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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: Libraries’ Role as Physical and Social Infrastructure
Libraries are a crucial “third space” between work and home and connective tissue in a democratic and egalitarian society.

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2021—Before the pandemic, libraries played a pivotal role helping Americans get access to the internet resources and computer-literacy tools they need to ameliorate the digital divide. But with many libraries closed during the pandemic, what role should they play in facilitating broadband access and broadband adoption?
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: UTOPIA Fiber’s Pioneering with Open Access
In the U.S. UTOPIA Fiber has pioneered the open access model for the rest of the industry.

August 6, 2021— This week, another city along the Wasatch Front in Utah joined UTOPIA Fiber’s gigabit-capable broadband network with the announcement that work has officially begun in Pleasant Grove City, Utah.
What started out as The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency in 2004 has now become one of the most promising success stories for the open access model in the industry.
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: In Person Events and Broadband Breakfast at Fiber Connect
The mission of Broadband Breakfast is to help make broadband technology and internet policy more accessible for all.

Part of the mission of Broadband Breakfast is to help make broadband technology and internet policy more accessible for all. We want to make these topics lively for experts and for newcomers seeking to understand the impact of broadband upon society.
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Exclusive Drew Clark Column: Treasury Regulations Stir Battle Over Broadband Speeds
Sticking with the current FCC minimum, the proposed rule still leans into Biden administration talk of symmetrical speeds.

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2021—In addition to the high-profile efforts to directly fund infrastructure by Congress, or to provide dollars to internet users through two emergency broadband programs, a battle is brewing over the Biden administration other regulations, recently issued by the Treasury Department, governing broadband.
Public and private entities this month filed comments with Treasury as it seeks to finalize the Interim Final Rules for the American Rescue Plan Act.
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