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WISP Industry Needs to Build a Map and Prepare for the New Form 477 Alex Goldman
[February 13, 2009] You need to know your coverage area.

Wireless Internet Providers Urge Congress to Help Small Businesses to BringBroadband to Rural and Underserved Americans WISPA
[February 5, 2009] The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association is urging Congress to help ensure that the new bill expands broadband Internet access to Americans in rural areas and to consumers with limited or no access to affordable broadband services.

Dems Propose $6 Billion in Wireless/Broadband Grants Naomi Graychase
[January 16, 2009] The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 includes a provision for $6 billion in wireless and broadband grants. Billions more may be available for wireless initiatives across a wide spectrum of areas, from education to manufacturing.

At ISPCON, National Broadband Policy: Pro and Con Arguments Alex Goldman
[December 1, 2008] Everyone agrees that the U.S. is not doing as well as it should, but few agree on how to solve the problem.

A National Broadband Strategy Alex Goldman
[October 9, 2008] Bruce Mehlman, who will be speaking on this topic at ISPCON, pitches his ideas to ISP-Planet readers who are skeptical of "goverment as the solution."

Editorial: FCC Does More Favors for Phone Companies Alex Goldman
[September 16, 2008] It's the end of the presidency, and that means that it's time for the politicians to do the favors that they will exchange for jobs in the private sector.

COMPTEL At Work Alex Goldman
[August 26, 2008] COMPTEL may be the best funded of the pro-competition associations. We spoke to its two leaders.

Warning: FCC Cracking Down on CPNI Alex Goldman
[June 6, 2008] If you offer CLEC or VoIP services and you don't know about the FCC's rules on private data, contact your lawyer immediately to learn about CPNI rules.

F2C: Clay Shirky and Here Comes Everybody Alex Goldman
[May 2, 2008] The Freedom to Connect conference concluded with a speech about the new freedoms of the internet and why those who hate the new freedoms will go after ISPs.

F2C: Dewayne Hendricks Alex Goldman
[April 25, 2008] This internet pioneer warned that the internet is being redefined for the benefit of a few powerful special interests.

F2C: Wireless Politics Alex Goldman
[April 22, 2008] Michael Calabrese of the New America Foundation talked common sense on wireless and spectrum issues.

F2C: The Politics of Open Fiber Alex Goldman
[April 18, 2008] Presenters from Amsterdam, Burlington, and Lafayette said that open fiber is what their community needs.

F2C: Templeton Asks for Less Regulation Alex Goldman
[April 15, 2008] The time period between 1996 and 2008 has shown that the U.S. system of government is so riddled with institutional corruption that a net neutrality law will only be co-opted by the telcos it is meant to govern.

FCC Chairman's Open Market Rhetoric Is A Sham Al Senia
[April 2, 2008] Martin is preparing to empower the telecom industry's existing hierarchy to crush smaller competitors.

Why I'm Attending the Freedom to Connect Conference Alex Goldman
[January 11, 2008] Every year, I attend this conference in order to take a step back and look at the big picture, the future of the internet.

Telco Dmarc Games Best of ISP-Lists
[January 10, 2008] This is just one more method the phone company can use to deny you a customer.

DSL Prime: FCC Chief: "I Failed My President" Dave Burstein
[January 8, 2008] Martin attempts an honest examination of his legacy, as technology improves and more of the world gets connected. Also, Apgar's data suggests the U.S. internet runs faster than previously believed.

Triennial Review Part IV: A Game Played Every Year Alex Goldman
[October 17, 2003] Tucked away in the FCC's triennial review is a provision that sets up an annual contest between CLECs and the local phone company. It is a high stakes game for the CLECs, but penne ante for the phone company.

Triennial Review Part III: Another Unfunded Mandate Alex Goldman
[October 3, 2003] The FCC claims that state commissions have a better understanding of local markets than the FCC, logic that conveniently justifies pass-the-buck policies.

Triennial Review Part II: The FCC's Fiber Failure Alex Goldman
[September 26, 2003] A small group of companies, hoping to sell equipment to the Bells, have manipulated FCC fiber policy, ignoring, ironically, the only entities actually deploying fiber: CLECs and municipal governments.

Triennial Review Part I: A Definition of Competition Alex Goldman
[September 19, 2003] In the first hundred pages of the triennial review, the FCC defines competition. This deceptively esoteric subject is the foundation of the effort to end line sharing.

Regulatory Future? More Uncertainty Alex Goldman
[January 10, 2003] As the FCC conducts its triennial review of rules for the telecommunications industry, glimpses into the secretive process give hints of deep ideological and political divides within the commission, with little apparent room for agreement or compromise.