FCC Funding Broadband for Poor

By: on 3.4.11
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The FCC plans to reallocate funds for subsidizing phone service for the poor to provide better broadband coverage as well. The Lifeline Assistance and Link-Up America programs currently fund monthly telephone service and installation for the poor. While the costs are higher, the Internet is being considered a necessary public utility. Read the full article at PCWorld.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • http://www.successful.com Craig Settles

    Yesterday’s meeting only seemed to advocate any specific action when everyone was talking about preventing waste and fraud. This is great and needed. But the conversation was light on details about how you actually make this program work as an agent to bring broadband to low income people.

    These are some options I feel are needed if we’re serious about reforming Lifeline and Link-Up – http://bit.ly/h4WiPL. And this column tackles some of the bigger problems that should be addressed with any type of program that intends to address low-income communities – http://bit.ly/hOfpim.

    The emphasis should be on enabling people to pull themselves up to a higher economic level, not a program that wastes money and unintentionally keeps people from advancing.