LED lights may be the future of broadband (UPI) BERLIN, March 10 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've created a data connection that uses light produced by lamps to encode a wireless broadband signal.

FCC reveals additional details of its plan to blanket the country with broadband (Scientific American) About a third of all Americans still lack broadband access to the Internet. At its Digital Inclusion Summit, held Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided a preview of its upcoming National Broadband Plan (NBP) to provide high-speed Internet access to the estimated 93 million people in the U.S. without it. The plan, mandated by Congress last year as part ...

American National Broadband Plan Good First Step (CircleID) The National Broadband Plan that the FCC will present on 17 March will set the USA on a completely different telecoms path. This plan will hopefully show Congress that it is worthwhile making the legislative changes that will deliver the social and economic benefits of a national broadband infrastructure.

Free wireless broadband plan is déjà vu all over again (Ars Technica) As part of the grand hoopla-fest building up to the release of the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan this month, the agency hosted a Digital Inclusion Summit at Washington, DC's Newseum on Tuesday. Co-sponsored with the Knight Foundation, during the course of the event the FCC disclosed more components of The Plan. These include recommending the creation of a Digital ...

FCC Drives Need for National Broadband Plan (PC World via Yahoo! News) The FCC is in overdrive selling Congress, industry providers, and American citizens on the need to address the growing crisis faced by the United States. Today, the FCC unveiled more details of its National Broadband Plan, which will be officially presented to Congress next week.

Govt Considers Free(ish) Broadband for All. Err... (Fast Company Magazine) Next week sees the release of the Government's National Broadband Plan, in which it briefly outlines a "broadband for all" idea (something that our U.K. readers might remember from the British Government's Digital Britain report of 2009.) The FCC is proposing that free or low-cost wireless spectrum be set aside in an attempt to get the 93 million or so Americans who are currently without ...

ColdwaterCreek.com leads the pack in high broadband availability (InternetRetailer.com) ColdwaterCreek.com posted the top rating in the high broadband availability tests among large retailers for February, says Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware Corp. Web shoppers could access the apparel and accessories retailer’s site 95.96% of the time last month.

The Politics Meister: Bring Google ultra-high speed broadband to Baltimore (Baltimore Sun) “Google is planning to build, and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections.

FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband (PC World via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways that wireless technologies can be used to deliver free or low-cost broadband services, as part of its National Broadband Plan.

Rehda opposes proposal on broadband facilities (Business Times (Malaysia)) PROPERTY developers have opposed the government's proposed move to make the provision of broadband facilities compulsory for all new commercial and residential areas, saying it would lead to increased costs.