Sentences with phrase «of access to broadband»

The Broadband Imperative provides an up - to - date assessment of access to broadband by students and teachers (in and out of schools); current trends driving the need for more broadband in teaching, learning and school operations; and specific recommendations for broadband capacity needed to ensure all students have access.

Not exact matches

«Ultimately the issue here is whether the FCC had the authority to call [broadband carriers] common carriers, and subject them to the regulations on discrimination and open access,» says Gary Resnick, chairman of the FCC's Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, and an attorney.

«To reduce the threshold of innovative entrepreneurship, the government provides appropriate financial subsidies for rent, broadband access and public software for new businesses,» said John Rhee, general manager of the Los Angeles office for UBTECH, a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen City that makes humanoid robots for the home.

According to the FCC's latest Internet Access Services report, for example, only 24 % of developed housing areas had at least two ISPs that offered official broadband speeds.

Whether it's Britain enacting filters designed to block porn but which will inevitably snare a lot of other content, or Google flip - flopping on net neutrality now that it's a broadband provider, or whether it's people just getting overcharged for access in general, nothing good seems to be happening to this once - great democratizing and enabling force.

«The focus of our legal appeal will be on the FCC's decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a public utility service,» Jon Banks, senior vice president of U.S. Telecom said in a statement.

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About 20 % of all Americans neither own a smartphone nor have access to broadband Internet.

The network, home to Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, says the streaming platform will target the 10 million American households that pay for broadband Internet access, but not cable television.

Such tactics have contributed to Americans paying more for broadband access than the rest of the developed world, while generally getting less speed for their money.

The satellite provider received access to broadband, while the wireless giant can now tap new growth areas beyond the realm of cellular service.

An FCC report released this month said the number of Americans without access to both fixed and mobile broadband fell by more than half from 72.1 million in 2012 to 34.5 million in 2014.

The FCC rules guaranteeing it were designed to protect internet users» ability to access the online services of their choice and to prevent broadband providers from giving an unfair advantage to their own sites and services or to those of their paid partners.

If adopted, the new rules would ban large broadband firms like Verizon and Comcast from purposefully slowing down or discriminating against different types of data, but they would allow content providers to pay extra to access a virtual Internet fast lane.

This year, Rogers is kicking things off with «Connected for Success,» a pilot project that will give some of the most disadvantaged residents of Toronto access to cheap broadband.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

Countries such as Japan, Germany, and Australia have all established ambitious targets for broadband connectivity, employing a mix of public dollars and regulatory incentives with the goal of establishing universal access to affordable, fast connectivity.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will seek to ban cable companies from throttling access to certain kinds of broadband data and seeking payments to prioritize some content over others, he said Wednesday.

I started out freelancing over web - based, with the help of some basic tasks which actually wanted a desktop as well as access to broadband and I am delightful than ever... few months have passed by since i begun this and i received cash gain total of 36,000 bucks... Basically I earn eighty bucks every single hour and work for 3 to four hrs most of the days.And awesome thing about this is that you could keep control of valuable time when you work and for how long as you like but you still earn a paycheck every week.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), ACORN Canada (ACORN) and National Pensioners Federation (NPF) today reacted negatively to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) rejection of their review of the CRTC's previous decision to deny creating a fund to ensure all Canadians, including lower - income Canadians, have equal access to broadband and other telecommunications services.

News of Saturday's SpaceX launch comes a few weeks after a Federal Communications Commission report revealing the number of Americans without access to both fixed and mobile broadband at around 34.5 million (as of 2014).

Carlsbad's Viasat is tapping the larger footprint of its new ViaSat - 2 broadband satellite to deliver Internet access to underserved rural towns in Mexico via Wi - Fi hotspots.

In 2014, Netflix filed an extensive opposition to the Comcast — Time Warner Cable merger, revealing that it had paid for direct access to Comcast broadband customers in consideration for delivery of its bandwidth - intensive streaming service.

These two markets» classifications relate to wireless penetration (how many people have cellphones) and broadband penetration (how many of those phones are capable of accessing the internet).

The latest CRTC broadband target is for 100 % of Canadian households to have access to broadband speeds of 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload by December 31, 2014.

Rural broadband specialist Gigaclear has awarded international fibre - optic products and advanced installation methodologies, Lite Access Technologies, the contract to bring ultrafast, full fibre broadband to more than 10,000 properties to some of the most rural parts of West Oxfordshire.

In fact, last week reports suggested that Industry Minister James Moore and the government had established a target of 2019 for universal access to broadband.

They are necessary to ensure that many areas of the country get access to broadband services.

The conference's timing was critical: As universal broadband access expands, industry and Internet users alike must adapt to meet new needs, especially those of developing countries.

For the purposes of disambiguation, it's probably best to use the Wikipedia's definition of which Internet access is «broadband»; although any reasonable technical definition would work.

Given this, we adopt an approach that is designed to place America at the forefront of broadband offerings and ensure that all Americans, wherever they live, have access to the extensive and ever - expanding offerings available today or on the near horizon.

The Cuomo administration continues its mission to bring broadband internet access to «unserved» communities throughout New York, with an announcement late yesterday afternoon of grants awarded as part of Round II of the initiative.

According to the governor's office, between the new projects and updates by Charter Communications (our parent company) is carrying out, 98 percent of the state will have access to broadband.

In recent years, the proliferation of cheap cameras has combined with the advent of free online video hosting and widespread broadband access to make online video a far more effective proposition than before, both for attack and for defense.

Today, with the announcement of Round III awards, the program accomplishes its mission of statewide broadband availability - providing the last mile funding to ensure all New Yorkers have access to high - speed internet by the end of 2018.

The $ 209.7 million Round III awards will provide 122,285 homes, businesses and community institutions across the state with access to high - speed Internet, driving in aggregate more than $ 341.8 million of public / private broadband investment.

During a Wednesday visit to Buffalo, he promised that the expanded broadband service will be available in all corners of the state, many of which currently have limited or no access.

Assemblymember Amy Paulin, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions said, «Expanding access to broadband has been a top priority of this administration since day one and I applaud the Governor's efforts in bringing this transformative program to fruition.

In Round III, 43 awarded projects will address unserved territories, approximately 7,544 miles of broadband infrastructure will be deployed, and residents and companies in eight regions across New York will have access to new economic opportunities.

As a result of the Program's Round I awards and additional state - secured upgrades, broadband access was expanded by more than 2.2 million locations, to 97 percent of New Yorkers.

After implementation of the commitments announced as part of the New NY Broadband Program, 99.9 percent of New Yorkers will have access to high - speed broadband - with almost 99 percent at speeds of 100 Mbps or greater.

For nearly a year, Governor Cuomo, Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and members of the New York Congressional delegation demanded the FCC reverse course and keep money designated for New York in New York and allow other companies to use these funds to improve broadband access across the state.

According to the FCC's 2015 report, using this updated service benchmark means that approximately 55 million Americans — 17 percent of the total population — lack access to advanced broadband.

«Whether that means bringing learning opportunities to the fingertips of our students, opening the doors of global commerce to our small businesses, or just getting news and weather updates before workers head in for the day, broadband access has become an important part of our lives.

As part of his plan for allocating $ 5.4 billion in one - shot windfall funds, Governor Cuomo wants to spend $ 500 million to expand the availability and capacity of broadband Internet access across New York.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Since entering office in 2013, Erie County Legislator Patrick B. Burke (District 7) has worked to increase the access, speed and affordability of broadband internet for residents and businesses in Erie County.

«Millions of New Yorkers do not have access to a reasonable Internet connection, which is synonymous with access to broadband.

A New Scotland lawyer has gone to court in an effort to halt the review of bids in a $ 500 million program created by the Cuomo Administration to expand broadband access across the state.

Clinton's campaign website boasts of her Senate achievements, including bringing broadband to remote areas of the state (a goal that still hasn't been fully accomplished, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration just now promising statewide broadband access by 2018) and joining with Ebay to provide tech support, microloans and training to boost small - business sales online.

At one point in a mayoral candidates» forum last night at Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, Anthony Weiner, the former congressman known for his pugilistic rhetorical style, had to follow City Comptroller John Liu, former Councilman Sal Albanese and former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr. on the subject of better broadband Internet access in the city.