EBP Regional Workshop - Torino 2011 (english version) Lightwave September-October 2011. Home | Digital Region. And SamKnows Partner to Launch the Largest EU Broadband Test. London, UK, [7th October] 2011 – TP-LINK, global provider of SOHO and SMB networking products, has joined forces with SamKnows, the broadband performance testing specialist, to launch the largest pan-European broadband project mapping and measurement test, on behalf of the European Commission.
The project aims to provide Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), regulators and consumers with an accurate picture of current connectivity and performance across Europe. The results will be used to formulate a pan-European schematic highlighting broadband provision to ensure future planning and offer transparency for consumers paying for broadband connectivity. Building on the resounding success of SamKnows previous projects with Ofcom (UK) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (USA), TP-LINK has been selected as the preferred supplier for the largest project of its kind, covering all EU Member States and three other European nations. About TP-LINK About SamKnows. Broadband Gap 2007 : Exhibition | Europa - Information Society. Cable - NCTA: Some Rural Broadband Subsidies Waste - Telecom News Wire.
WASHINGTON -- A new economic analysis of federal government broadband stimulus projects awarded by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) concludes that the program's funding of duplicative broadband networks has resulted in an extremely high cost to reach a small number of unserved households. The study was commissioned by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and prepared by Jeffrey Eisenach and Kevin Caves of Navigant Economics of Washington, D.C. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) included $7.2 billion to subsidize broadband deployment - $4.7 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and $2.5 billion to RUS.
The NTIA and RUS programs funded by ARRA make up the largest federal subsidies ever provided for broadband construction in the U.S. $101.2 million in western Kansas $66.4 million for Lake and St. Baltic Rural Broadband Project. National Broadband Plan - Working Reports & Technical Papers. The FCC Omnibus Broadband Initiative (OBI) Working Reports Series and Technical Paper Series present analysis and research by FCC staff members. These papers reflect work performed in support of the National Broadband Plan and provide context for the Plan. Technical Paper Series The Broadband Availability Gap This paper provides explanation and greater detail about the calculations that led to the count of unserved housing units and the estimate of the size of the broadband availability gap. The paper includes a presentation of model outputs as well as sensitivities of the model to key decisions and assumptions. Chapter I - Chapter II - Chapter III - Chapter IV - View Data from the Technical Paper Broadband Assessment Model This paper provides technical documentation of how the model is constructed, including more detail about the statistical model used to estimate availability and network infrastructure in areas where no data are available.
Spectrum Analysis: Options for Broadcast Spectrum. NewERA - Fine Gael. Fine Gael will establish "Broadband 21" which will invest €1.8 billion over four years to build a high-speed fibre infrastructure throughout the country. The goal is to get Irish broadband speeds into the top five of OECD countries - with one million Irish homes connected to fibre - by the end of year four. The botched privatisation of Eircom, combined with a Government failure to develop a coherent broadband strategy, means that Ireland is now well behind its competitors in broadband. According to the National Competitiveness Council, broadband penetration among firms in Ireland is the second worst among the EU-15, and is particularly low among small businesses.
Even where broadband is available, it is often 0f such low quality (bandwidth) that it not capable of supporting the "next generation" services being rolled out in other countries. Click here to download our policy document. Delivery Model for Broadband UK published. Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) has perhaps not always been at the forefront of peoples minds when thinking of broadband in the UK, with there being criticism over the lack of visible progress to date.
Alas, with the large amount of rules governing areas such as State Aid, it should be of no surprise that things can appear to move slowly. Today sees the publication of the Delivery Model document for BDUK, setting out milestones and timelines. The definitions of Standard and Superfast Broadband are pretty simple, Standard as a service that allows a quality home working experience, for which a headline access speed of 2 Mbps is used.
Superfast is defined as headline download speeds of greater than 24 Mbps. One key factor with BDUK is that it exists only as a central helper - the delivery itself is intended to be local, with BDUK encouraging action by local bodies, communities, customers and suppliers. BDUK Delivery Targets. ProjectHome.