05/04/21
The current FCC definition of home broadband 25 Mbps download and
3 Mbps upload speeds is inadequate for at-home learning,
according to researchers who conducted a first-of-its-kind study of
district data for students engaged in remote learning.
The Student
Home Connectivity Study, conducted by CoSN,
the Consortium for School Networking, with funding from the Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative, looked at data from 13 (mostly large) school
districts representing more than 750,000 students. It found that
activities requiring high bandwidth, such as watching and sending
video, are prevalent in remote learning and that such activities
require much faster broadband at home.
Among the findings: More than 70% of students live in a household with other students;
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Judge Questions Bloody Fortune Made Off Local Carrier Fees
Law360 (May 4, 2021, 7:37 PM EDT) A D.C. Circuit judge drew from his college economics studies Tuesday to ask local phone companies why consumers wouldn t benefit from an FCC order meant to clamp down on the excess termination fees they often charge long-distance carriers, observing that some local carriers have made a bloody fortune off the fees.
The local phone companies, along with conference call providers, are urging the court to vacate the Federal Communications Commission s 2019 order that seeks to prevent local carriers from generating excessive fees for terminating calls. Critics say the rules unfairly target a handful of competitive local exchange carriers.
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(Photo : Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images) SpaceX Falcon-9 Rocket And Crew Dragon Capsule Launches From Cape Canaveral Sending Astronauts To The International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 30: In this NASA handout image, A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASAs SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Co
Elon Musk Says His Starlink Satellite Internet Service Has Received 500,000 Pre-Bookings
The Starlink satellite Internet service pre-booking costs $99 (roughly Rs. 7,300) in the US. By Reuters | Updated: 5 May 2021 10:47 IST
The US FCC last month approved SpaceX s plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit
Highlights
Building and sending rockets to outer space is capital-intensive business
Musk and Bezos have sparred publicly over the competing satellite plans
SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite Internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Only limitation is high density of users in urban areas, Musk tweeted, responding to a post from a CNBC reporter that said the $99 (roughly Rs. 7,300) deposits SpaceX took for the service were fully refundable and did not guarantee service.