January 2015

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

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

President Obama praised an initiative launched last fall to help bring high-speed Internet connectivity to cities as part of an effort to encourage wider adoption of broadband…

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2015 – The White House on Tuesday announced efforts to end laws that harm broadband competition, several steps to support a growing national movement of local leaders for Gigabit Networks, plus new federal funding and a new initiative to support community broadband…

ROCKPORT Town Manager Rick Bates received a confidential, off-the-record briefing last night, Jan. 13, from a senior White House official regarding President Barack Obama’s visit today to Cedar Falls, Iowa. The briefing was relayed to Bates via an organization called Next Century Cities…