Marty
11-22-2002, 11:59 AM
U.S. Senators to Introduce The Jumpstart Broadband Act
U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and George Allen (R-Va.) announced that they will introduce a bill in the next Congress (the 108th) to expand access to Internet broadband technology.
The Boxer-Allen bill, called "The Jumpstart Broadband Act," requires the Federal Communications Commission to make more broadcast spectrum available for use by devices that incorporate technologies such as Wi-Fi. Right now, these kinds of technologies are limited to a small portion of the spectrum, which limits their development, the senators said in a statement.
The Boxer-Allen bill also requires the FCC to develop guidelines for the expanded portion of the broadcast spectrum that will be used by these devices to avoid signal congestion and interference. "The Boxer-Allen bill can help jump-start the broadband Internet market, and it breaks traditional thinking about how this can be accomplished," said Sen. Boxer. "It will reinvigorate high-tech economic development in California and across the country, and it will help give people in both urban and rural communities new ways of accessing the Internet and new ways of taking advantage of opportunities in the new economy."
"Wireless broadband technology offers tremendous promise for the future of high-speed Internet services, and it also holds the potential to re-energize visionary thinking for boundless horizons, rather than deadlock and indecision," said Senator Allen. "With our proposal, we hope to light the spark that will propel legislation to help make broadband available to all Americans, especially those in rural and inner-city areas, thus efficiently and quickly bridging the digital divide."
(Source: CNET News.com)
[b]Note: This bill not only robs the already picked apart HF spectrums, but it may provide a legal loophole for phone and cable utilities to avoid system expansion and service upgrades to rural residents.
U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and George Allen (R-Va.) announced that they will introduce a bill in the next Congress (the 108th) to expand access to Internet broadband technology.
The Boxer-Allen bill, called "The Jumpstart Broadband Act," requires the Federal Communications Commission to make more broadcast spectrum available for use by devices that incorporate technologies such as Wi-Fi. Right now, these kinds of technologies are limited to a small portion of the spectrum, which limits their development, the senators said in a statement.
The Boxer-Allen bill also requires the FCC to develop guidelines for the expanded portion of the broadcast spectrum that will be used by these devices to avoid signal congestion and interference. "The Boxer-Allen bill can help jump-start the broadband Internet market, and it breaks traditional thinking about how this can be accomplished," said Sen. Boxer. "It will reinvigorate high-tech economic development in California and across the country, and it will help give people in both urban and rural communities new ways of accessing the Internet and new ways of taking advantage of opportunities in the new economy."
"Wireless broadband technology offers tremendous promise for the future of high-speed Internet services, and it also holds the potential to re-energize visionary thinking for boundless horizons, rather than deadlock and indecision," said Senator Allen. "With our proposal, we hope to light the spark that will propel legislation to help make broadband available to all Americans, especially those in rural and inner-city areas, thus efficiently and quickly bridging the digital divide."
(Source: CNET News.com)
[b]Note: This bill not only robs the already picked apart HF spectrums, but it may provide a legal loophole for phone and cable utilities to avoid system expansion and service upgrades to rural residents.