In October 2016, the Federal Communications Commission in a 3-2 party-line vote adopted privacy rules for internet service providers. The rules imposed an opt-out standard, except for financial information, health information, precise geolocation information (as from your phone GPS), social security numbers, information relating to children, web browsing history, app usage history, and the content…
David Sandel and the State of the Gigabit Nation DAVID SANDEL returns to discuss the State of the Gigabit Nation. In the beginning (well actually 2010), there was Chattanooga: [U]pgrading the broadband network in Chattanooga, Tenn., to world-leading gigabit speeds has transformed the community from a “slowing declining and deflating urban balloon” to the…
New York’s Attorney General has filed a complaint against Spectrum-Time Warner Cable for engaging in fraudulent and deceptive practices: Spectrum-TWC promised Internet speeds that it knew it could not deliver to subscribers; second, and Spectrum-TWC promised reliable access to online content that it knew it could not deliver to subscribers. The NYAG complaint alleges that failed…
Akamai has released its State of the Internet Report for Q1-2016 and the good news is the U.S. internet speeds are improving. The U.S., however, now ranks only 17th globally in average broadband speeds. kbps kbps 1 Korea 29,047 11 Iceland 17,458 2 Norway 21,315 12 Denmark 17,180 3 Sweden 20,646 13 Vatican…
President Obama Launches ConnectHome Initiative FACT SHEET: ConnectHome: Coming Together to Ensure Digital Opportunity for All Americans Today, the President will travel to Durant, Oklahoma, to announceConnectHome, a new initiative with communities, the private sector, and federal government to expand high speed broadband to more families across the country. The pilot program is launching in…
White House Report: Digital Divide Is Alive and Well in USA
FCC’s Historic Day: Net Neutrality and Muni-Broadband Protection As expected, on February 26, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 in favor of adopting net neutrality rules under its Title II authority. For a detailed background on the issue check out our prior post Net Neutrality Timeline: How We Got Here and my discussion of the…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
Google is set to announce its gigabit fiber-to-the-home service in Atlanta; Nashville, Tennessee; Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina this week according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal quoted sources close to the events and said that local news media in Atlanta and Nashville were invited to events on Tuesday and…
President Obama Speech Today to Address Improving US Broadband Municipal broadband efforts have created needed competition and helped cities like Chattanooga, Tennessee become the city with the fastest internet speed in the United States. Cable companies have fought back and won restrictions on municipal broadband in 20 states and they have their sights sets on…
Originally posted on Building the Gigabit City:
I’m going to go out on a limb and make a couple of New Year’s predictions, a practice I’ve always avoided like the plague. But after my research for my latest Community Broadband Snapshot Report that addresses state legislative barriers to public-owned broadband, I feel pretty confident about…
IAB – Click Fraud Reaches Nearly $12B This year, click fraud is on track to cost marketers $11.6 billion in advertising — up 22% from 2013 — according to survey findings released earlier this week by Solve Media. To combat click fraud, the IAB has released its final version of best practices which is available…
CenturyLink offers West Omaha state’s highest broadband speed : Business.
Segment 1: David Sandel and the Gigabit City Challenge Segment 2: Sarah McKune on Planet Blue Coat, Internet Censorship and Dual Purpose Technology David Sandel President – Sandel & Associates Founder Gigabit City Summit David is an accomplished Gigabit City executive focused on leadership, planning and the successful execution of Gigabit Community or Smart City…
David Sandel, founder of the Gigabit City Challenge, talks about the introduction of ultra-broadband technologies in Kansas City and elsewhere and whether we can meet FCC Chairman’s Genachowski challenge of a gigabit city in all 50 states by 2015. (1) Chairman Genachowski’s Gigabit City Challenge (2) The State of US Broadband: Getting Faster (3) Making…
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