On March 16, 2010, the FCC released ¿Connecting America: The Nat. Broadband Plan.¿ The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contains 208 specific recommendations directed to the FCC, to the Exec. Branch, to Congress, and to non-fed. and non-governmental entities. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Overview of Plan; (3) Broadband Adoption and Availability and the Fed. Universal Service Fund: The Evolution of the Universal Service Concept; Universal Service and Broadband; 4) Reform of Intercarrier Compensation; (5) Fostering a Market for Set-Top Boxes; (6) Spectrum Policies for Wireless Broadband; (7) National Purposes: Meeting Policy Goals; (8) FCC¿s Authority to Implement the NBP; (9) Towards a Nat. Broadband Policy? Illus.

The national broadband plan : competitive availability of navigation devices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 29, 2010.

The national broadband plan : deploying quality broadband services to the last mile : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 21, 2010.

The national broadband plan : promoting broadband adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, May 13, 2010.

Reviewing the national broadband plan: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 14, 2010.

The national broadband plan : promoting broadband adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, May 13, 2010.