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FCC Says Its New Connect America Fund Will Bring Broadband To Underserved Areas

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 10:48am PDTTags: FCC, FCC Broadband Service, FCC Internet

The FCC calls the initiative ”one of the biggest job creators in rural America in decades.” Regulators unanimously voted to help bring broadband to underserved areas via a new Connect America Fund — replacing the current Universal Service Fund where phone customers pay monthly fees that are used to promote phone connections. Instead, cash will be used to build wired and — for the first time — wireless broadband in sparcely populated or poor communities that cable and phone companies haven’t wanted to serve. The new fund will have a budget cap of $4.5B a year. The FCC estimates the fund will boost economic growth by $50B over the next six years while creating about 500,000 jobs and bringing high-speed Internet to more than 7M people. The National Cable and Telecommunications Association says that it’s “disappointed” that the FCC will provide “incumbent telephone companies an unwarranted advantage for broadband support” but adds that it will “work closely” with regulators to expand broadband coverage.

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Verizon Appeals FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Friday September 30, 2011 @ 1:59pm PDTTags: FCC, FCC Internet, FCC Net Neutrality Rules, Net Neutrality, Verizon

Verizon’s fight to overturn the FCC’s net neutrality rules is on. The phone giant today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. to step in and consider whether regulators have the right to set rules for the Internet. Verizon Deputy General … Read More »

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FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, WGAE Slams Them, WGAW Cautiously Optimistic

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 11:17am PSTTags: FCC, FCC Broadband Service, FCC Internet, FCC Net Neutrality Rules
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UPDATED: Amidst criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, the FCC today adopted new rules designed to ensure that broadband service remains open to all. The five-member commission’s 3-2 vote went down along party lines, with the 3 Democrats … Read More »

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Now WGA Opines About FCC And Internet

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday August 12, 2010 @ 4:44pm PDTTags: FCC, FCC Filing Internet Theft, FCC Internet, Internet Theft, Internet Theft Filing

Washington, DC – Calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to preserve an open Internet and address copyright infringement , the Writers Guild of America, West is asking that the agency institute net neutrality by reclassifying broadband transmission under Title II while also creating clear rules that require Internet

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