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Obama Supports DTV Delay: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 9, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Broadband, Barack Obama, Shelly Palmer, Dtv, Microsoft, Dvd, Harold Stringer, Media News, Digital Television, Mediabytes, Yahoo, Blu-Ray, Sony, Media News
Shelly Palmer

President-elect Barack Obama has joined the Consumers Union in asking congress to delay the digital television transition. Obama noted "inadequate f...

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Broadband Bullies Shouldn't Benefit From Stimulus

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Internet Policy, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Art Brodsky

If new areas are to be served, and if underserved areas are to be upgraded, then either the incumbent telecom companies have to clean up their acts, or they have to make way for others.

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Obama's Democracy Stimulus

Timothy Karr | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: InternetforEveryone.Org, Broadband, Obama, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Economic Stimulus Package, Media News
Timothy Karr

Building better broadband is not a bailout. It's a buildout for better democracy.

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A Stimulus Package We Can Believe In

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Broadband, Green Jobs, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Smart Grid, Jobs, Economic Stimulus, Stimulus, Health Care, Barack Obama, Business News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Investing in physical infrastructure will not have the same short-term impact on U.S. jobs, or long-term impact on productivity and quality of life as a similar investment in our "digital infrastructure."

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Keep the Sock Puppets Out of Your Stimulus

Craig Aaron | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Sock Puppets, Broadband, Free Press, Economic Stimulus Package, Technology, Net Neutrality, Media News
Craig Aaron

Sock puppets, for those unfamiliar with the creatures commonly found inside the Beltway, are mouthpieces who rent out their academic or political credentials to argue pro-industry positions.

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Broadband: Very Stimulating

Craig Aaron | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Congress, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Technology, Barack Obama, Digital Divide, Media News
Craig Aaron

Nearly half of U.S. households don't have a high-speed Internet connection. And without a massive public investment, we'll keep falling behind the rest of the world and failing to close the digital divide.

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The Right Broadband Stimulus Package

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Broadband, Free Press, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Economy, Business News
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

Any broadband stimulus program that seeks to spur investment and jobs in 2009 needs to include tax incentives to companies deploying broadband. Tax incentives are ready on day one.

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Broadband: Not for Kids Only

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fast Broadband, Broadband, Barack Obama Internet, Broadband Internet, Obama Internet, Media News
Marty Kaplan

Though Obama singled out children as particularly in need of access to the Internet, he could also have pointed to the economic, geographic and racial dimensions of the digital divide.

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Obama's Broadband Roadmap

Timothy Karr | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Youtube, Internet, Broadband, Obama Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Timothy Karr

Obama has bravely stepped into an Internet void left by his predecessor. Over the past eight years, the U.S. has fallen from fourth to 15th in the world in terms of high-speed Internet adoption.

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Obama Makes Broadband Availability Key Issue: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 8, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, 4gb, Walmart, Newspapers, Super Bowl, Dell, Microsoft, Tribune, Mediabytes, Recession, Monday Night Football, Iphone, Broadband, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Nielsen, Wireless, New York Times, Media News, Beijing Olympics, Media News
Shelly Palmer

President-elect Barack Obama announced that broadband availability would be a major part of his public works project. In a video distributed over th...

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Ideas for Obama

Curtis Black | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Housing, Green Jobs, President Obama, Jobs, Transportation, Immigration Reform, Broadband, Foreclosure Crisis, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, School Reform, Media Reform, Social Services, Sprawl, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Community Organizers, Chicago News
Curtis Black

President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.

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If It Ain't Broke, Don't Try To Fix It

Leslie Harris | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Network, Internet, Broadband, Safeguards, Content, Copyright, Digital Copyright, Economy, Online, Digital, Innovation, Innovative, Privacy, Election, President, Google, Internet Start-Up, Internet Policy, Internet Management, Facebook, Network Operators, Website Start-Up, Myspace, Media News
Leslie Harris

Given the proven benefits of this open model for Internet use, it is confounding how many people, both in government and industry, seem willing to start tinkering with it.

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New Economy, Old Behaviors: A Fork in the Road for Advanced Media

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Broadband, Advertising, Economy, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Consumer Electronics, Tv, Clouds, Internet Television, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Here's what's supposed to happen. The digital transition takes place and by 2020 we live in a wireless world that is so network and cloud-oriented that it could only be recognized by Captain Kirk.

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Building a High-Trust World: Obama and the Democratic Platform

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Citizen Stakeholding, Broadband, Obama Faith-Based Iniatives, Democratic Platform, Mommy Tax, Janet Napolitano, Democracy, Karen Kornbluh, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

What I love most about the Party platform is that it started with a focus on what we need to do in America as Americans -- and not necessarily on the wars and conflicts in which war are embroiled abroad.

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Subcontracting the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spectrum, Unconstitutional, First Amendment Rights, First Amendment, Broadband, Fcc, Broadcast Indecency, National Broadband, Internet Censorship, Censorship, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The First Amendment doesn't allow the FCC to function as an Internet board of review. The real question is why would such a proposal even be put out for comment.

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America's Next Moon Shot: Internet for Everyone

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Digital Divide, Media News
Timothy Karr

Closing the broadband digital divide should have been a national priority. While our status as world technology leader went into free fall, Congress sat on the sidelines and the White House ducked and dodged.

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