INOUYE INTRODUCES BROADBAND DATA BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill
that would require the FCC to collect better data on the rollout of broadband.
The bill -- the Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492) -- would require the
FCC to reconsider its current 200 kilobit broadband standard (many argue that
is too slow a speed to be counted), create a new "second generation broadband
figure for speeds capable of delivering HD video, require the FCC to report
broadband availability by nine-digit zip codes so that it could more precisely
pinpoint who was and wasn't getting the service, and require an annual, rather
than periodic, inquiry into deployment. The bill would also provide $40 million
in yearly grants to match state investment in identifying barriers to broadband
adoption. The House last week held a hearing on a draft of a similar bill.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6446448.html?rssid=193
* Senate Democrats Want Better Broadband Data
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6446465.html?rssid=196
* Chairman Inouye's press release
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248822&Month=5&Year=2007
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