the future of broadband Thread

[Henry88]

[quote]Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)’s bid for Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), slated for an investor vote on May 21, won the endorsement of Egan-Jones Ratings Co., which joined Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. in supporting the deal.

“Based on our review of publicly available information on strategic, corporate governance and financial aspects of the proposed transaction, Egan-Jones views the proposed transaction to be a desirable approach,â€

[Henry88]

[Henry88]

its has been approved

http://www.carlsonwireless.com/ruralconnect/

[Henry88]

AT&T Can 'Say Anything': AT&T IP Transition Trials and the Direct TV Merger Documents Contradict Previous Broadband Commitments.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kus ... 90714.html

[Henry88]

Now you can tell the FCC to overturn state limits on municipal broadband
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07 ... broadband/

[Henry88]

Cities, States Face Off On Municipal Broadband
http://www.govtech.com/local/Cities-Sta ... dband.html

City, state and federal governments are fighting over Chattanooga’s effort to bring broadband to rural consumers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/gov ... consumers/

[Henry88]

If there's Internet in hell, there will be no net neutrality
http://www.networkworld.com/article/260 ... ality.html

[Henry88]

AT&T Won't Improve Tennessee Broadband, Won't Let Anyone Else
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT- ... lse-130571

[Henry88]

Americans pay more for slower Internet
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/31/technol ... index.html

[Henry88]

FCC raises broadband definition to 25Mbps, Chairman mocks ISPs
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/19858 ... mocks-isps

Mayors of Boston, Seattle, KC, others: No more muni broadband restrictions, please
http://www.networkworld.com/article/287 ... mocks-isps

[Henry88]

FCC overturns state laws limiting municipal broadband
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2889632/ ... dband.html



State laws restricting city-run broadband overruled
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/26/prot ... broadband/

[Henry88]

AT&T Launches Broadband Over Power Line Project, a Threat to Traditional Broadband
http://247wallst.com/telecom-wireless/2 ... broadband/

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

So recently the Senate just passed a bill that would overturn the FCC's ruling on Net Neutrality. It now goes to the House and from their the President's desk. So there's still hope to keep Net Neutrality alive. On a less positive note if the bill doesn't pass then NN ends on June 12th.

[Benjamin Haines]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]