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A high-speed, unfettered Internet, community-based media arts organizations, PBS, NPR, Public/Educational/Government (PEG) public access stations, or mobile phones are all a part of our media infrastructure—GFEM provides funders with information to help them in supporting media infrastructure, whether local, national, or international.

Fact-Checking Verizon's CEO on US Broadband Awesomeness

[Source: ArsTechnica.com, by Nate Anderson, April 16, 2010]
Arstechnica debunks Verizon CEO's myths of US broadband greatness

Federal Court Denies FCC Authority Over Broadband

[Source: Huffington Post, by Josh Silver, Free Press, April 6, 2010]
In Tuesday's ruling, Judge David Tatel said the FCC lacked "any statutorily mandated responsibility" to enforce network neutrality rules. So, the government agency that is charged with overseeing the nation's communications infrastructure now has no authority to regulate broadband -- the 21st century's primary communications platform?

How Google Wants to Change Telecom

[Source: InfoWorld, by Brad Reed; April 1, 2010]From net neutrality to developing its own mobile phone and OS to creating a high-speed broadband network, Google hasn't been shy about throwing its ...

First Round of NTIA's BTOP Grant Awards Listed

[Source: NTIA, April 1, 2010]
Below is information outlining each BTOP grant award (as of April 1, 2010). Awards will continue to be announced from the First Round application pool on a rolling basis in 2010. All files ...

Broadband Plan Sketches Competition Policy

[Source: Public Knowledge, by Art Brodsky, March 16, 2010]The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shipped off to Congress a 376-page National Broadband Plan earlier today, and yet some of the ...

Why America Needs a National Broadband Plan

[Source: Business Week, by John Chambers; March 16, 2010]

FCC Adopts Joint Statement on Broadband

[Source: Benton Foundation; March 16, 2010]After unveiling the National Broadband Plan, Federal Communications Commission members approved - by a 5-0 vote - a Joint Statement on Broadband which ...

Resources on LPFM from the Katrina @ 5 workshop "Radio Is King: The Low Power FM Revolution in Your Neighborhood"

On Monday, March 22, 2010: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., as part of the Katrina @ 5 Conference in New Orleans, GFEM is hosting a workshop on Low Power FM. Radio Is King: The Low Power FM Revolution in ...

Why Our Communities Need Broadband

[Source: UNITYNews; March 10, 2010]Rhonda Locklear of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina speaks about the urgency of broadband access for communities across the country at the FCC's "Digital ...

Broadband Can Close the Education Loop

[Source: Daily Yonder, by Sharon Strover and Nick Muntean; March 8, 2010]Education increases chances for employment.  Distance learning increases educational opportunities for rural ...