Broadband Breakfast

Expert Opinion

Jason Boyce: Amazon’s Robot Workforce Could Doom the American Worker

It would be easy to dismiss this shift toward robotics as only an issue for one company.

Commerce

Biden Administration Awards More Funding for Tribal Broadband, With $262 Million for 9 Projects

The Commerce Department has now made a total of 63 awards totaling more than $601 million in Tribal funding.

Expert Opinion

Jeremy Jurick and Paul Schneid: Preparing Data for the FCC’s Broadband Filing

The new FCC requirements in the broadband data collection program are important to meet the nation’s connectivity goals.

Tribal

Institute for Local Self-Reliance Announces Two Initiatives to Foster Local Broadband Solutions

Urban Digital Equity Bootcamp and Let’s Get Going Broadband Program announced.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on August 31, 2022 – How to Maximize Minority Participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program

Panelists include Craig Settles, Matthew Rantanen, Margaret “Peggy” Talbot, and Kevin Easterling of the Black Heritage Association.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on August 24, 2022 – Summer of Broadband: Illinois

On August 24, Broadband Breakfast Editor and Publisher Drew Clark will return to the Land of Lincoln.

Expert Opinion

Bryan Darr: An Order of Fiber, Please, with Wireless on the Side

Wireless is essential because for truly remote properties, a physical connection may never be practical.

Beer and Broadband

Appeals Court Affirms FCC’s Spectrum Authority, FTC Privacy Rulemaking, (Root) Beer and Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission’s reallocation of intelligent transportation service spectrum was not arbitrary and capricious, the court held.

Expert Opinion

David Flower: 5G and Hyper-Personalization: Too Much of a Good Thing?

5G, IoT and edge computing are giving companies the opportunity to make hyper-personalization even more ‘hyper’.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on August 17, 2022 – Summer of Broadband: Tennessee

In Tennessee, we’ll see what the Volunteer state is doing to bring a plan together on broadband policy.

Expert Opinion

Doug Lodder: How to Prevent the Economic Climate from Worsening the Digital Divide

There are government programs created to shrink the digital divide, but not many Americans know what’s out there.

Expert Opinion

Dave Wright: Shared Relocation Fund Will Make More of Finite Spectrum Resource

‘Wireless connectivity is one of the most vital aspects of our digital infrastructure.’

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on August 3, 2022 – How Yellowstone Fiber is Bringing High-Capacity Broadband to Montana

The non-profit Yellowstone Fiber uses a unique business model in the thriving community of Bozeman, Montana, and the surrounding county.

Broadband Live

Broadband Breakfast on July 27, 2022 – Bringing Broadband to Rural America: A Case Study in Morgan, Utah

Following up on UTOPIA Fiber’s buildout to Morgan City, we’ll look at benefits of broadband for this rural community

Expert Opinion

Hunter Abramson: Why Ticket Sales are the Next Stage of Non-Fungible Tokens on the Blockchain

NFT ticketing also enables a safer, fairer secondary market.

IIJA

All 50 States, Territories and D.C. Join Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program

The next big deadline: Planning fund applications for the BEAD program are due August 15, 2022.