Posts Tagged Voice over Internet Protocol
The US Broadband Coalition Adoption & Use Report
Posted by Mark Hewitt in Broadband, Economy, Mobile VoIP, US Broadband Coalition on November 13th, 2009
Friday the 13th seems to be a day for good luck as the FCC holds a special meeting to accept and comment on the US Broadband Coalitions
Adoption and Use report. Part of the FCC’s goal to see comments on the developing National Broadband Strategy.
You can find a copy of the Adoption and Use Report here –> Adoption & Use
You can watch the event via webcast from the FCC at 1:00 ~ 3:00 pm EST today –> FCC Webcast
If you find youself in Washingto DC today – you can attend in person: 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC
Case: Ave Maria Smart Campus
Posted by bbossert in Broadband, Building Information Modeling, Economy on October 22nd, 2009
Introduction:
Ave Maria is a town 20 minutes east of Naples and then 10 minutes south basically in the middle of the swamps. We all know about the success story of Domino’s pizza. Well the guy who started Dominos got tired of collecting airplanes apparently up in cold Michigan, and decided to create a town with a Christian values from scratch. A friend of mine contacted me and asked me to come down and meet Bryan Mehaffey who this post will discuss frequently. I had heard stories about how Ave Maria was a show case for Smart Building design. So both Mark Hewitt and I got in the car and made the trek from Sarasota Read the rest of this entry »
A SUGGESTED FLORIDA BROADBAND POLICY AND STRATEGY
Posted by Jim Tait in ARRA, Broadband, Economy, US Broadband Coalition on October 21st, 2009
by: Jim Tait
contributors: Mark Hewitt, John Reynolds, Jim Baller
Note: Since the original Florida Policy and Strategy discussion begun last spring, a number of developments have taken place. We have reviewed, as a state and individually, the first round of stimulus proposals affecting Florida for NTIA/BTOP grants. The FCC has reached almost the three-quarters point in developing the required National Broadband Strategy due February 19, 2010. Many of its inquiries are bearing fruit and provide significant data. In addition, many public and private partnerships have emerged, and more are developing, to capture the power for transformation of our economy and societal institutions provided by ubiquitous broadband access. As noted, however Read the rest of this entry »