Community and Municipal Wireless
Since 2001, the U.S. has fallen from 3rd to 16th in worldwide broadband adoption, an alarming trend that seriously threatens American competitiveness in the digital age. No question, America lacks a national broadband policy. New America believes that wireless broadband is the most promising way to extend affordable, ubiquitous, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans, particularly in under-served rural and low-income areas.
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Articles
| Article | Date |
|---|---|
| Broadband Data Improvement Act Passes Senate, House, A.K.A. Find Why U.S. is on Continuous Decline | October 2, 2008 |
| It's Official: China Now Has More Broadband Lines than the United States | September 30, 2008 |
| Overseas Wireless Deployments Offer Lessons For U.S. | June 30, 2008 |
| Philadelphia Network Flop Points To Failure Of Corporate Franchise Model | May 16, 2008 |
| The COMMONS Initiative | May 15, 2008 |
| Municipal Wireless Success Demands Public Involvement, Experts Say | March 9, 2008 |
| To Whom May I Direct Your Free Call? | October 12, 2003 |
| Your Cellphone is a Homing Device | July 1, 2003 |
| Sky Dayton's Long Road to Internet Nirvana | October 1, 2002 |
| Fill Potholes on America's Info Highway | June 13, 2002 |
Policy Papers
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Wireless Pittsburgh | January 2008 |
| The Art of Spectrum Lobbying | August 2007 |
| Spectrum Policy for the Emerging Ultrabroadband World | June 2007 |
| Wholesale Open Access and Anonymous Bidding | June 2007 |
| Spectrum Auction Breakdown | June 2007 |
| Wireless Net Neutrality: Cellular Carterfone and Consumer Choice in Mobile Broadband | February 2007 |
| Quantifying the Impact of Unlicensed Devices on Digital TV Receivers | January 2007 |
| Can Cognitive Radio Operating in the TV White Spaces Completely Protect Licensed TV Broadcasting? | January 2007 |
| From TV to Public Safety | October 2006 |
| Building Constituencies for Spectrum Policy Change - First Report | September 2006 |
Events
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Broadband Revolution | June 23, 2008 |
| International Summit for Community Wireless Networks 2008 | May 28, 2008 |
| The Future of Municipal Wireless | February 6, 2008 |
| The Philadelphia Story: Learning from a Municipal Wireless Pioneer | December 11, 2007 |
| Driving Wireless Broadband and Innovation | October 2, 2007 |
| A Broadband Pipe, or a $12B Pipe Dream? | June 1, 2007 |
| Wireless Future | February 23, 2007 |
| From TV to Public Safety | October 26, 2006 |
| Removing Barriers to Wireless Broadband | September 20, 2006 |
| Should Vacant TV Channels Be Opened for Wireless Broadband? | November 15, 2005 |
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