Nordic Geospatial Blog –

The following video by Mike Byrne (FCC GIO via the 2011 FOSS4G Conf. in Denver – http://2011.foss4g.org/ ) and resources are very useful and prescient to a new, scaleable, resilient, and cost effective way of doing ‘geo’ business -

http://vimeo.com/29410731

Use ‘This Tract’ derivative app to learn more place-specific (XY) information via Data.gov about your location –
http://thistract.com

& for ye iPeeps out there, how bout a mobile app

https://github.com/benbalter/National-Broadband-Map-Web-App

and lastly, to prove this is not a flash-in-the-pan geo revolution with a lifespan shorter than a Kardashian marriage, the Pew Jedi Knights have weighed in…

http://www.pewinternet.org/Media-Mentions/2010/Geolocation-Services-Gaining-Ground.aspx

FOSS4G 2011 Mike Byrne: A new way of open data from Peter Batty on Vimeo.

As the foundation of the information ‘superhighway’, broadband connectivity across the US (rural, urban, tribal, etc.) is a vital component of the critical infrastructure of our nation’s future communications and competitiveness – well done FCC maps and GIS team!

http://www.fcc.gov/maps

Great blog and small business cyber security planning resource
http://www.fcc.gov/blog/empowering-small-businesses-become-cyber-secure

For developers – http://www.fcc.gov/developers

GIS programs – http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/maps/programs/

Embeddable map collection > http://tiles.mapbox.com/fcc

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128004928

FCC National Broadband Plan – March 2010 -
http://download.broadband.gov/plan/national-broadband-plan.pdf

SAID, CISCO, and Olviedo Report for context -
http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/newsandevents/Documents/BQS%202009%20final.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/web/MT/news/09/news_021009a.html

Test your speed -
http://news.nsgic.org/2010/03/test-your-broadband-speed-be-part-of.html

http://www.broadband.gov/

http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

The Economist responds -
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15732610