U.S. BROADBAND COALITION RELEASES ITS REPORTS

On September 24, 2009, at an event in the main hearing room of the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Broadband Coalition released its final report on a National Broadband Strategy. The report summarizes the Coalition's consensus-building efforts over the last year; discusses the opportunities that universal, affordable broadband connectivity create for America; analyzes the complex issues that surround the establishment of goals for a national broadband strategy; provides numerous policy options for stimulating deployment, adoption, and use of broadband; and presents various policy options for measuring progress and ensuring accountability. The agenda for the event, including the list of speakers, is available here, and the full report is available here. 

On Friday, November 13, 2009, at another event in the FCC's main hearing room, the US Broadband Coalition released its report on expanding and accelerating the adoption and use of broadband throughout the economy.  The report contains a sector-by-sector analysis of barriers to more extensive adoption and use of broadband, and it presents dozens of creative policy options to overcome these barriers. The press release containing the agenda and list of speakers for the event is available here. The full report is available here. The slides for the event are available here. A close captioned archive of the webcast of the event is available here.