Funding
Union Association Requests Congress Attach Hiring Strings to Federal Broadband Dollars
The Communications Workers of America wants provisions in broadband bills barring hiring of subcontractors.
Affordable Internet for All Act
Broadband Breakfast Live Online Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – How to Spend Broadband Infrastructure
Panelists include Carri Bennet of of Womble Bond, Gary Bolton, Doug Brake, and Matt Wood of Free Press. Moderated by Drew Clark of Broadband Breakfast.
Infrastructure
3 House Bills Would Create New Speed Tiers For Broadband, Dole Out Up to $100 Billion in Funds
March 22, 2021 – Three bills, worth $100 billion dollars and introduced in the House, will change the nation’s definition of served and unserved by dramatically upping the threshold for broadband speeds. The bill will create new categories including unserved, low-tier and mid-tier for federal fundin
Digital Inclusion
Lack of Affordable Internet Disproportionately Impacts Minority Communities, Says Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
July 7, 2020 — “The digital divide is just one of many systematic changes we need to make,” said Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on a Tuesday webinar centered on achieving nationwide digital equity and inclusion. The “digital divide” is not a new phenomenon, but one termed almost
