FCC press release, July 31, 2007: “In a Second Report & Order (Order) adopted today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised the 700 MHz band plan and service rules to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety and to facilitate the availability of new and innovative wireless broadband services for… Continue Reading
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Surveys Examine the Impact of the Growing Cell-Only Population
Follow up to May 14, 2007 posting, Nearly 16% of U.S. Homes Have No Landline Phone, see also these related studies: The Landline-less Are Different and Their Numbers Are Growing Fast, by Scott Keeter, Director, Survey Research, Pew Research Center, June 20, 2007 What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only… Continue Reading
85% of American Adults Use Cell Phones or Internet According to Pew Research
Press release: “Fully 85% of American adults use the internet or cell phones and most use both. Many also have broadband connections, digital cameras and video game systems. Yet the proportion of adults who exploit the connectivity, the capacity for self expression, and the interactivity of modern information technology is a modest 8%.” Related… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com for April 2007
Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets!, by Barbara Fullerton, Sabrina I. Pacifici and Aaron Schmidt The Government Domain: Tracking Federal Dollars, by Peggy Garvin Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide, by Louise Tsang Reference from Coast to Coast: Stalking and Finding the Full-Text Article, by Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com – Reporting… Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: United States Maintains Information and Communication Technology Leadership and Economic Strength
NTIA Fact Sheet: “In their recent announcement ranking countries on their broadband penetration, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) fails to take into consideration tens of millions of United States broadband users, including students, employees of corporations and United States Government employees, to name a few. Additionally, by neglecting to count mobile wireless… Continue Reading
Use of Text Messaging for Emergency Alerts on the Rise
Free WSL article looks at Texting When There’s Trouble: “The ubiquity of relatively new technologies allows electronic alerts to reach more people faster than ever before. In the aftermath of several recent disasters — including the tsunami in South Asia, Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, and the terrorist attacks in New York, London and… Continue Reading
Gadgets Presentation from 2007 Computers in Libraries Conference
On April 16, 2007 Barbara Fullerton, Manager, Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard, Sabrina Pacifici, Editor & Publisher, LLRX.com and beSpacific.com and Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library, presented their always popular round-robin Gadgets presentation at Computers in Libraries 2007. Continue Reading
First Responders Wait for FCC Decision on Radio Spectrum Set Aside
WSJ free feature: Priority of Emergency Networks – FCC Weighs Responders’ Needs Against Commercial-Spectrum Use: “Spurred by huge communications gaps during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, debate has raged on Capitol Hill, at the FCC and within the telecommunications industry over how much valuable radio spectrum should be set… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report on Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in DOJ
Progress Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 07-25, March 2007: “Just to replace DOJs antiquated legacy wireless communications equipment would cost DOJ approximately $900 million. However, the DOJ will require more than twice that amount to fund its share of IWN. Consequently, for the DOJ, DHS,… Continue Reading
NASCIO Progress Reports on State Government Internet Presence
Harmony Helps: A Progress Report on State Government Internet Presence – March 2007 – “This brief explores how state web portals have matured and examines the impact of the 2003 expansion of the dot-gov domain to state and local governments; trends in state portal domain naming conventions; trends in Internet portal branding and marketing; the… Continue Reading
Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey of Wireless Internet Access
“The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released a report that 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. The report profiles these wireless users and describes their intensive use of the internet, especially in exchanging emails… Continue Reading
Web Capacity Encounters Limits With Increased Global Demand for Rich Media
Deloitte Telecommunications Predictions 2007 (TMT Trends 2007) – “This study examines 10 emerging developments sure to make 2007 another eventful year for the telecommunications industry”: 1. “Reaching the limits of cyberspacegrowth in video traffic on the “superhighway” means the Internet is approaching gridlock. 2. The net neutrality debate needs resolutionthe Internet, fundamental freedom for all… Continue Reading
