Expert Opinion
Kevin Ross: The Time is Now to Expand Internet Access with Fixed Wireless Broadband at Gigabit Speeds
New approaches must leapfrog the slow pace of extending fiber to the home and high costs of 5G and satellite.
Expert Opinion
Stephane Daeuble: Crossing the Digital Divide with Citizens Broadband Radio Service
CBRS presents an alternative where fiber installation is difficult.
Infrastructure Bill Reactions, Airbnb Lets Hosts Display Wi-Fi Speeds, No Child Left Offline
Organizations applaud infrastructure bill, Airbnb gives renters view into internet speeds, op-ed to support education during Delta wave.
Digital Inclusion
Craig Settles: Libraries and Telehealth on the Vanguard for Broadband
Libraries can do for telehealth what they did for broadband: Provide low-income folks with access to digital and healthcare literacy.
Privacy
Zoom Sued Over Claims of Security Failures
June 4, 2020 — Victor M. Rios, associate dean at the University of California Santa Barbara, has filed a class action against Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Rios is accusing the company of allowing a known offender who had been reported multiple times to authorities to Zoombomb a 400-person video c
Broadband's Impact
Local Broadband is the Solution to Paucity of Access in United States, Say Panelists at Merit Network Webinar
June 2, 2020 — Internet access in the United States is sorely lacking, and the solution lies in local broadband, said participants in a Merit Network webinar last week. The webinar, which featured Jim Baller, president of the Coalition for Local Internet Choice, and Michael Watza, general counsel to
Big Tech
In Regards to Zoom’s Security Failings, Federal Trade Commission Will Take ‘Good Faith’ Into Account
April 19, 2020— The Federal Trade Commission will take into account “good faith” when exercising prosecutorial discretion for investigating Zoom, said agency commissioner Noah Phillips in an event hosted by Politico on Tuesday. Although Phillips said, “I can’t speak to whether there’s an investigati
Education
Arizona State University Journalism Dean Says Students Can Still ‘Report From Home’ During Coronavirus
March 24, 2020 – In another “Social Distance Social” held over Zoom on Tuesday, Future Tense Editor Torie Bosch interviewed Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean Chris Callahan, who said students are encouraged to “report from home” as they adapt t
