Mile Posts Blog
Mile Posts is a blog by associate editor Brad Kramer where he muses on the latest news in the broadband industry.
- So Long and Thanks for All the Support
Today is a sad day--the last day of Last Mile Online. The announcement is in today's e-newsletter.
We at Benjamin Media have been at this since 2005, and I came on board for the May/June issue of 2007. Unfortunately, the current economy has force......
Read more - The Meaty Part of the Broadband Curve
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its global broadband penetration statistics as of December 2008. And once again, the United States falls smack-dab in the middle, ranking 15th among the 30 member countries......
Read more - Moving Slow in High-Speed Quest
It has been two months since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was approved and the FCC is still in the process of making rules on how to spend the money relegated for broadband infrastructure. Witnessing the mechanisms of bureaucracy feels ......
Read more - Municipalities Still Fight Incumbents for Broadband Rights
It was only a matter of time after the approval of $7.2 billion for broadband in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act that we'd hear of some trouble brewing between municipalities and incumbent service providers. The city of Chattanooga, Tenn.,......
Read more - Broadband Stimulus Q&A: 'Be Prepared'
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has passed into law and it has been deemed that broadband development projects will get $7.2 billion, distributed to applicants via the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) and the U.S. ......
Read more - Anti-Muni Report Is Mistaken
I commented last week on a study released by the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), which blasted municipal broadband networks as failures. The study, "We Told You So! Continue to Say No to Municipal Broadband Networks" (available at www.ipi.org)......
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