starts Capping Internet Use, Huffpo 5/2/2011
• FCC To Mobile Browsers: Roam, Roam On The Range, CommLawBlog 4/14/2011
• ISPs Spent $7.1 Billion on Broadband in 2010, USTelecom 3/2/2011
• USTelecom Urges FCC to Create New Low-Income Broadband Adoption Plan, USTelecom 2/25/2011
• FCC Chairman: Broadband Buildout Key to Job Growth, USTelecom 2/11/2011
• Clearing the Regulatory Path to 100% Broadband, AT&T 2/11/2011
• FCC Chairman Genachowski 'Out of Touch' with Broadband Reality, Free Press 2/11/2011
• What To Expect From The National Broadband Map., PK 2/11/2011
• Will FCC and Congress Sabotage Obama State of the Union High Tech Goals?, PK 1/31/2011
• Telework legislation is good news for budgets and workers, WAPO 11/19/2010
• Broadband Deployment Taking Back Seat at FCC, USTelecom 12/13/2010
• Internet Essentials — An Ambitious and Comprehensive Broadband Adoption Experiment, Comcast 8/12/2011
• Is There A Bandwidth Shortage?, NPR 8/12/2011
• FCC: Broadband delivers close to advertised speeds, CW 8/3/2011
• Broadband subscribers mostly get what they pay for, CNEt 8/3/2011
• I feel the need, the need for speed!, Verizon 8/3/2011
• When It Comes To Speed, Xfinity Internet Delivers, Comcast 8/3/2011
• What Does SamKnow? Comcast Delivers Faster Speeds to More People Than Any Other ISP, Comcast 8/3/2011
• Who Knows Broadband Speeds? Sam Knows., ATT 8/3/2011
• FCC Report on Broadband Provider Speed Tests Shows High-Quality Performance, USTelecom 8/3/2011
• Cablevision is biggest loser in FCC broadband speed report, Gigaom 8/3/2011
• ISPs 'still mislead' on broadband, BBC 7/28/2011
• 7.8 Million Kids Heading Back to School With One Strike Already Against Them, Connected Nation 7/26/2011
• "Very bold or very dumb": data caps don't apply to ISP's own movie service (updated), Ars Technica 7/20/2011
• Introducing the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group, Cabletechtalk 6/9/2010
• Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group poised for launch, Google 6/9/2010
• CTIA Statement on the FCC's Consumer Survey on Broadband Speeds, CTIA 6/1/2010
• 6/9: Michael Copps, FCC Commissioner: Openness and Innovation in the Digital World, Center for Internet and Society 6/1/2010
• Democrats to launch effort to rewrite Telecom Act, CW 5/25/2010
• Congress to Review Telecommunications Law, NYT 5/25/2010
• Speedtest.net Opens Up Their Data - Free to academics, ranks fastest cities/countries, dslreports 5/25/2010
• Internet Regulation? That Is The Billion Dollar Question, Nextgenweb 5/25/2010
• The Top 10 Cities With the Best Broadband, Gigaom 5/25/2010
• FCC Broadband Proposal at Odds with Investment Goals, US Telecom 5/21/2010
• Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Hold Workshop on Promoting Innovation, FTC 5/21/2010
• Broadband Adoption Key for Senior Citizens, Nextgenweb 5/17/2010
• FCC's Broadband Switcheroo Draws Yays and Nays, Ecommerce Times 5/12/2010
• Rep. Stearns trying to block FCC on broadband regulation, Hill 5/12/2010
• Post Tech: FCC's Clyburn criticizes firms for misinformation on broadband proposal, Wash Post 5/12/2010
• New Communications Act Needed, USTelecom 5/12/2010
• Cloudy Skies at the FCC, Nextgenweb 5/12/2010
• Making Policy Based on the Right Framework, Verizon 5/12/2010
• CTIA Statement on Rep. Stearns Introduction of Internet Protection, Investment & Innovation Act, CTIA 5/12/2010
• FCC: $62 Billion to Bring FTTH to Unserved Territories in US, Circleid 5/12/2010
• Public Knowledge Defends FCC Authority for New Broadband Policies, PK 5/12/2010
• Will Brand X Really Save the FCC's "Third Way" Plan?, PFF 5/12/2010
• Regional ISPs Drive Broadband Growth in Rural Markets, Comscore 5/12/2010
• ISPs Find a Legislator to Stymie FCC Broadband Regs, Gigaom 5/12/2010
• FCC Backs Away from Cliff, Charts New Course for Broadband Policy, Save the Internet 5/12/2010
• FCC: Toothless Regulator or Cop on the Beat?, PFF 5/5/2010
• Letter to the FCC, Crawford 5/5/2010
• Setting the Record Straight for The Economist Blog, Verizon 4/30/2010
• NARUC Applauds FCC Ruling Affirming States' Authority to Collect Broadband Data, NARUC 4/28/2010
• Average U.S. Broadband Speed: 3.8Mbps - Delaware remains the country's fastest state at 7.6 Mbps, dslreports 4/21/2010
• Broadband and Teleworking Evolving Quickly, Verizon 3/26/2010
• Almost half of poor Americans go to the library for Internet, Ars Technica 3/26/2010
• Two ISPs In A Market Does Not Mean There's Competition - 78% of Americans live in duopoly markets. Guess why prices are high?, dslreports 3/24/2010
• AT&T, Verizon Pour It On Thick In Praise Of New Broadband Plan - Lobbyists celebrate open access failure, insist they're 'empowering consumers', dslreports 3/24/2010
• Remarks: Verizon EVP Tom Tauke at New Democrat Network, Verizon 3/24/2010
• The Internet is hiding in the weeds, Virulent Word Mouse 3/24/2010
• Verizon's Tom Tauke Calls for Congressional Overhaul of Telecom Act; New Regime, PFF 3/24/2010
• Free Press Rejects Verizon's Push for a Toothless FCC, Free Press 3/24/2010
• Former FCC Boss Michael Powell Still Hallucinating Competition - 2004 called, and would like its 'free market' rhetoric back..., dslreports 2/22/2010
• Massive storms don't halt D.C. IT ops, CW 2/22/2010
• Internet2 Applauds FCC, Google Broadband Goals, I2 2/22/2010
• U.S. must do better at enabling federal employees to telework, Wash Post 2/16/2010
• The Solution? Telecommuting., Nextgenweb 2/16/2010
• For Telecommuters, It's Not About Going To Work, NPR 2/16/2010
• Rep. Boucher Remarks at State of the Net, PFF 1/28/2010
• US broadband's average speed: 3.9Mbps, Ars Technica 1/19/2010
• So Did Anything Actually Happen In Telecom In 2009? And What That Means for 2010., Tales from the Sausage Factory 1/5/2010
• No heat, no plumbing, no neighbors, but plenty of broadband, Virulent Word Mouse 1/5/2010
• AT&T to FCC: Let My Landlines Go!, MAP 1/5/2010
• The FCC is Naive, Internet Statistics 1/5/2010
• Fairpoint Tries To Scuttle Maine Broadband Stimulus Grant, Tales from the Sausage Factory 1/5/2010
• Broadband's Big Day: Stim Fund Handouts, FCC's National Plan, Ecommerce Times 12/18/2009
• Broadband networks supporting innovation, OECD 12/15/2009
• Parties Asked To Comment on Analytical Framework Necessary To Resolve Issues in the Special Access Notice of Proposed, Fed Reg 12/4/2009
• Is the FCC Becoming the Federal Cloud Commission?, PFF 11/24/2009
• US Broadband Coalition releases report on US broadband adoption, Muni 11/17/2009
• FCC Mulls Broadband Network for Public Safety, Internet News 11/13/2009
• Three sneezes and you are out, Net Effect 10/29/2009
• Can the Internet handle traffic in an H1N1 pandemic?, CW 10/29/2009
• Home With the Flu? No YouTube for You!, Gigaom 10/29/2009
• Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO says, Wash Post 10/29/2009
• 'Broadband For America': Same Lobbying Crap. New Name. - Meet the cable and phone undustry's latest astroturf attempt, dslreports 9/29/2009
• Broadband for America, USTelecom 9/29/2009
• NATOA Announces Recipients of Community Broadband Awards for Outstanding Endeavors to Bring Broadband to More Communities and Consumers, NATOA 9/10/2009
• Keep Off the Astroturf, Save the Internet 8/20/2009
• CDT Tells FCC To Include Openness, Privacy in Broadband Plan, CDT 6/9/2009
• Rep. Clyburn Touts Connected Recovery at Broadband Census Breakfast, Nextgenweb 7/27/2009
• Home Broadband Soars, Becomes Hot Housing Commodity, USTelecom 7/27/2009
• Public Interest Groups Urge Quick FCC Action on Special Access, PK 6/11/2009
• Study: Internet economy has created 1.2M jobs, CW 6/11/2009
• Broadband Mapping, Connectivity, the Five Freedoms, and Prosperity, Cook's Collaborative Edge 6/11/2009
• Internet access: faster, but not any cheaper, Ars Technica 6/9/2009
• Obama Team Stumps for Tech Policy, Internet News 6/5/2009
• FCC Comment Link Reopened - Send Yours Now, Save the Internet 6/5/2009
• Verizon: US Broadband Is Really Competitive, If You Just Redefine The Market The Way We Want..., Techdirt 6/5/2009
• Stuck In Broadband No Man's Land - Many sold Verizon markets may have a long wait..., dslreports 6/5/2009
• The Power of Broadband: The Public Television Perspective, Connected Nation 5/25/2009
• Companies Trying To Restrict Usage Isn't Evidence Of Any Broadband Crunch, Techdirt 5/13/2009
• Sen Commerce Committee May 19 Confirmation Hearings :: Strickling, Choprah, Cybertelecom 5/13/2009
• Cost Of Providing Broadband Dropping - It's the television market where margins are tight..., dslreports 5/5/2009
• Of subways, government subsidies and broadband, CW 5/1/2009
• FCC Developing Plan To Deliver Broadband, Wash Post 4/9/2009
• FCC Gets its Data On?, FMC 4/9/2009
• FCC launches "transformative" inquiry on broadband, Ars Technica 4/9/2009
• FCC Kicks Off Effort to Develop a National Broadband Plan, Tech Policy Central 4/9/2009
• 2009: The FCC Finally Makes A Broadband Plan - Now the real test: shaking off lobbyist influence..., dslreports 4/9/2009
• FCC seeks input on national broadband plan, CNET 4/9/2009
• Broadband in America: A Policy of Neglect is Not Benign, Center for Internet and Society 3/27/2009
• Telcos Resisting Broadband Stimulus Because They're Worried It Might Force Them To Compete, Techdirt 3/18/2009
• FCC promises open process on national broadband strategy, Ars Technica 3/12/2009
• U.S. Broadband Is Fine, Nothing To See Here - The New York Times methodically fixing all broadband issues.., dslreports 3/12/2009
• Broadband connects sick children with classrooms, Speed Matters 3/10/2009
• ConnectKentucky a model for other states, Speed Matters 3/3/2009
• Connected Nation Takes Aim At Stimulus Broadband Mapping; Rural Areas Could Be Hurt, PK 2/18/2009
• Public Knowledge Hails Open Internet Provisions of Stimulus Bill, PK 2/12/2009
• Network Neutrality Preserved In Stimulus, OpenLeft 2/12/2009
• Understanding What The Broadband Stimulus Does, and What It Doesn't Try To do., Tales from the Sausage Factory 2/10/2009
• Benkler analyzes Broadband in Stimulus Bills, Isen 2/3/2009
• House Expected to OK Billions for Broadband, Internet News 1/29/2009
• House Republicans Continue to Stand Up For Principle Despite Self Interest or Common Sense. Go GOP!, Tales from the Sausage Factory 1/29/2009
• Shane Greenstein, The Broadband Bonus: Accounting for Broadband Internet's Impact on U.S. GDP (Jan 2008), Greenstein 1/21/2009
• ...and Communications for All? A Telecommunications Policy Agenda for the Obama Administration, PK 1/15/2009
• Obama's Official Broadband Policy, Telecom Policy 1/15/2009
• Democrats sneak Net neutrality rules into 'stimulus' bill, CNET 1/15/2009
• Why Government Investment in Broadband Is Justified Now, CircleID 1/7/2009
• EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Join Broad Coalition In Support of a National Broadband Strategy Lauren Rotman, Internet2 12/10/2008
• Obama to include broadband in economic stimulus package , Speed Matters 12/10/2008
• Copper Thieves Threaten U.S. Infrastructure, FBI says , Wired 12/5/2008
• FBI: Copper Thefts Threaten U.S. Infrastructure - Reason number 1,237 to deploy Fiber to the home?, dslreports 12/5/2008
• 75% Of Broadband Customers Would Switch ISPs - If scheduling the new install wasn't such a pain in the ass., dslreports 11/25/2008
• New Study Says Go Green with Greater Telecommuting, USTelecom 11/25/2008
• Telcos: The Internet Will Collapse If The Gov't Doesn't Gives Us Lots Of Money, Techdirt 11/25/2008
• U.S. Telcos want $30-60B bailout, Telecom Policy 11/25/2008
• A National Broadband Strategy Call to Action, PK 11/18/2008
• Google's Schmidt calls for more innovation, stronger infrastructure, CNET 11/18/2008
• Eric Schmidt: Open Broadband to Competition, IP Democracy 11/18/2008
• Again, There's No Broadband 'Price War' - Non-price competition is the benefit of monopoly/duopoly power., dslreports 10/23/2008
• Bandwidth prices fall sharply, Tech Liberation Front 10/10/2008
• FCC ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER MEETING ON BROADBAND POLICY TO BE HELD BY THE FEDERAL-STATE JOINT CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED SERVICES. News Release. News Media Contact: Robert Kenny, FCC 9/30/2008
• Is It the Dawn of the Reregulation Era?, Telecom Industry and Regulation 9/22/2008
• Hearing shows high speed Internet opening doors for the disadvantaged, Speed Matters 9/22/2008
• Our broadband sucks but at least we have a lot of company, Muni 9/16/2008
• Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown, NYT 9/2/2008
• Broadband Draws Entertainment Traffic, clickz 6/26/2008
• Report shows U.S. high speed Internet deployment still lags behind, Speed Matters 9/16/2008
• Verizon: What Broadband Problem? - You're not looking at the data the way Verizon would like you to...., dslreports 9/11/2008
• State Broadband Speeds Compared - Who knew that Delaware was a broadband juggernaut?, dslreports 5/30/2008
• Slow growth for high speed Internet, Speed Matters 6/24/2008
• Broadband Signals Silent in Many Neighborhoods, Speed Matters 6/24/2008
• Hearing shows high speed Internet opening doors for the disadvantaged, Speed Matters 9/22/2008
• Is It the Dawn of the Reregulation Era?, Telecom Industry and Regulation 9/22/2008
• Our broadband sucks but at least we have a lot of company, Muni 9/16/2008
• Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown, NYT 9/2/2008
• What if you could own your Internet connection?, Google 7/24/2008
• NATOA ANNOUNCES ADOPTION OF BROADBAND PRINCIPLES, PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS, NATOA 7/21/2008
• Nation's Largest ISPs Crafting Fake National Broadband Policy - In order to make sure that no real, substantive ones take shape...., dslreports 7/18/2008
• Connected Nation: National Broadband Policy Or Big Telco Front?, Techdirt 7/18/2008
• Getting the Best National Broadband Data, Verizon 7/18/2008
• Report: High speed Internet opens educational opportunities, Speed Matters 7/8/2008
• U.S. Broadband Cannot Be Fixed Until You Tackle Corruption - Editorial: broadband cheerleading and Ivy League round tables aren't enough., dslreports 6/30/2008
• FCC Announces Public En Banc Hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Broadband and the Digital Future, FCC 6/30/2008
• Online Everyone: The Internet for Everyone, a new public/private coalition, Peerflow 6/26/2008
• Broadband Deployment Beyond 2010, Verizon 6/20/2008
• Debunking Broadband Myths, Verizon 6/20/2008
• Broadband Infrastructure Investment Would Have Ten Fold Payoff - $100 billion investment would net trillion dollar economic growth, says analyst, dslreports 6/4/2008
• Kevin Martin Defends Shoddy Broadband Record - You apparently have to put his failure in full context...., dslreports 5/30/2008
• Scuse Me Whilst I Pause to Savor the Irony - Wall St. J Writer Blames Kevin Martin For Slo., Tales from the Sausage Factory 5/30/2008
• Large sections of Washington are still not connected to high speed Internet, Speed Matters 5/28/2008
• Qwest begs for government subsidies for broadband, Muni 5/22/2008
• Tennessee outpaces nation in adoption of high speed Internet, Speed Matters 5/20/2008
• Media Access Project brings DC to Silicon Valley: May 12 and June 12, Muni 5/6/2008
• ITIF: Explaining International Broadband Leadership, Next Gen Web 5/6/2008
• Connect Kentucky Disconnected At Home, PK 4/15/2008
• FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts For Telecommunications Services In Apartment Buildings , FCC 3/25/2008
• Google backs 'white space' wi-fi, BBC 3/25/2008
• European Internet speeds up, prices down`, Globe and Mail 3/20/2008
• FCC Votes To Ban Exclusive Telco Broadband Deals - After applying the ban for cable operators last year., dslreports 3/20/2008
• Top Telecom Ambassador: No Broadband Lag in U.S., IP Democracy 3/20/2008
• ISP Lobbying Group: What Rural Broadband Problem? - Move along folks, there's nothing to see here., dslreports 3/7/2008
• Developing a Digital Strategy - Where to start?, Cisco 2/4/2008
• Shades of NSFNet: EDUCAUSE Proposes 100Mbps Nationwide Broadband, Peerflow 2/4/2008
• Broadband Policy, IIA 1/24/2008
• Gigi on Telecom on C-Span and NPR, PK 1/24/2008
• The "ConnectKentucky Model" -- A Limited Step In the Right Direction, Muni 1/17/2008
• The Future of Broadband, IIA 1/17/2008
• Connect Kentucky Provides Uncertain Model for Federal Legislation, PK 1/10/2008
• America's broadband shame, Salon 10/26/2007
• 100Mbps Symmetrical: $48.50 - Did we mention you need to live in Hong Kong?, DSLreports 9/25/2007
• ISPs Still Confusing 'Limited' & 'Unlimited' - Have their marketing cake and eat it, too..., DSLreports 9/21/2007
• When Broadband Duopolists Fight, We Win? Maybe . . . ., PK 11/13/2007
• Broadband Via Spy Plane - Russian Myasishchev M-55 spy planes, DSLreports 11/9/2007
• "Bread & Circuses" -- A telecom conspiracy theory, Verizon 11/9/2007
• U.S. Broadband Stuck in the Internet Slow Lane, CircleID 11/1/2007
• Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Make Broadband Access More Affordable, Senate 11/1/2007
• FCC To Ban Exclusive Broadband Deals - New rules to be handed down on Wednesday., DSLreports 10/31/2007
• Broadband is one of World Trade's 'Fabulous 50' - Driving world trade even if the U.S. is behind, DSLreports 9/4/2007
• Aspen Summit videos are up, PFF 8/29/2007
• FCC, Verizon: Rejoice over your broadband connection, CNET 8/23/2007
• Broadband Speeds Averaging About 1/3 Of The Speed On The Box, Techdirt 8/9/2007
• FCC: What Broadband Problem? - McDowell editorial..., DSLreports 7/27/2007
• What I told Senator Durbin, Part II, Isen 7/27/2007
• Stevens Cosponsors Bill to Make Broadband Access More Affordable, Senate 7/26/2007
• Swedish woman gets world's fastest Internet connection, USA Today 7/22/2007
• Opinion: Why ConnectKentucky makes a bad model for U.S. broadband, MuniWireless 8/29/2007
• Legislation Would Force New Broadband Rates, Internet News 7/22/2007
• It is Still True, More Bandwidth is Better, Verizon 6/19/2007
• Boucher Wants to Improve America's Broadband, PK 6/8/2007
• FCC Chairman Speaks - An interview with Kevin Martin, Broadband Reports 5/30/2007
• Inouye, Stevens Introduce Communications R&D Bill, Senate 5/25/2007
• US average broadband speed is 1.9 Mbps, versus 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in Sweden, MuniWireless 5/22/2007
• Why We Have No National Broadband Policy - Because we can't even agree there's a problem, Broadband Reports 4/27/2007
• State Department Letter on OECD Study on Broadband Use, State 4/27/2007
• Broadband Black Holes - FiOS? We've never been able to get DSL, DSLreports 7/5/2007
• Broadband Growth Slowing in U.S., Internet News 7/5/2007
• Google Fools: Web Service Through Toilet, Wash Post 4/3/2007
• Only 15% Sign Up For Triple Play - And most of them are with Comcast..., Broadband Reports 3/21/2007
• Speed Matters: Affordable High-Speed Internet for All, CWS 2/1/2007
• What does 'unlimited' mean?, Guardian 2/1/2007
• State of the Union: Tech, Telecom May Get Overlooked, Ecommerce Times 1/23/2007
• GAO To Allow Reimbursement of Home Internet Access for Some, Fed Smith 1/12/2007
• A Democratic House's Impact on Telecom - Goodbye national franchises, hello net-neutrality laws?, Broadband Reports 11/8/2006
• House Democrats and the Internet, Telecom Agenda, IP Democracy 11/8/2006
• Having Our Lame Ducks in a Row, Public Knowledge 11/8/2006
• America's Internet Disconnect, Wash Post 11/8/2006
• Speed Matters: Affordable High-Speed Internet for All, CWS 12:00:00 AM
• Cox: 6% Rate Hike - Virginia: 35% increase since 2000, Broadband Reports 11/14/2006
• The Truth Behind America's Digital Decline, GovTech 10/26/2006
• Broadband Is Quickly Becoming a Package Deal, emarketer 7/10/2006
• A Duopoly By Any Other Name..., PK 7/10/2006
• Broadband Scandal E-Book - Kushnick offers it free for a week, Broadband Reports 6/21/2006
• Telco Lobbyist: $2 Million Salary - Business is booming..., Broadband Reports 6/16/2006
• If FCC Broadband Data is Wrong... - What would that say about America's broadband policy?, Broadband Reports 5/9/2006
• Rural Broadband Remains Spotty, Clickz 5/9/2006
• Follow up on Community Wirelsss Summit, AFCN 4/14/2006
• Preaching to the Converted at F2C, IP Democracy 4/5/2006
• Comcast 16Mbps Vs. Verizon Fios - But where's the upstream?, Broadband Reports 3/28/2006
• Verizon VP Calls for New National Broadband Policy, Americas Network 6/10/2005
• More on Bush/Martin broadband policy, Isen.blog 6/10/2005
• Telecoms seen beating cable on broadband in Q2, Wash Post 7/19/2005
• "CHARACTERISTICS OF THE U.S. BROADBAND MARKET". IB. For Delivery by Donald Abelson, July 1, 2005, RITE Broadband Symposium, FCC 7/8/2005
• Orwell's FCC chair, Free Press 7/8/2005
• Verizon VP Calls for New National Broadband Policy, Americas Network 6/10/2005
• More on Bush/Martin broadband policy, Isen.blog 6/10/2005
• Higher Education Unites Around Telecom Reform, Firstmile.us 6/7/2005
• Afterthoughts on Broadband Policy Summit 2005, Firstmile.us 6/7/2005
• FCC blamed for lack of competition in US broadband market, Muni 6/7/2005
• Universal Broadband Access: Implementing President Bush's Vision, Brookings Institute 6/7/2005
• FCC's Martin: Broadband No. 1 Priority, Isen.blog 6/3/2005
• Disservice, disingenuous and just not true, Isen.blog 5/27/2005
• Children drive home internet use, BBC 5/21/2005
• Cable, phone companies duke it out for customers, USAToday 5/21/2005
• Consumer broadband revenues seen doubling in one year, Information Week 5/6/2005
• DC telecom day, Susan Crawford 5/6/2005
• IEEE-USA White Paper: U.S. Prosperity at Risk; Gigabit Networks Should be National Priority, IEEE 5/3/2005
• Why our broadband policy's still a mess, CNET 3/2/2005
• The broadband crisis that isn't, Topix 1/11/2005
• But there's nothing wrong with broadband in the US!, Muni 1/11/2005
• ISPs fear losing broadband rights, CNET 12/14/2004
• Bandwidth Glut Lives On, Wired 9/30/2004
• Watchdogs: Broadband policy a bust, CNET 10/29/2004
• Why Broadband's Pipes Need Reaming, Ecommerce 10/19/2004
• More Broadband Usage Means More Online Spending, Clickz 10/8/2004
• FCC Takes Action to Promote Broadband Deployment to Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs)., FCC 8/9/2004
• Baby Bells win another FCC victory, CNET 8/9/2004
• Small towns tired of slow rollout create own high-speed networks, USA Today 9/24/2004
• Stealing Back the Airwaves, Wired 5/7/2004
• Study: Broadband market to triple by 2008, CNET 7/9/2004
• EarthLink hooks up to wireless broadband, CNET 5/20/2004
• Broadband Policy Show Moves to House, Internet News 5/20/2004
• Broadband 'set for speed boost', BBC 5/7/2004
• Study: Bright outlook for broadband, CNET 4/30/2004
• Will Wireless Broadband Go Rural?, PC World 4/16/2004
• Verizon readies national broadband network, CNET 4/14/2004
• Verizon to launch expanded business network services, CW 4/14/2004
• Broader broadband?, USA Today 3/26/2004
• More Internet users leaping to broadband, Mercury 3/11/2004
• AT&T supports 'alternative' broadband, CNET 2/26/2004
• Broadband: What's the Holdup?, BWO 2/24/2004
• Tauzin Resigns Key Technology Committee, Internet News 2/5/2004
• Verizon Wireless puts $1 billion on broadband, CNET 1/8/2004
• Does the Residential Broadband Market Need Fixing, CBO 12/22/2003
• Deck The Halls With High-Speed Access, BWO 12/2/2003
• In Utah, public works project goes digital, CNET 11/17/2003
• Broadband numbers show heightened demand, CNET 10/31/2003
• Study: Price matters for broadband, CNET 10/14/2003
• Putting a lid on broadband use, CNET 9/24/03
• Porn and music drive broadband, BBC 5/30/03
• Broadband balloons take off, BBC 5/28/03
• Tapering expectations for broadband, CNN 5/23/03
• Study details broadband in states, FCW 5/23/03
• Bringing broadband to the masses, BBC 5/19/03
• Can price cuts boost broadband, MSNBC 5/19/03
• Speeding's the ticket for U.S. surfers, CNET 5/19/03
• Point-Counterpoint: FCC Decision on "Unbundling", CTCNet 4/7/03
• Point-Counterpoint: About the FCC's New Local Competition and Broadband Rules, CTCNet 4/7/03
• BT accused over broadband cut, BBC 4/4/03
• Broadband Boom Is Almost Here, CommWeb 4/4/03
• STATEMENT BY FCC COMMISSIONER KEVIN MARTIN REGARDING VERIZON'S BROADBAND ANNOUNCEMENT. STMT. News Media Contact: Emily Willeford at 2100 CMMR, FCC 3/21/03
• Porn and music drive broadband, BBC 5/30/03
• Broadband balloons take off, BBC 5/28/03
• Tapering expectations for broadband, CNN 5/23/03
• Study details broadband in states, FCW 5/23/03
• Bringing broadband to the masses, BBC 5/19/03
• Can price cuts boost broadband, MSNBC 5/19/03
• Speeding's the ticket for U.S. surfers, CNET 5/19/03
• Study: Broadband To Hit Quicksand, Newsfactor 5/19/03
• Comcast: DSL won't sever cable's lead, CNET 5/9/03
• San Francisco Leads In Speed, Cyberatlas 5/9/03
• e-Data Telecom: Gartner Says Next-Generation Network to Begin to Evolve in Next Two Years - New Networks Will Allow Voice, Video, Data, and Multimedia Collaboration, ITAA 4/17/03
• e-Data Internet: Broadband Reaches Critical Mass, "Next Level" Users Move Beyond the PC and Web Browsers, ITAA 4/17/03
• Point-Counterpoint: FCC Decision on "Unbundling", CTCNet, 4/7/03
• Point-Counterpoint: About the FCC's New Local Competition and Broadband Rules, CTCNet, 4/7/03
• BT accused over broadband cut, BBC, 4/4/03
• Broadband Boom Is Almost Here, CommWeb, 4/4/03
• FCC Likely to Keep Broadband Competition -Sources, Yahoo 1/27/03
• Hollings Blasts FCC Rule Changes, Internet News 1/15/03
• Deregulation Plans Assailed: Senators Question Agenda of FCC's Chairman, Wash Post 1/15/03
• Upcoming FCC Reviews has big implications, NWFusion 1/10/03
• Feds may shake up broadband market, CNET 1/7/03
• Indisputable Facts About RBOCs, Network Mag 1/7/03
• BT admits broadband mistakes, Guardian 2/10/03
• Broadband's Reach Gets Broader, atNY 2/7/03
• Building Out Broadband, OSTP 2/4/03
• Broadband Broadens Its Pitch, Wash Post 2/4/03
• Rural Broadband Coalition Begins Congressional Agenda Promoting Rural Access To High-Speed Internet, BBExchange 1/31/03
• Narrowband Net use declines in US, Register 1/31/03
• Public broadband catching on, MSNBC 1/27/03
• Broadband aims for mile-high club, Cnet 1/15/03
• How Are Customers Connecting?, Ecomm Times 12/20/02
• Cost of broadband still a problem, NUA 12/20/02
• FCC says broadband growth slowed, NWFusion 12/20/02
• FCC Releases Data On High-speed Services For Internet Access., FCC 12/18/02
• US firms opting for DSL and cable connections, NUA 12/16/02
• Is it too late for FCC hearings? NW Fusion 10/28/02
• FCC Chief Says Telecom Isn't Doomed by Cutbacks NYT 10/21/02
• Copyright, Slow Broadband Growth Internet News 10/24/02
• Broadband Plan Gets Confusing USA Today 11/5/02
• Broadband Battle - Content Vs. Access BBC 10/15/02
• Speeding Up Broadband Newsfactor 11/5/02
• DSL is the leading broadband technology NUA 11/8/02
• Good, Bad News About Bandwidth Prices, IDG 10/9/02
• Cost Of Broadband Falling, BBC 10/7/02
• Broadband Disconnect, Wash Post 10/1/02
• Price of high-speed access too high for US users, NUA 9/26/02
• Report: Demand Low For Broadband In U.S., USA Today 9/23/02
• Study: Broadband demand not there, MSNBC 9/23/02
• The New Era of High-Speed E-Commerce, Newsfactor 9/23/02
• Report: Broadband Price Remains Too Steep, Newsfactor 9/23/02
• US Broadband subscriber market set to grow, NUA 9/20/02
• High-income groups fuel broadband take-up, NUA 9/18/02
• Over one million new broadband users in US, NUA 8/21/02
• When Will Broadband Rule the Market?, Newsfactor 7/17/02
• Broadband Providers Back Need For Speed, BBC 7/15/02
• Searches by police, FBI target bandits of bandwidth, Toledo Blade 6/28/02
• Bush Highlights Broadband 'Net Access, Wash Post 6/17/02
• Bush on broadband, CNET 6/17/02
• Broadband Growing At High Speed, Newsbytes 5/22/02
• A Broadband In Every Pot, Wired 5/29/02
• Broadband Growing At High Speed, Newsbytes 5/22/02
• Powell Reiterates Need For Telecom Rewrite, Internet News 5/3/02
• Web surfers snub pricier broadband Internet access, USA Today 4/26/02
• Bandwidth Price Plunge Nearing End?, Internet News 4/26/02
• UK Rural residents demand broadband, BBC 4/17/02
• BT Lifts Off Satellite Broadband, BBC 4/15/02
• BT launches budget broadband service, Guardian 4/8/02
• Familiar Bedfellows Splitting Sheets Over Broadband, Internet News 4/5/02
• Broadband slowed by high-prices, MSNBC 4/3/02
• Company Touts Technology That Tops DSL, Cable, Newsfactor 4/3/02
• Interest Groups Combine Forces In Broadband Battle, Wash Tech 4/3/02
• Broadband gets popular, BBC 3/19/02
• ISPs Are Nuts Of Any Broadband Future, ISP Planet 3/15/02
• Study: Broadband demand "strong", CNET 3/13/02
• Broadband: Big promises, little action, USA Today 3/11/02
• High-speed Internet Usage Soars, MSNBC 3/6/02
• High-speed Internet usage soars, MSNBC 3/6/02
• Bush Tech Advisors Will Tackle Broadband Demand, Wash Tech 3/6/02
• Broadband Net Surfing Accounts for More than half of all time spent online, Netratings 3/6/02
• Broadband Internet Never Cometh, Newsfactor 2/28/02
• Superbroadband may transform net, Austin Statesman 2/25/02
• BT 'to Slash Broadband Costs', BBC 2/25/02
• 3Com Chief: Broadband Must Be Nat'l Priority, Internet News 1/28/02
• UK - Trouble ahead for broadband providers, BBC 1/28/02
• Broadband Goes Down The Drain, BBC 1/24/02
• Why Should Broadband Get A Tax Break?, BWO 1/24/02
• High-Tech CEOs Talk Broadband Policy On Hill, Wash Tech 1/24/02
• More IT executives urge government broadband push, Computer World 1/24/02
• Lobbying group Outlines Big Pipe Dream, NWFusion 1/22/02
• ITAA Telecom: ITAA Says Better Content Will Speed Adoption Of Broadband, Action Agenda Must Stimulate Wider Use, ITAA 1/18/02
• Tech leaders see super-fast Web access as new manifest destiny, AP 1/18/02
• Study: Broadband fees climbed in 2001, CNET 1/18/02
• Groups Lobby For More Broadband, Wash Tech 1/17/02
• ITAA Telecom: ITAA Says Better Content Will Speed Adoption Of Broadband, Action Agenda Must Stimulate Wider Use, ITAA 1/18/02
• Does Fast Internet Need a Push?, Wash Tech 1/17/02
• Broadband Fees Up; Adoption Rates Down, Cyberatlas 1/17/02
• CEOs Issue Broadband Challenge, Internet News 1/17/02
• Will 2002 Be The Year Of Broadband?, BBC 1/14/02
• The Nine Assassins of Broadband, by John Dvorak, PC Mag 1/11/02
• FCC grants broadband license to Boeing , Nando 12/28/01
• FCC Approves Airline Internet Service, Inews 12/28/01
• Michigan Pushes Broadband, FCW 12/5/01
• Is High-Speed Internet About To Crash?, Newsfactor 12/4/01
• Broadband Deregulation Around The Corner - Verizon Chief, Wash Tech 12/4/01
• Bringing broadband to the home: more steam for Internet Access, ITU 12/4/01
• ISPs See More Broadband Disasters, INews 12/7/01
• Gates appeals on broadband access, Guardian 12/7/01
• Broadband woes hobble Net ads: Gates, Times India 12/7/01
• 'Broadband fiasco' looms, Guardian 11/27/01
• Big telcos nearly dominate broadband arena, USAtoday 11/23/01
• Can broadband revive tech industry?, ZDNet 11/23/01
• Mercedes Demos Drive-By Info Gathering, Allnet 11/13/01
• High-speed Net In Most Homes? Ha!, EComm Times 11/13/01
• AOL, Sony Announce Far-Reaching Broadband Pact, Newsfactor 11/13/01
• AOL, Sony to collaborate on broadband entertainment venture, Nando 11/13/01
• BT and the failed revolution, Guardian 11/9/01
• Broadband defectors on the rise, MSNBC 11/7/01
• AT&T Is Sticking to Timetable on Cable Unit, NTY 11/7/01
• Broadband suffers economy's pinch, CNET 11/7/01
• Sprint Takes $1.1 Billion Leap Into Future, INews 11/5/01
• Broadband Set to Surge, Top ISPs Lead the Way, Newsfactor 10/30/01
• ISPs Push Heavy Users To Broadband, Cyberatlas 10/30/01
• AT&T Reconsiders Broadband Sale, TechTV 10/30/01
• AT&T Broadband: A Hard Sell, Forbes 10/26/01
• Colt: bandwidth demand will fall, Guardian 10/25/01
• Content caught off-side, Guardian 10/25/01
• Sprint kills ION, lays off 6,000 as profit falls, CW 10/18/01
• Sprint Drops ION Business, INews 10/18/01
• MSN Vs. AOL In A Broadband Battle, MSN 10/16/01
• Microsoft aims at AOL with new MSN offer, Times India 10/16/01
• UK Broadband prices 'too high' says BT Retail Boss, Register 10/10/01
• Optimism Runs High For Residential Broadband, IDG 10/5/01
• Intel Says FCC Holds Broadband Back, ISPPlante 10/4/01
• Cheaper wireless broadband vowed (September 26, 2001), Japan Times 9/28/01
• Intel Seeks FCC Aid In Promoting Broadband Deployment, Washtech 9/28/01
• A Shift In MSN's Broadband Strategy?, INews 9/20/01
• US homes upgrade to broadband, Register 9/20/01
• Residential Broadband Customer Count Tops 10 Million, Cable Data 9/5/01
• Regulating high-speed access debated, Nando 8/22/01
• Faster Connections Drive Broadband Users To Surf More Of The Web, Nielsen 8/22/01
• AT&T: Broadband still a tough sell, CNET 8/22/01
• Overview: Superior Broadband, ISP Planet 8/22/01
• People Change Once They Go Broadband - Survey, Newsbytes 8/22/01
• AT&T in Talks with Microsoft and Disney on Broadband, Standard 8/13/01
• Bandwidth Glut? Not In Metro Areas, Forbes 8/3/01
• Cablecos Going Last Mile, Telcos Delay, 7AM 7/24/01
• Broadband Market Could Lift Economy, Cyberatlas 7/17/01
• The Quick and the Dead, BroadbandInfo 7/19/01
• Broadband Goes To The Sewers, Opt 06/01/01
• Broadband--you are the the weakest link, ZDNet 5/25/01
• SBC primes for new role in broadband content, CNET 7/2/01
• Regulations have slowed Internet offerings, SBC head says, Nando 5/18/01
• Broadband Comes To The Corn Belt, Red Herring 5/18/01
• Phone companies look to hike DSL charges, Nando 5/3/01
• Prices Rising for DSL And Cable Internet, Newsfactor 5/3/01
• AT&T Plans Broadband Rate Hike In June, CNET 5/1/01
• Broadband Battle Turns Nasty, Newsfactor 5/4/01
• Ex-FCC Chief Touts Broadband, DM News 4/27/01
• Broadband Access Takes To The Rooftops, Cyberatlas 3/29/01
• Is Broadband Net Access Recession-Proof?, CNET 3/19/01
• Study: High-Speed Net Access To Transform E-Biz, Newsfactor 3/19/01
• High-Speed Deliverance: Are phone companies using their clout to keep rural Virginia from getting wired?, Washtech 3/21/01
• UK 'Puzzled' By Broadband Debate, Register 3/14/01
• Say No To Broadband? Never!, ZDNet 3/16/01
• 1.3M Broadband Users In Singapore By 2005, ZDNet 3/16/01
• Warning Signs Broadband Is Not For You, ZDNet 3/9/01
• Broadband Makes Move Toward Mainstream, Cyberatlas 2/26/01
• Broadband: Nice Pace If You Can Get It, Wash Post 2/28/01
• Sen. Brownback Plans New Broadband Bill, Newsbytes 2/21/01
• Study: Access to Broadband Widespread, But Use Is Not, Newsfactor 2/23/01
• Sony's Broadband Plans For PlayStation, Standard 2/21/01
• High-Speed Access: Can You Dig It?, IW 2/12/01
• The Future Of Broadband In Asia, Emarketing 2/15/01
• Study: Broadband Access Soars, Internet News 2/9/01
• Broadband: There's No Place Like Home, MSNBC 2/9/01
• A Million Canadians To Switch To High-Speed Net, CP 2/7/01
• BCE Set to Marry High-Speed Internet, Satellite TV, Reuters 2/7/01
• Can't Get Cable Or DSL? Look To The Stars, Anchordesk 2/9/01
• Broadband Bright In FCC's Future, CNET 2/9/01
• Fixed Wireless Challenges Cable, DSL  mercurycenter
• Small town tests TV, DSL combo via phone lines Jan 22 cnn
• Cable/DSL Battle Rages On Dec 13 internetnews
• Broadband Access Expected To Boom By 2004 Nov 29, 2000 techweb
• AT&T Broadband In Expansion Scale Back Nov 24, 2000 internetnews
• Bandwidth Is A Blessing Nov 24, 2000 zdnet
• Six Million Consumers Go Broadband In 2000 Nov 24, 2000 internet
• AT&T halts hardware buys over budget concerns Nov 24, 2000 cnet
• BellSouth: High-Speed Access Limiting Growth Nov 17, 2000 cnn
• Consumer Broadband Primed For Growth Nov 7, 2000 zdnet
• AT&T High-Speed Net Hits 1 Million Customers Nov 15, 2000 excite
• Slow going for high-speed lines: Users frustrated by hassles with DSL and cable modems - USA Today (Nov 14, 2000) Nov 15, 2000 usatoday
• Cable industry adds 690,000 cable modem customers Nov 15, 2000 yahoo
• EarthLink gets satellite access off the ground Nov 15, 2000 cnet
• BT's ADSL Roll-Out Hits Snags Nov 3, 2000 theregister
• US High-Speed Subscriptions Soar Nov 3, 2000 nua
• AT&T Broadband's $20M Smokescreen Nov 2, 2000 internetnews
• BT's ADSL Roll-Out Hits Snags Nov 3, 2000 theregister
• US High-Speed Subscriptions Soar Nov 3, 2000 nua
• Microsoft to offer high-speed Net access Oct 26, 2000 boston
• AT&T Brings Broadband To The Masses Oct 12, 2000 internetnews
• Cable Vs. DSL: Round 2 Oct 8, 2000 techweb
• Broadband Bickering Hits Silicon Valley Aug 23, 2000 infoworld
• The Battle of the Bandwidths NYTimes Aug 11
• Pipe Dream NWFusion Aug 11
• The End Is Near for CLECs InternetNews Aug 9
• BellSouth Gets A Backbone InternetNews Aug 9
• New modem standard boosts dial-up access options A new modem standard called V.92 tweaks 56K bit/sec modems in ways that can save companies money, but might scare ISPs. July 20, 2000
• DSL Ramps Up July 14, 2000 internetwk
• New High-Speed Access Options Emerging July 14, 2000 internetnews
• Broadband Battle Shifts to Beltway July 12, 2000 yahoo
• Cable, DSL Will Coexist July 12, 2000 pcworld
• Covad Extends DSL In New England July 12, 2000 internetnews
• Broadband Coming To A Hotel Near You July 12, 2000 zdnet
• Broadband hitting goals, AT&T says July 12, 2000 Boston
• The Terrible Twos Of High-Speed Access July 10, 2000 postnet
• DSL: Live Short And Prosper? July 10, 2000 zdnet

 

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