Author: Tim Kelly
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: handbook, strategies, broadband
Number of Pages: 642
Published: 2011-03-16
ISBN-10: 0821389467
ISBN-13: 9780821389461

The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, analyzing potential solutions to consider, and providing practical examples from countries that have addressed broadband-related matters. The Handbook looks at how broadband is defined, why it is important, and how its development can be encouraged. Throughout the volume, broadband is viewed as an ecosy

Author: Tim Kelly
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: handbook, strategies, broadband
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2011-03-16
ISBN-10: 0821389459
ISBN-13: 9780821389454

The Broadband Strategies Handbook is a guide for policymakers, regulators, and other relevant stakeholders as they address issues related to broadband development. It aims to help readers, particularly those in developing countries, by identifying issues and challenges in broadband development, analyzing potential solutions to consider, and providing practical examples from countries that have addressed broadband-related matters. The Handbook looks at how broadband is defined, why it is important, and how its development can be encouraged. Throughout the volume, broadband is viewed as an ecosy

Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: plan, broadband, national, america, connecting
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 1437931618
ISBN-13: 9781437931617

Broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century. Broadband is a foundation for economic growth, job creation, global competitiveness and a better way of life. The number of Americans who have broadband at home has grown from 8 million in 2000 to nearly 200 million last year. But. 100 million Americans do not have broadband at home. In early 2009, Congress directed the FCC to develop a National Broadband Plan to ensure that every American has żaccess to broadband capability.ż This plan must also include a strategy for achieving affordability and maximizing use of bro

Author: Peter Sternberg
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: america, rural, value, internet�s, broadband
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2010-01
ISBN-10: 1437923194
ISBN-13: 9781437923193

As broadband ż or high-speed ż Internet use has spread, Internet applications requiring high transmission speeds have become an integral part of the żInformation Economy,ż raising concerns about those who lack broadband access. This report analyzes: (1) rural broadband use by consumers, the community-at-large, and bus.; (2) rural broadband availability; and (3) broadbandżs social and econ. effects on rural areas. In general, rural communities have less broadband Internet use than metro communities. Rural communities that had greater broadband Internet access had greater economic growth, w

Author: Lennard G. Kruger
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: federal, assistance, programs, divide, digital, internet, access, broadband
Number of Pages: 30
Published: 2011-08
ISBN-10: 1437985408
ISBN-13: 9781437985405

Contents: Introduction; Status of Broadband Deployment in the U.S.; Broadband in Rural Areas; Is Broadband Deployment Data Adequate?; Broadband and the Federal Role: The National Broadband Plan; Current Federal Broadband Programs: Rural Utilities Service Programs; The Universal Service Concept and the FCC: Universal Service and the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Universal Service and Broadband; Legislation in the 110th Congress; Legislation in the 111th Congress: P.L. 111-5: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Other Broadband Legislation in the 111th Congress; Legislation in t

Author: Mark L. Goldstein
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: measures, guide, federal, investment, goals, performance, broadband, deployment, plan, include, telecommunications
Number of Pages: 44
Published: 2009-11
ISBN-10: 1437917909
ISBN-13: 9781437917901

The U.S. ranks 15th among the 30 democratic nations of the OECD on one measure of broadband (i.e., high-speed Internet) subscribership. The FCC has regulatory authority over broadband, and several fed. programs fund broadband deployment. This report discusses: (1) the fed. broadband deployment policy, principal fed. programs, and stakeholders' views of those programs; (2) how the policies of OECD nations with higher subscribership rates compare with U.S. policy; and (3) actions the states have taken to encourage broadband deployment. To address these objectives, the auditor analyzed the broadb

Author: Lennard G. Kruger
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: plan, broadband, national
Number of Pages: 37
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 143793711X
ISBN-13: 9781437937114

On March 16, 2010, the FCC released ¿Connecting America: The Nat. Broadband Plan.¿ The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contains 208 specific recommendations directed to the FCC, to the Exec. Branch, to Congress, and to non-fed. and non-governmental entities. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Overview of Plan; (3) Broadband Adoption and Availability and the Fed. Universal Service Fund: The Evolution of the Universal Service Concept; Universal Service and Broadband; 4) Reform of Intercarrier Compensation; (5) Fostering a Market for Set-Top Boxes; (6) Spectrum Policies for Wireless Bro