IN THIS ISSUE:

• What the U.S. Election Means for Telecoms
• Mile Posts: Broadband Should Be Like Water
• Broadband News
• News from Around the Web
• Now at Last Mile Online: What's Planted in the Ground

What the U.S. Election Means for Telecoms

The accepted wisdom appears to be that FCC chairman Kevin Martin will step down following the election of Barack Obama and will likely be replaced by a Democrat nominated by the incoming president. This will shift the balance at the FCC from a 3-2 Republican majority to a 3-2 Democratic majority for the first time in eight years. As the terms of the other commissioners expire over the next few years there may be further changes in the composition of the commission.

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BROADBAND NEWS:

• Take the Last Mile Municipal Broadband Survey
• Industry Leaders Collaborate on 40 Gbps Live Network Trial
  
• Azimuth Joins Global Wireless Consortium
  

MILE POSTS:

Broadband Should Be Like Water

Mile Posts is a blog by associate editor Brad Kramer where he muses on the latest news in the broadband industry.

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NOW AT LAST MILE ONLINE:

What's Planted in the Ground
Meeting Demands for Advanced Services with Existing Copper Assets
By Nina Grooms Lee

There is an insatiable appetite for higher bandwidth among residential and business customers, exacerbated by their desire to use services anytime and anywhere. While Nielsen’s Law of Internet Bandwidth has user connectivity speed growing by 50 percent per year, empirical data from service providers shows that the capacity needed has actually grown by more than 80 percent annually and continues to increase.

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