Comments on: Broadband Bill Needs Signature and Funding

By: Silly Strickling: Carriers Won’t Share Broadband Data

Silly Strickling: Carriers Won’t Share Broadband Data — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:13:47 +0000

[...] Higginbotham | Monday, July 27, 2009 | 3:23 PM PT | 0 comments One of the biggest impediments to accurate broadband mapping is the unwillingness of carriers to share with mapping companies or the governments who employ them [...]

By: I Say Broadband Maps, You Say Boondoggle

I Say Broadband Maps, You Say Boondoggle — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:01:15 +0000

[...] are not, however, the only concerns people have over the plan, which is required as part of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (and funded in the stimulus bill). For example some of our commenters have balked at paying that [...]

By: Can New York Save Broadband?

Can New York Save Broadband? — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:50 +0000

[...] well as broadband penetration may be above and beyond what Congress had in mind when it passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act, but some of these items, such as noting the actual speeds a user could expect, better reflect the [...]

By: Google Battles ISPs With Technology

Google Battles ISPs With Technology — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:06:31 +0000

[...] this data and it could be useful in figuring out a real view of broadband competition in the U.S. Congress had to pass a law last year to get this type of data out of [...]

By: Garry King

Garry King — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:50:37 +0000

A complete waste of time and money. This only serves to delay needed rules to open the market to real competition. Instead a do nothing Congress will hand out money to a bunch of lobbying contractors and do, you guessed it, nothing about the problem. The entire Congress needs to be replaced.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:38:16 +0000

Alan, it was $40 million. It’s like saving money by refraining from buying a cup of coffee from Starbucks while you choose your new Mercedes. I’m cheap so I might buy into that argument, but the benefits of broadband competition are easily worth $40 million. Although it would be cheaper just to get the carriers to to offer up their own data.

By: Alan Wilensky

Alan Wilensky — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:42:41 +0000

We cant afford it – we just bailed out the banks and AIG. People are soon to be disconnecting cable in favor of food.