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July 19, 2007
David Isenberg blogs a map of broadband availability in MA, put together by the Boston Globe. Keep in mind that this map defines broadband as 1 megabit, which is five times higher than the ludicrous definition promulgated by the FCC, but is many times slower than what's taken for granted in much of the developed world. [Tags: broadband net_neutrality fcc savetheinternet ] Megan Tady writes about why it's so hard to get information like that...including the FCC's reticence. Posted
by D. Weinberger at July 19, 2007 03:03 PM
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Megan Tady's report is at http://www.freepress.net/news/24764
Posted by: johne | July 23, 2007 02:43 PM
On this topic, also see:
http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/25/damned-lies-etc/ Before providing the details, Henry writes:
"The FCC has generated copious statistics to support their claims that there is a thriving competitive market among broadband providers. However, as the General Accounting Office points out (pdf) in polite governmental administratese, their numbers are a crock."
Posted by: johne | July 25, 2007 03:12 PM