Lorraine Kipling: Broadband Affordability Around the World Reflects a Global Digital Divide

More than half of the world’s population is online, but many people are still unable to access the resources and opportunities that the internet provides. Meaningful...

Breakfast Media Minute: November 13, 2020

Four Failures of the FCC’s Broadband Policy, According to University of Virginia Professor

November 12, 2020 — The failure to connect the rural-urban digital divide in the United States is not one of technology, but of markets, politics, and...

Voters Back Community Internet, ATIS Boosts Next G Alliance, A New State-Federal Broadband Partnership

Voters in Chicago and Denver have shown overwhelming support for local broadband projects. Roughly 90 percent of voters in Chicago approved a referendum question that asked:...

Breakfast Media Minute: November 12, 2020

Proposals to Curtail Section 230 Gather Steam Among Journalists and Thinkers at Reboot Event

November 11, 2020 – The pervasiveness of the debate over recrafting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is even impacting discussions about the future of...

House Democrats Tell FCC and FTC to Stop Work, Ookla Criticizes M-Lab, Tribal Spectrum Applications Approved

Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce committee on Tuesday demanded that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons cease...

Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, November 11: Broadband and the Biden Administration

See “In Discussing ‘Broadband and the Biden Administration,’ Trump and Obama Transition Workers Praise Auctions,” Broadband Breakfast, November 22, 2020. Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 12 Noon...

Breakfast Media Minute: November 11, 2020

President Trump’s FCC Nominee Grilled on Section 230 During Senate Confirmation Hearing

November 10, 2020 — Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation grilled President Donald Trump’s proposed nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, Nathan...