January 15, 2015

Last November, the President outlined his plan to keep the Internet open to new competition and innovation by safeguarding net neutrality — which will help ensure no one company can act as a gatekeeper to digital content. But there is more work to do so that every American has access to a free and open

El 20 de enero tiene lugar el importantísimo debate sobre el Estado de la Unión donde el presidente tendrá que analizar cómo está el país. Una de las propuestas que ha adelantado que allí discutirán es aumentar la velocidad media de acceso a Internet (10 Mbps es la media por cliente) por ciudad. Un ambicioso

US-Präsident Barack Obama will den Wettbewerb unter Breitband-Anbietern anfeuern, Gemeinden bei der Vernetzung unter die Arme greifen und günstige Kredite für den Netzausbau im ländlichen Raum vermitteln…

ROCKPORT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The town of Rockport will apparently be mentioned – indirectly – in President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address. Rockport is a founding member of a national group called “Next Century Cities”, which is pushing for towns and cities to provide much faster Internet service…

Dozens of U.S. cities are cheering President Obama’s proposal this week for the Federal Communications Commission to allow municipalities to provide their own Internet broadband services even in states that have banned such services…

If you are looking for fast and affordable broadband Internet service, go to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Or Lafayette, Louisiana. Or Cedar Falls, Iowa. Residents and businesses in these and a handful of other cities enjoy Internet speeds that are nearly 100 times faster than the national average. And the cost of getting online is substantially lower

US-Präsident Obama hat gerade seine neuen Pläne für ein schnelleres Internet in den USA bekannt gegeben. Wie hierzulande auch, gibt es bei der Netzgeschwindigkeit in den USA große regionale Unterschiede. Grundsätzlich ist die Versorgung auf dem Land schlechter als in den großen Städten. Um einen zügigen Ausbau zu erreichen, will Obama einerseits Gelder zur Verfügung

In November of 2014, President Obama made a public statement expressing his commitment to the idea of “net neutrality” and his desire to lay out a plan to keep the Internet “free and open.” Part of that plan was a proposal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to classify the Internet under Title II of