The USDA just opened an application window for its Community Connect grants—a small but great program that “serves rural communities where broadband service is least likely to be available, but where it can make a tremendous difference in the quality of life for citizens.” Community Connect awards up to $3 million can be given to […]
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that rural customers who receive fixed broadband service from carriers supported by the Connect America Fund will have connection speeds of at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload. The Commission increased the program’s speed requirements following direction from Congress that rural consumers’ broadband access should be comparable to urban areas. […]
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The City of Seattle awarded CTC a contract to explore the feasibility of implementing a municipal fiber broadband network. CTC business analysts and engineers will provide strategic support to help the City understand the opportunities and risks involved in the potential deployment of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP). CTC is pleased to continue our long-standing support of the City in […]
Spend enough time within the world of broadband technologies and you’re afforded some excellent opportunities to help shape the future of our industry. Yesterday, Public Knowledge released a CTC report examining how cable compares with other broadband technologies. The report was also filed with the FCC in the Comcast-Time Warner merger docket. Our technical analysis shows […]
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Public Knowledge filed CTC Technology & Energy’s technical report—The State of the Art and Evolution of Cable Television and Broadband Technology— in the FCC’s Comcast–Time Warner docket. The report, which Public Knowledge commissioned to compare the performance and upgrade paths of cable networks with other technologies, illustrates that DSL and mobile broadband cannot compete with […]
Read More… from Public Knowledge Files CTC Technology & Energy Cable Report with FCC
On November 12, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute released CTC’s report on wireless net neutrality and how it can be achieved within the framework of LTE (4G) technology. That report was filed with the FCC in the net neutrality docket, and CTC CEO and Director of Engineering Andrew Afflerbach briefed FCC staff and […]
Read More… from Public Knowledge Files CTC Technology & Energy Cable Report with FCC
The New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) filed a significant CTC Technology & Energy technical report with the FCC as part of its response on the net neutrality docket. The engineering study, which New America commissioned to explore how net neutrality can be achieved within the framework of LTE (4G) technology, concludes that carriers […]
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The City of Ellensburg, Washington awarded CTC a contract to prepare a strategic plan for the Telecommunications Utility. CTC will conduct analysis and market research, and provide strategic support to assist the City in its goal of designing and constructing a fiber optic network to serve public agencies. […]
On October 17, the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) submitted to the FCC CTC’s cost model study for fiber construction to schools and libraries. SHLB filed A Model for Understanding the Cost to Connect Schools and Libraries with Fiber Optics in the E-Rate Modernization proceeding in support of its recommendation to the FCC […]
The filing window for the Rural Broadband Experiments (RBE) will open on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:00am ET., according to a public notice released by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. All application and bid materials are due Friday, November 7, 2014 at 6pm ET. There is an opportunity for accelerated funding through RBE, which […]