Elliso56

Hello, Elliso56! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC) 20:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Welcome from mentor

Hi, Elliso56. I'm Qwyrxian, and I signed up to be the mentor for your group for Dr. Obar's class. If you have any questions, you can post them here or on my talk page. Let me know when your group starts working on the project; personally, I'd recommend starting to gather your information on a Sandbox page--that way, you can get it all in one place, even if it isn't organized or formatted yet. You have a different challenge than many of the other groups, because your subject already has a very extensive but not very well written article (I think, I only glanced at it). I'm not quite sure what your assignment is in a case like this; I'll check in with the coordinating ambassador. In any event, please contact me if you have any questions. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:19, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Assignment 6

Blair Levin

Blair Levin, an American lawyer and telecommunications analyst, formerly worked with the Federal Communications Commission. Levin was selected to coordinate development of the new National Broadband Plan. He worked on the plan from 2009-2010. Levin said that said the plan's logical course will be one that "unleashes forces that quicken that cycle or removes forces that slow down that cycle." Levin was speaking to telecom executives and lobbyists at a meeting of the Udwin Breakfast Group in Washington, D.C. At broadband policy workshops in August, several Tier 1 carriers, including T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, argued for more licensed spectrum to keep pace with customers' bandwidth demands, especially for mobile broadband. When asked whether the FCC would be working with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the White House to find ways of more efficiently using or reallocating spectrum used by federal agencies, Levin said that there was a distinct possibility that could happen. The FCC had been charged by Congress to present a national broadband plan by February. Levin said the plan will not be "self-executing," and that Congress and state and local governments likely will have to get involved to execute it. He brought to light his involvement with the Obama transition team and he offered a first-time public comment on how the broadband plan is developing. At the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council’s (MMTC) Broadband and Social Justice Summit in January, said that six words suffice when speaking on how to complete the transition to the digital age “Abandon yesterday’s logic; quickly and passionately”. According to an FCC statement, Levin headed to a job over at the Aspen Institute think tank.