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Op-Ed Contributor - Ending the Internet's Trench Warfare - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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FCC 2010 Broadcast Spectrum Broadband Internet

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"The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, announced last week, is aimed at providing nearly universal, affordable broadband service by 2020. And while it takes many admirable steps - including very important efforts toward opening space in the broadcast spectrum - it does not address the source of the access problem: without a major policy shift to increase competition, broadband service in the United States will continue to lag far behind the rest of the developed world."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, announced last week, is aimed at providing nearly universal, affordable broadband service by 2020. And while it takes many admirable steps - including very important efforts toward opening space in the broadcast spectrum - it does not address the source of the access problem: without a major policy shift to increase competition, broadband service in the United States will continue to lag far behind the rest of the developed world."</div>

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FCC's Broadband Plan: Mobile Broadband Will Save Us! - GigaOM - 0 views

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2010 Broadband Mobile TV Mobile Future Auction Mobile Phone FCC Broadcast Spectrum Mobile

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"The details as to how the FCC plans to go from having 50 MHz available for mobile broadband today to 500 MHz in 10 years will result in a pretty big legislative battle as the FCC tries to nab broadcaster spectrum and incumbents and tech firms position to own large chunks of those valuable airwaves."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The details as to how the FCC plans to go from having 50 MHz available for mobile broadband today to 500 MHz in 10 years will result in a pretty big legislative battle as the FCC tries to nab broadcaster spectrum and incumbents and tech firms position to own large chunks of those valuable airwaves."</div>

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FCC to release broadband plan Tuesday - FierceWireless - 0 views

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Broadcast Spectrum television Broadband Broadcast FCC 2010 Mobile Future Auction Mobile TV

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"One provision, a "Mobile Future Auction," calls for a spectrum auction that allows current licensees, including broadcasters, to voluntarily give up spectrum in exchange for a share of auction proceeds. This provision, which has drawn the ire of the National Association of Broadcasters trade group, is one element of a plan to free up 500 MHz of spectrum over the next decade for mobile broadband use."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"One provision, a "Mobile Future Auction," calls for a spectrum auction that allows current licensees, including broadcasters, to voluntarily give up spectrum in exchange for a share of auction proceeds. This provision, which has drawn the ire of the National Association of Broadcasters trade group, is one element of a plan to free up 500 MHz of spectrum over the next decade for mobile broadband use."</div>

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FCC Proposes Spectrum Auction - 0 views

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"Few broadcasters are likely to bite. As a group, TV stations have already spent more than $15 billion to make the transition to digital TV. Stations are just now beginning to monetize their new digital spectrum, which allows the broadcast of multiple channels."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Few broadcasters are likely to bite. As a group, TV stations have already spent more than $15 billion to make the transition to digital TV. Stations are just now beginning to monetize their new digital spectrum, which allows the broadcast of multiple channels."</div>

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TVB | CBS Won't Pony Up for Unmeasured Mobile DTV - 1 views

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"There's an iPhone App for CBS News and the network's content is available on FLO TV, both distributed via devices with the type of audience data the network seeks. Seidel said the network elected not to participate in the Open Mobile Video Coalitions because it has no audience authentication for over-the-air, mobile DTV."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"There's an iPhone App for CBS News and the network's content is available on FLO TV, both distributed via devices with the type of audience data the network seeks. Seidel said the network elected not to participate in the Open Mobile Video Coalitions because it has no audience authentication for over-the-air, mobile DTV."</div>

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Media Morning: Cable and satellite companies ask FCC for help - USATODAY.com - 2 views

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FCC 2010 cable SNL Kagan Broadcast advertising Satellite television Contract Dispute Media Content Programming Blackout ABC

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"To stop broadcasters from flexing their muscles, the coalition asked the FCC to mandate that disputes be settled by an arbitrator. They also want regulators to bar stations from withholding their programming, their most potent bargaining chip."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"To stop broadcasters from flexing their muscles, the coalition asked the FCC to mandate that disputes be settled by an arbitrator. They also want regulators to bar stations from withholding their programming, their most potent bargaining chip."</div>

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FCC releases Internet speed test tool | Reuters - 0 views

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""The FCC's new digital tools will arm users with real-time information about their broadband connection and the agency with useful data about service across the country," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement. The FCC is also collecting information about where broadband is not available."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""The FCC's new digital tools will arm users with real-time information about their broadband connection and the agency with useful data about service across the country," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement. The FCC is also collecting information about where broadband is not available."</div>

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2010 FCC internet Apple iPad

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"We've known for a while that the Apple iPad will support 802.11 a/b/g/n. However, thanks to Apple's FCC filings today, we now know that the device rocks dual-band wireless-N in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We've known for a while that the Apple iPad will support 802.11 a/b/g/n. However, thanks to Apple's FCC filings today, we now know that the device rocks dual-band wireless-N in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands."</div>

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F.C.C. Considers Changes on Cable Fee Disputes - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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cable 2010 FCC Media Ownership Media Policy consolidation Comcast NBC Universal

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"Brian L. Roberts, the chairman and chief executive of Comcast, laid out 17 specific commitments that the company was willing to make to satisfy the concerns of the F.C.C., consumer groups and members of Congress, including a promise to expand the number of independent programmers it carries in each of the next three years. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Brian L. Roberts, the chairman and chief executive of Comcast, laid out 17 specific commitments that the company was willing to make to satisfy the concerns of the F.C.C., consumer groups and members of Congress, including a promise to expand the number of independent programmers it carries in each of the next three years. "</div>

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Will The National Broadband Plan Come Up Short? : NPR - 1 views

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"FCC officials commissioned a study from Yochai Benkler at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. They wanted to know more about how people in other countries connect to the Internet. Benkler says broadband in other developed countries is generally faster and cheaper than it is in the U.S. "You're looking at prices in the leading countries that are a third or a fifth of the prices that we're paying - and they're getting better speeds for it. So the differences are not subtle based on what we found," Benkler says."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"FCC officials commissioned a study from Yochai Benkler at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. They wanted to know more about how people in other countries connect to the Internet. Benkler says broadband in other developed countries is generally faster and cheaper than it is in the U.S. "You're looking at prices in the leading countries that are a third or a fifth of the prices that we're paying - and they're getting better speeds for it. So the differences are not subtle based on what we found," Benkler says."</div>

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