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		<title>FCC TV Spectrum Reallocation: Win-Win Plan?</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2011/06/09/fcc-tv-spectrum-reallocation-win-win-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broadcast TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cell Phones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in 1996, the FCC began the work of moving TV broadcasters from analog to digital TV.&#160;&#160; At the time it was anticipated that TV stations would use their spectrum to deliver additional, unspecified non-broadcast- type services.&#160; In 1998, the FCC prescribed a rule (47 CFR 73.624(g )), following the 1996 Telecom Act, allowing TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USF Reform&#8211; Untangling the Line: Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2011/05/16/usf-reform-untangling-the-line-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2011/05/16/usf-reform-untangling-the-line-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[USF Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 18, 2011, comments were due for the USF Reform Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making.&#160;&#160; Various parties filed 130+ comments.&#160; Reply comments are due on May 23, 2011.&#160;&#160;&#160; USF reform comments were filed by ILECs, RLECs, CLECs, state commissions, fiber providers, cable companies, mobile providers, associations, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USF: Subsidizing Rural America, Untangling the Line</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2011/04/04/usf-subsidizing-rural-america-untangling-the-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2011/04/04/usf-subsidizing-rural-america-untangling-the-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 9, 2011, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on numerous proposed changes to “fundamentally modernize” the USF (Universal Service Fund) and another subsidy program called the “intercarrier compensation system.”&#160; The USF “High Cost Fund” is a multibillion dollar annual subsidy created in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network Neutrality for a) Broadband or b) Internet?</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2011/01/24/network-neutrality-for-a-broadband-or-b-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2011/01/24/network-neutrality-for-a-broadband-or-b-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The December 23, 2010 Network Neutrality order, &#34;Preserving the Open Internet,&#34; is the FCC’s attempt to regulate the problems created by the lack of broadband provider competition to the home. Commissioner Copps framed the problem in his statement: Allowing … monopoly or duopoly broadband Internet access service providers ­to exercise unfettered control over Americans’ access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Spaces: &#8220;Super Wi-Fi&#8221; or Something Less?</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2010/11/04/white-spaces-super-wi-fi-or-something-less/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2010/11/04/white-spaces-super-wi-fi-or-something-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4GWE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GigaOm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M2M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motorola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genakowski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Carl Ford of 4GWE fame, hosted a White Spaces session at his popular 4GWE LA West Coast conference.&#160; The panel followed the release of the FCC&#8217;s September 23, 2010 white spaces order. There was great conversation on white spaces spectrum and regulatory issues.&#160; I moderated the session.&#160; Panelists included Brough Turner, CTO Netblazr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiber on the Poles: The Final Frontier</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2010/08/13/fiber-on-the-poles-the-final-frontier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2010/08/13/fiber-on-the-poles-the-final-frontier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4G]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pole Attachments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Recovery Act NTIA winners are waiting for millions of dollars of stimulus funding.   The NTIA winners receiving the largest grants will install fiber on thousands of miles of poles.  These NTIA fiber winners will be the new competitors to the ILECs who own the poles.  The FCC is trying to address the pole problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USF Reform &#8211; The Senate Steps In</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2010/06/29/usf-reform-the-senate-steps-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2010/06/29/usf-reform-the-senate-steps-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intercarrier Compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universal Service Reform has been in the FCC “reform hopper” for more than 10 years.&#160; Commissioner McDowell correctly labeled the USF program “antiquated, arcane, inefficient and just downright broken.” Fixing USF is anything but easy because while you can move USF money from one bucket to another, lowering the fee will take away government subsidies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network Neutrality v. Regulatory Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2010/06/03/network-neutrality-v-regulatory-responsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2010/06/03/network-neutrality-v-regulatory-responsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wireless]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Comcast net neutrality order was rejected and returned to the FCC by the D.C. Court of Appeals in April 2010.&#160; The order, as we all know, focuses on the FCC&#8217;s attempted regulation of a cable company&#8217;s Internet network management practice.&#160; Comcast and cable providers were pleased with the outcome as these providers know just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NTIA Delivers for Vendors on Buy America Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2009/06/29/ntia-delivers-for-vendors-on-buy-america-restrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2009/06/29/ntia-delivers-for-vendors-on-buy-america-restrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BTOP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Equipment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Technorati Tags: FCC,NTIA,Cisco,Alcatel-Lucent,FTTH,Fiber,Recovery Act,BTOP On Friday, July 26, 2009, the NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) granted a “limited waiver” for the Buy America restriction in the&#160; Recovery Act covering certain types of equipment that may be required for broadband projects.&#160; The NTIA is responsible for overseeing the process of delivering $4.7 billion in stimulus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 16: Let the Hearings Begin</title>
		<link>http://www.whydom.com/2009/06/15/june-16-let-the-hearings-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whydom.com/2009/06/15/june-16-let-the-hearings-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barlow Keener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Neutrality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Technorati Tags: FCC,Senate Commerce Committee,Genachowski Obama was voted in with lots of talk about reform.&#160; Democrats could not wait to make change.&#160; However, with other priorities like the economy teetering on the edge of the cliff and GM filing for bankruptcy and the $787 billion Recovery Act, more was on the agenda plate that could [...]]]></description>
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