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FCC Offers Broadband to Low-Income Families
According to an FCC research study, one-third of all Americans – 100 million people – havent adopted broadband at home. – The Federal Communications Commission is unveiling a plan to bring broadband Internet connections to eligible low-income families in the form of a contract for two years of $9.95 broadband cable Internet, with a... »
LightSquared Wireless LTE Broadband Kills GPS, Government Tests Find
Despite denials by LightSquared and its allies, tests by two government bodies that LightSquareds broadband data system there is significant interference with GPS navigation systems. – Two government bodies have now reported their findings confirming that LightSquareds satellite-based LTE broadband data system interferes with the global GPS system run by the U.S. government. The... »
T-Mobile Offers Small Businesses Plans, Devices and Customized Offers
The company also is offering mobile broadband devices to help support the needs of small business customers. – In conjunction with National Small Business Week 2011, T-Mobile USA expanded its small business offering with a plan that provides more predictable monthly costs, service, and flexible unlimited wireless options. With the plan, small businesses can... »
FCC’s Broadband Improvements Could Kill Your GPS
News Analysis: The Obama Administrations drive to approve wireless broadband could end up killing most GPS use in the United States. – Its no secret that the Obama Administration and the Federal Communications Commission have been working hard to find ways to deploy wireless broadband Internet, especially to underserved areas. In general, this is... »
Commerce Dept. Unveils National Broadband Map – InformationWeek
CBC.ca Commerce Dept. Unveils National Broadband MapInformationWeekThe map shows the availability of high-speed Internet access services nationwide and lets people search for providers in their region. By Elizabeth Montalbano , InformationWeek The Department of Commerce has published online the first public map …US Broadband Map Shows Large Uncovered AreasPCWorldNew National Broadband Map Shows Your... »
New National Broadband Map Shows Your Fastest Web Connection – Fox News
Fox News New National Broadband Map Shows Your Fastest Web ConnectionFox NewsHow fast is YOUR connection? The National Broadband Map for the first time measures Internet access speeds around the country, letting consumers find which ISP gets them on the web quickest. The first public, searchable nationwide map of broadband …Internet service map data... »
Broadband Internet Satellite Launches Successfully
The European satellite is designed to provide consumers with access to faster broadband Internet. – The KA-SAT satellite of Eutelsat Communications was successfully lofted into orbit by a Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by International Launch Services (ILS). Built for Eutelsat by Astrium using the Eurostar E3000 platform, the KA-SAT is a new generation... »
Google Fiber Community Selection Delayed Until 2011
Google Dec. 15 said it is delaying its decision on who gets to sample its 1Gps broadband network until early 2011. The search engine cited too many applicants. – Citing a glut of applications, Google delayed until 2011 its choice of which community or communities will test its ultra high-speed broadband network. Google Feb.... »
FCC Chairman Sets Broadband Regulation Framework – New York Times
Washington Post FCC Chairman Sets Broadband Regulation FrameworkNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Thwarted by the courts, by lawmakers on Capitol Hill and by some of his fellow commissioners, the Federal Communications Commission chairman will try again on Wednesday to devise a new strategy for regulating broadband …FCC Sets Net-Neutrality VoteWall Street JournalRPT-UPDATE 1-FCC to take... »
Mindspeed, ProSyst Offer FTTH Broadband Router Platform
Mindspeed’s Dual-Core Comcerto 1000 System-on-Chip (SoC) packet processor links with ProSyst’s mBS Smart Home platform. – Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, and ProSyst Softwar, an OSGi provider, announced a collaboration to co-market OSGi SoC solutions to service providers and product manufacturers. ProSyst now commercially supports Mindspeed’s …... »