As I’ve written before, government policy should focus on making broadband faster and more affordable for all Americans – not putting it out of reach for those that need it most. That’s why I was surprised at Eduardo Porter’s New York Times editorial resurrecting outdated arguments about the Internet and arguing for government regulations that …
Category Archive: Broadband
May 10
LISTA Announces Dr. Bernice A. King to Keynote ETLS VIP Welcome Reception and Share her Mother’s Legacy.
LISTA invites Dr. Bernice A. King to Share her Mother’s Legacy with a Private Book Signing of Desert Rose. New York – Wednesday, May 23rd at 6:00 p.m. ET at the Hotel Meliá located at 590 West Peachtree St NW Atlanta (Georgia), GA 30308 at the annual National Emerging Technology Leadership Summit and National Techlatino …
May 09
LISTA #TechLatino247 Guest Blogger Kristian Ramos: Technology is the key to success for Latinos
Think back to your childhood and remember what it was like learning to type. Remember the computer class room, full of desktop computers and learning the Herzog System of typing. How critical that was for future job prospects. Now imagine your children’s computer lab, what will that look like? Given recent technologic gains, desk top …
Apr 30
FCC frees up funds for rural broadband service By John Eggerton — Broadcasting & Cable,
Officially launches Connect America fund, part of its long-term National Broadband Plan The FCC Wednesday officially launched its Connect America fund, an expansion of its phone subsidy program to broadband support, which is part of its long-term National Broadband Plan. The FCC voted last fall to reform the Universal Service Fund with an eye toward …
Apr 09
Qwest leader Mueller resigns from CenturyLink board. By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post
The man who sold Denver-based Qwest to a smaller telecommunications company is stepping down from the buyer’s board of directors a year early. Ed Mueller, who served as Qwest’s chairman and chief executive from 2007 to 2011, will resign from CenturyLink’s board when the company holds its annual shareholders meeting May 23, according to a …
Apr 09
Spectrum Reallocation: How Will the National Broadband Plan’s Goals Be Realized? By DeVan Hankerson, Broadband and Social Justice
As the dialogue on spectrum reallocation problems and solutions continues, Congress has stepped in and experts have continued to weigh in. Major players on the broadcast and wireless side of the spectrum allocation aisle frame the issue as costs or benefits to industry and not in terms representing the crisis as a threat to the …
Apr 05
Aging government buildings are often wireless black holes, officials say. By Josh Smith, National Journal
Even if federal agencies gave all their employees mobile devices tomorrow, many government buildings lack the wireless infrastructure needed to support the technology, government and industry officials said on Tuesday. “These buildings can withstand a bomb blast but you can’t get a wireless signal,” Research in Motion’s Craig Ano told an audience at the FOSE …
Apr 05
Swinging the Social Media Wrecking Ball by Samuel Greengard
If the Internet has proved one thing about human nature, it’s that it’s possible to hold a megaphone up to stupidity. Peruse discussion boards and reader comments at news sites, and you’ll find a seemingly endless stream of obnoxious, half-baked and incendiary comments. Of course, social media pushes the concept to the equivalent of Spinal …
Apr 03
LISTA Guest Blogger Brent Leary Interviews Sandy Carter of IBM Social Media Evangelist.
When it comes to social media, the old adage, “build it and they will come” simply doesn’t apply. Putting up a Facebook page and creating a Twitter or YouTube account just isn’t enough. In order for businesses to use social media effectively, they must leverage it by building it into their business processes to truly …
Apr 02
Searching for New, Engaging Media Content? Check Online. By Kenneth Mallory
While many continue to find issue with the content available on broadcast television, the emergence of new programming online is appearing to satiate those who desire to be entertained, yet not at the expense of depth, dimension, or even an opportunity to be educated. The ‘New Wave’: Public Purpose Content Public purpose content is a …










