Charles Benton

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Let's get to Work on Criteria for NTIA Grant Awards


By Charles Benton

The Recovery Act establishes several considerations for awarding grants under the national Telecommunications and Information Administration's new Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). The NTIA is to consider whether an application to deploy infrastructure in an area --

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Writing an Effective Public Interest Rule for NTIA Broadband Grant Eligibility


By Charles Benton
This blog became the basis for a Benton filing

Benton Editorial

Let's Get to Work on the Role of the States in the NTIA Broadband Grant Program


By Charles Benton
This blog became the basis for a Benton filing

Benton Editorial

Let's Get to Work on the Purposes of the Broadband Grant Program


By Charles Benton
This blog became the basis for a Benton filing

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A Gift to the Nation

Charles Benton

We have just a few days left in 2008, but there's still time for the Federal Communications Commission to give us a gift and correct a great error made on Election Day. There's overwhelming consensus that we should be moving to universal, affordable broadband. Here's how the FCC could set us on that course.

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A Broadband Action Plan for America


Charles Benton

In the Digital Age, universal, affordable, and robust broadband is the key to our nation's citizens reaching for - and achieving - the American Dream.

President-elect Obama can immediately exercise strong leadership to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy by acting to craft a National Broadband Strategy.

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Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part II: Broadband for Everyone, Everywhere

Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part II:
Broadband for Everyone, Everywhere

Charles Benton

An invitation to speak at the annual conference of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, has me thinking about defining our communications goals for the next Administration.

T.S. Eliot wrote:
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in the past

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Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part I: The Civil Rights Imperative

Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part I:
The Civil Rights Imperative

Charles Benton