[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 8.7

[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list. FYI.

>FCC Kicks Off Broadband Roadshow, Internet News
>As it sets out to craft a national broadband strategy, agency aims 
>to showcase virtues of universal access to high-speed Internet.
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>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/OsUL8QHOnOI/3833551
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>Broadband's Impact on Citizen Engagement, Pew Internet
>The goal of this FCC workshop is to assess, and facilitate a 
>conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption 
>and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other 
>challenges. Susannah Fox will discuss the Pew Internet Project's 
>latest data on broadband adoption and the difference broadband makes to
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>http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/25--Broadbands-Impact-on-Citizen-Engagement.aspx
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>Belt & Suspenders, PFF
>Representatives Markey and Eshoo recently introduced a bill 
>providing the Federal Communications Commission with extensive 
>regulatory authority over the Internet entitled the "Internet 
>Freedom Preservation Act of 2009." The bill would amend Title I of 
>the Communications Act, among other things, to: (i) include a new 
>"Internet Freedom" section
>  http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/08/belt_suspenders.html
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>IP-Enabled Services, Fed Reg
>This document amends the Commission's rules so that providers of 
>interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service will be 
>required to comply with the same discontinuance rules as domestic 
>non dominant telecommunications carriers. These rules protect 
>consumers of interconnected VoIP service from the abrupt 
>discontinuance, reduction or impairment of their service by requiring
>  http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-08-07-E9-18716