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InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Seeks to 'Get Our Broadband House in Order' Senator Inouye wants the FCC to devise a better formula for measuring broadband penetration rates.
InternetNews September 9, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Splits on U.S. Broadband Rollout Success Despite the U.S. being ranked eleventh in the world in broadband penetration, commissioners narrowly approve a report to Congress praising deployment rates of high-speed services.
InternetNews June 27, 2007 Roy Mark	New Numbers Show U.S. Lag in Broadband The United States continues to lag behind most industrialized nations in broadband speeds, according to a new report by the Communications Workers of America.
InternetNews October 26, 2004 Roy Mark	Kerry, Bush Split on Broadband Senator John Kerry wants to use federal subsidies to help spur broadband deployment while President Bush supports continued deregulation.
InternetNews September 3, 2010	FCC Study Finds Broadband Speeds Lagging In its latest snapshot of the broadband market, Federal Communications Commission finds that less than half of households have sufficient connection speeds.
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Same Broadband Numbers, Different Conclusions Consumer advocates claim the FCC is misleading public about pace of broadband rollout -- and DSL and cable modem users are paying more because of it.
InternetNews April 8, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	FCC Takes First Step Toward Broadband Strategy FCC formally begins work to draw a roadmap for universal, affordable access to high-speed Internet as directed under the economic stimulus package.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Talks Broadband President promises that the U.S. will do a better job at rolling out high-speed Internet connections.
InternetNews June 9, 2010	FCC's Michael Copps Pushes Broadband Plan In a speech at Stanford University, the FCC commissioner explains why he thinks the country needs to implement a national broadband strategy.
PC Magazine November 1, 2009 Chloe Albanesius	The Truth About Broadband According to a new study, "high-speed" Internet may be an overstatement.
InternetNews June 2, 2010	Most Americans Don't Know Net Connection Speed Though many say they're happy with their Internet speeds, most don't actually know what they're supposed to be getting from their ISP.
InternetNews May 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Broadband Goal Fading A new Government Accountability Office report says 28 percent of Americans had high-speed connections in 2005.
InternetNews March 11, 2010	FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Want Faster Broadband? Don't Count on the FCC The FCC's plan lacks the resources and political support to deliver faster Internet connections.
InternetNews August 21, 2009	Feds Want to Know How to Define 'Broadband' As it presses ahead with its work developing a national broadband strategy, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a public notice asking for input on what, exactly, broadband should mean.
InternetNews June 19, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	FCC Calls For More And Less Competition FCC Chairman Kevin Martin thinks his commission is on the right path, but a more competitive environment for video, broadband and wireless connectivity across the U.S. is needed.
InternetNews April 21, 2010	FCC Begins Moving USF Subsidy to Broadband In its first meeting following the release of the national broadband plan, Federal Communications Commission votes to convert USF subsidy to fund Internet service.
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Begins Net Neutrality Inquiry The FCC launches a period of public comment on need for network neutrality provisions.
InternetNews February 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Rural America Closing Broadband Gap According to a new study, 24 percent of adult rural Americans went online with a high-speed connection by end of 2005, compared to 39 percent of home broadband users in urban and suburban areas.
InternetNews June 17, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Study Finds Broadband Adoption Up 15% Americans say broadband is more valuable than cell or cable service, according to Pew research.
InternetNews July 8, 2005 Enid Burns	High-Speed Internet Subscribers Revved in 2004 High-speed Internet subscriptions increased to 37.9 million in 2004.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2008 Brad Kenney	Plugging The Gaps In U.S. Broadband Lack of broadband hurts productivity.
InternetNews September 2, 2009	Major U.S. ISPs Want Low-End Broadband Standards Advocates and the nation's largest Internet providers clash as the FCC weighs the definition of broadband.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
InternetNews August 6, 2009	Europe Claims World Broadband Lead A recent EU report says that Europe has more broadband subscribers and better mobile Internet penetration than any other nation on earth.
InternetNews March 15, 2010	FCC Broadband Plan Eyes Competition, Spectrum Senior officials offer an advance copy of the long-awaited national broadband plan, outlining the commission's recommendations to spur competition in the service market and advance mobile broadband.
CIO July 15, 2005	They Want Their DSL While broadband users in the US prefer cable, DSL services are more popular worldwide.
InternetNews September 29, 2009	Early Steps on FCC's Road to Universal Broadband Status report from broadband task force reminds commissioners of the enormity of the task.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neut. Delays AT&T-BellSouth Vote Again FCC remains deadlocked over attaching additional network neutrality conditions to deal.
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon's Broadband Regulatory Relief Verizon Communications scored a major victory Monday when a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission approved the telecom giant's petition to deregulate its commercial broadband lines.
PHONE+ June 5, 2009 Kelly M. Teal	National Broadband Policy Up for Comment The FCC will close the first round of comments on a national broadband strategy early next week.
InternetNews January 26, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Academics Skewer U.S. Broadband Record University researchers join calls for revamped communications and tech policies in Washington.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	Lawmakers Float Bill to Boost Rural Broadband House panel set to consider legislation to shift federal funding to broadband service.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies.
InternetNews January 6, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Economic Stimulus Bill May Drive U.S. Broadband As the new Congress convenes, an economic stimulus package will be the first order of business. What role will broadband play?
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Tim Gray	Broadband Growth Seen Slowing Study shows broadband surfers may have maxed out.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Colin C. Haley	U.S. Broadband Lines Jump 15 Percent The number of home and business broadband lines in the United States jumped 15 percent to 32.5 million during the first half of 2004, according to new data released by the Federal Communications Commission.
InternetNews May 25, 2010	Next Steps for FCC's Broadband Plan After striking out in court, the FCC's general counsel plots his next moves to regulate the broadband services sector.
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Wiretaps For VoIP The FCC gives broadband and VoIP providers 18 months to build in network wiretap accessibility.
InternetNews November 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	FCC Moves To Fund Rural Broadband The FCC has set a policy goal of reforming its Universal Service Fund and creating a specific fund to help extend broadband Internet services to underserved areas.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones	United States Establishes "Level Playing Field" in Broadband--Or Does It? Reversing a longtime stance, the FCC no longer maintains that offering consumers broadband services on attractive terms requires there to be competing providers of digital subscriber line, or DSL, service.
PC Magazine May 16, 2011 Sascha Segan	Will AT&T's Rural Broadband Be First-Class or Second-Rate? AT&T's broadband promises may not fulfill the hunger of rural residents for fast Internet.
InternetNews April 26, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Seeks More Input on Broadband Auction Rules FCC keeps options open for the sale of spectrum designated as a third pipe competitor to cable and telephone companies.
InternetNews April 20, 2004 Roy Mark	Verizon: Old Rules Slow Broadband Rollout The competitive landscape has changed since 1996, but the law governing carriers hasn't, a Baby Bell exec said.
InternetNews August 18, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Broadband Use: Growing or Not? Is broadband use expanding or slowing down? Depends on who you ask.
InternetNews February 9, 2011	FCC Boss Ties Broadband to Obama Jobs Agenda Federal Communications Commission argues that robust broadband infrastructure is central to creating a business climate that will drive job growth in the 21st century.
InternetNews November 2, 2009	Broadband Market Still Expanding Global economic slowdown isn't slowing down the move to broadband.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Deep Tax Breaks Offered For Broadband Access The rollout of national broadband picked up some speed from two lawmakers seeking tax incentives for service providers.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Case Challenges Open Access Rules Supreme Court to hear case questioning 2002 FCC decision declaring cable modems an information service.