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		<title>Car makers clash with Congress over Wi-Fi</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/10/car-makers-clash-with-congress-over-wi-fi/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/10/car-makers-clash-with-congress-over-wi-fi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress wants U.S. regulators to hurry up and open a chunk of federal 5.9 GHz airwaves for commercial Wi-Fi, which would let more smartphones, tablets and laptops milk faster speeds out of wireless&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Nice! Wheeler steps up with real proposal for net neutrality</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/04/nice-wheeler-steps-up-with-real-proposal-for-net-neutrality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Common carrier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on Wednesday unveiled his plans for mandating real network neutrality and preventing ISPs from discriminating against traffic on their pipes in an opinion piece in Wired. While&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>BAM! The FCC just defined broadband as 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/01/29/bam-the-fcc-just-defined-broadband-as-25-mbps-down-and-4-mbps-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission just took a bold step and redefined broadband as 25 Mbps for downstream speeds and 3 Mbps for upstream speeds, a move that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The president gets behind muni broadband. It will need the help.</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/14/the-president-gets-behind-muni-broadband-it-will-need-the-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama got behind cities' efforts to build their own municipal broadband networks calling for an end to the laws in what he said were 19 states that prevented or made&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Ready the reports! IoT gets a congressional caucus.</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/ready-the-reports-iot-gets-a-congressional-caucus/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/13/ready-the-reports-iot-gets-a-congressional-caucus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet of things has not escaped the eagle eyes of the U.S. Congress. Even as the president is looking at the implications of connected devices on privacy along with the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is it boom time ahead (again) for solar panel manufacturing?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/07/is-it-boom-time-ahead-again-for-solar-panel-manufacturing/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/07/is-it-boom-time-ahead-again-for-solar-panel-manufacturing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ucilia Wang]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are we seeing such optimism when it wasn't so long ago when dozens of solar manufacturers shrank or went out of business?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>States, stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Settles]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chattanooga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gigabit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities to build their own&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Congress passes cellphone unlocking bill, Obama likely to sign it into law</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/25/congress-passes-cellphone-unlocking-bill-obama-likely-to-sign-it-into-law/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/25/congress-passes-cellphone-unlocking-bill-obama-likely-to-sign-it-into-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kif Leswing]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday allowing consumers to unlock their phones for the purpose of switching carriers. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>One less symbol on your smartphone? Congress considers relaxing FCC labeling requirements</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/11/one-less-symbol-on-your-smartphone-congress-considers-relaxing-fcc-labeling-requirements/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/11/one-less-symbol-on-your-smartphone-congress-considers-relaxing-fcc-labeling-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kif Leswing]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Senate bill proposes a way for companies to fulfill 40-year old FCC device labeling requirements by showing certifications digitally, on a device's screen. ]]></description>
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		<title>Washington’s Wi-Fi Friday: FCC, Senate push for more Wi-Fi in schools, more unlicensed airwaves</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/06/20/washingtons-wi-fi-friday-fcc-senate-push-for-more-wi-fi-in-schools-more-unlicensed-airwaves/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/06/20/washingtons-wi-fi-friday-fcc-senate-push-for-more-wi-fi-in-schools-more-unlicensed-airwaves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[E-Rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FCC chairman Tom Wheeler wants to make it easier for schools and libraries to get federal funds for Wi-Fi networking. Meanwhile, the Senate is putting political pressure on the FCC to&#8230;]]></description>
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