The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
Google and Facebook have extraordinary control over information and communications systems in the United States. These two corporations dominate internet search, social media, and digital advertising,...
Before you solve a problem, you’ve got to be able to understand it. The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to deepen its understanding of the digital...
I learned early that voting is a privilege. My father grew up as one of 7 children in a poor family in South Dakota. He served...
COVID-19 has highlighted the need for broadband services for consumers across the expanse of our country. The crisis has dictated a protracted stay at home period...
These difficult times have presented enormous challenges to all of us, and, as we are urged to stay apart, digital connectivity has never been more important....
The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic has tested the will of millions of businesses and cooperatives throughout our nation, but help is on the way. Congress recently passed...
The federal government has always been one of the largest consumers of broadband and that has become especially true with the transition of most federal workers...
During this pandemic, broadband networks across the world have been put to the ultimate stress test, expected to support an overnight transition to work-from-home for most...
Cable operators are rethinking their strategies and rolling out new ways to service customers in-building, as well as to reach customers outside of their residences and...
As investments in 5G technologies impact the U.S. market with the next generation of networks, devices and applications, the timeline for 6G development has already begun....
Broadband and technology devices are most certainly game changers is this age of COVID-19. For the older adult community, the benefits of innovation have opened incredible...
For starters, you'll make more money. Figure contrasts 1. incumbent cable oligopoly territory divisions, 2. 2,700 local ISPs (map by Zhuangyuan Fan), 3. StarLink Greetings...
The State of the Union address used to be the political news equivalent of the Super Bowl. It was the one night of the year set...
What makes one community flourish while another one struggles? Lack of jobs and essential amenities are often cited as reasons why people move on from rural...
Last month, Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai announced a new plan to allocate $9 billion toward deploying 5G wireless in America’s rural areas. From these funds,...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on Friday to virtually block Huawei’s access to the U.S. market, but this rare bipartisan action only protects one...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a Public Notice seeking comment on procedures for the auction of Public Access Licenses (PALs) in the 3550-3650 MHz (3.5 GHz)...
The Founder of Broadband Census and Breakfast Breakfast, and the former executive director of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois - one of the State Broadband Initiatives...
In every corner of the country and around the world, leaders are trying to make their cities “smarter.” These projects are often in response to specific and on-going...
Following a string of data breaches that touched tens of millions of consumers, and revelations of user data exploitation by popular social media platforms, there’s a...
Over the last few months, various ideas have been floated about the offering of 5G wireless services via a government-sponsored network. This entire effort seems convoluted...
When the 4G networking protocol improvements rolled out, I was a Verizon Wireless dealer in a small town in rural America. The 4G marketing echoed today's...
The California Consumer Privacy Act passed into law in 2018 is scheduled to go into effect January 2020. It could potentially have dire consequences for unprepared...
The top regulator of U.S. phone calls has issued an ultimatum to telecom companies: Either stop robocallers from faking phone numbers or risk new regulations from...
At the beginning of a new Congress, there’s generally an exciting, hopeful spirit, even after the bitter partisanship of the past election. The issues that new...
Editor's Note: Around the time of Presidents' Day eight years ago, I wrote this piece about the connection between Abraham Lincoln's passion for infrastructure improvements and...
What did you do on your summer vacation? Major broadband network operators spent the season making plans to deploy superfast 5G wireless broadband. 5G is the...
Network neutrality is an important issue. We mustn’t allow transport owners to limit our ability to communicate. But, network neutrality in itself positions the internet as...
The success of the internet demonstrates that we now depend on network operators to assure that services like telephony work. The carriers are pushing back on...
Telecom attorney Jonathan Lee takes down the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's specious case against the AT&T/Time Warner merger in this detailed blog post, excerpted...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Telemedicine is one of the most immediately needed high-bandwidth broadband applications, and it promises concrete and easy-to-see benefits. Yet its usage had limited...
Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate recently released a plan for broadband deployment that would spend $40 billion in taxpayer money in an effort to get...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: Here's my piece in the Deseret News, responding to information about the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency that simply isn't correct. I discuss why...
In the battle to deploy broadband, cooperatives (co-ops) can be a decisive force to cover the rural flanks in states with aggressive broadband adoption goals such...
July 7, 2016 - Since 2008, the ability to "cut the cord" has existed with the help of devices allowing us to stream Netflix directly to...
Editor's Note: This column, "Once 'Athens of the West,' a Kentucky city seeks revival and improvements," was originally published in the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, Utah. Here is...
April 13, 2015 - Attention on the significance of community-based Gigabit Networks rose dramatically when President Obama included an announcement about the importance of community broadband...
Editor's Note: On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a $25 million settlement with AT&T for data breaches including the releasing of thousands of customer records, including...
WASHINGTON, November 13, 2014 – Net neutrality has been the hottest topic in tech policy for months. Politicians on the left say their opponents stand foursquare...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
The first day of school has always come with a mix of joy and anxiety as students transition from summer...
