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It would appear that many groups are saying that the government’s current strategy for US broadband is ‘not to have a strategy’ but these groups are calling on the government to set national goals – soon. Currently it is thought that the government is letting the market run at its own pacing and allowing consumers to set their own targets ...

Whitespaces are the unused portions of the broadcast spectrum on the television and it would appear that more and more people are fighting to use them. In a recent hearing held at Capitol Hill the co-founder of Google, Larry Page, made a request to the US Federal Communications Commission for the whitespaces spectrum to be made “free” to allow the ...

An announcement recently made to the industry by analysis company RVA LLC has shown that homes using fiber broadband has increased to 3.76 million. In an industry conference in Nashville on Tuesday 23rd September the Fiber to the Council made the announcement that the number of Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) topologies has now gone past the 13,825,000 homes mark. The principle for analysis ...

Research from two separate sources has suggested that the US broadband industry could be facing a gloomy future. A report released by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG) shows that in the second quarter of 2008 broadband take-up had reduced by half in comparison to last years second quarter figures and is at a seven year low for growth. The principal analyst ...