The day has come when all students in grades five to twelve in Munster School District in Indiana are now told to open their laptops instead of their textbooks by their teachers. The school district completed a $1.1 million overhaul to ensure that all of its 2,600 students were able to use laptops for their math and science lessons.Read more

As the FCC gets ready to vote on what to do with the universal service fund (USF), former Senator Byron Dorgan is concerned that the FCC's proposed USF reform will leave rural customers out in the cold. "My concern is as we get closer to the end date, it appears to me that the answer to the question 'will rural areas be left behind' is going to be 'yes'."Read more

As the FCC draws closer to the October 27 vote on Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to overhaul the Universal Service Fund (USF), four Democratic lawmakers urged the FCC to focus broadband Internet expansion efforts to improving access in crucial locations such as schools and health clinics.Read more

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that over the next two years approximately 100,000 jobs will be added to the U.S. technology sector thanks to the advancements in broadband access. The jobs will help revive communities hard hit by the economic downturn. Some employees will be given the option to telework, another benefit of broadband access.Read more

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project showed that minority groups were more likely to use popular video-sharing sites, such as YouTube. Of the 71 percent of those who reported using video-sharing sites, 81 percent of respondents were Hispanic and 76 percent were African-American.Read more

According to data compiled by US Telecom Association, National Cable & Telecommunications and CTIA –The Wireless Association, broadband providers have invested more than $250 billion since 2008 in the effort to expand broadband technology in America.Read more