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j2 Briefing: FCC news, Microsoft whitespace, polls


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The j2 Podcast for August 29, 2019

https://blog.j2sw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8_29_2019.mp3

Microsoft is pushing it’s Whitespace product as a solution to the Digital divide. This has been branded “Airband”

https://www.multichannel.com/news/microsoft-brands-rural-divide-national-crisis

The FCC

The commission unanimously voted to distribute more than $20 billion of Universal Service Fund subsidies over the next decade as part of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. It also adopted a long-awaited proposal to get more detailed information from broadband providers about where they offer service in order to improve the agency’s coverage maps. 

iOt is showing it’s age

Amazon is killing off the gimicky Dash buttons.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/01/amazon-dash-buttons/

Verizon turns up 5G

In the ever-changing 5g race Verizon turns up 5G in Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Washington DC

New poll says the Internet is more important than Air conditioning while on vacation

https://www.swnsdigital.com/2019/08/majority-of-americans-would-rather-give-up-air-conditioning-than-have-no-internet-on-vacation/

Mobile Users double since 2013

The percentage of respondents who said their primary online access devices is mobile has effectively doubled since 2013, and many of those are using mobile as a substitute, rather than a complement, to wired broadband service.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/pew-mobile-broadband-users-double-since-2013

 

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