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align="left" height="90" width="110">Since the
beginning of the year, some things that have been
happening at the Federal Communications Commission
(and happening to the FCC) have been of interest
to libraries. Today we share some information
about two of those things: Network neutrality
("Open Internet") and bigger Internet connections
for schools and libraries. It's a little early yet
to know how much of an effect either of these
things will have on day-to-day library Internet,
but we thought you should be aware of them. Think
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.fcc.gov/document/statement-fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-fccs-open-internet-rules">Statement
by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on the FCC's Open
Internet Rules</a> "A new docket is opened
today called 'Protecting and Promoting the Open
Internet,' so that all public input on the
court's remand of the Open Internet decision
will be collected and available. I will
recommend to my fellow commissioners that the
Commission seek comment through a formal
rulemaking on the specific rules for preserving
and protecting the open Internet. The focus of
this docket will be on issues raised by the D.C.
Circuit opinion."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/23/comcasts-deal-with-netflix-makes-network-neutrality-obsolete/">Comcast's
deal with Netflix makes network neutrality
obsolete</a> (Washington Post/Timothy B. Lee)
"If it wanted to ensure a level playing field,
the FCC would be forced to become intimately
involved in interconnection disputes, overseeing
who Verizon interconnects with, how fast the
connections are and how much they can charge to
do it. At this point, the FCC doesn't have any
good options. Regulating the terms of
interconnection would be a difficult,
error-prone process. Trying to reverse the
decade-old mergers that allowed America's
broadband market to become so concentrated in
the first place would be even more so."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-boost-investment-broadband-schools-libraries-2b">FCC
to invest additional $2 billion in high-speed
Internet in schools and libraries</a> (FCC
unofficial announcement) "The additional support
will be targeted to address the most urgent
Internet upgrade needs of schools and libraries.
Today only about half of E-Rate funds go to true
high-speed Internet connections. Last summer,
the Commission began a proceeding to explore
ways to modernize the E-Rate program. In
November, Chairman Wheeler launched a top to
bottom review of the program to examine how
E-Rate can better meet the 21st century
connectivity needs of schools and libraries."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/04/heres-obamas-plan-to-give-teachers-and-libraries-1-billion-a-year-in-extra-funding/">Here's
Obama's plan to give teachers and libraries $1
billion a year in extra funding</a>
(Washington Post/Brian Fung) "E-Rate's newest
push aims to fix that by installing 100 Mbps
connections in educational facilities
nationwide. As the FCC's study implies, need is
both relative and subjective. That has some
critics of E-Rate complaining that the program's
benefits are unevenly distributed. [...] This is
where the move to reform E-Rate comes in. Some
of this entails ending E-Rate discounts for
outdated technologies like dial-up connections,
but it also means a potential change in how
E-Rate funds are disbursed."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
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fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">The State
Educational Technology Directors Association
(SETDA) has set a goal of 100 Mbps per 1,000
students and educators in all K-12 schools in
2014, and 1 Gbps by the 2017-18 school year.
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